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Post by Peter Liddell - HJG Admin on Sept 26, 2020 13:23:50 GMT
simpleflying.com/delta-retirements-aircraft/Delta is retiring the 717... So that's it... The end of the DC-9 line at the US majors. 1965-2020. darn you Covid. Still Hawaiian and Qantas 717s out there... And a few small operators of the MD80 and DC-9 so thankfully not the end end.
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Post by Erik Ingram - HJG on Sept 27, 2020 2:33:28 GMT
As I understood it, the retirement date is December of 2025, rather than December 25 of this year. Sad nevertheless, but at least there are still a few more years to enjoy them!
As for the CR2s...well, they can go rot in the scrapyard where they belong.
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Post by Peter Liddell - HJG Admin on Sept 27, 2020 2:38:47 GMT
Looks like the report was changed .. it was December 25 2020 for 763 and 717, dec 23 2020 for CRJ... Looks like a presser oops thankfully
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Post by aerofoto - HJG Admin on Sept 27, 2020 4:07:54 GMT
Have DAL's MD-88's an -90's already gone ? I've not been following things too closely/as closely as I normally do Mark C AKL/NZ
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Post by hornit - HJG on Sept 29, 2020 18:48:02 GMT
Delta flew its last 88's and 90's to the boneyard, Blytheville, AR. on June 2nd of this year. I was on one of them. I flew ship 976's last flight and last revenue flight from KATL-KPHL on June 1st. An era has ended here. I am non current for the first time in my career! Awaiting training sometime this fall or winter on the 767/757. Ill post some pics shortly.
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Post by aerofoto - HJG Admin on Sept 29, 2020 18:52:08 GMT
Thanks for that update Jim. Sounds like it's time/near time to consider "that little project" we discussed a few month back .... if you have time to so Mark C AKL/NZ
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Post by Tony Madge - HJG on Sept 30, 2020 8:21:05 GMT
Hope you get your type rating soon Jim, look forward to the pictures
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Post by Peter Liddell - HJG Admin on Dec 21, 2020 0:11:40 GMT
So there is a rumor floating around that the MD90s might be going to Prime Air?! I'm not sure I believe it myself but anything to do with Amazon could be true, nothing is too crazy.
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Post by christrott on Jan 1, 2021 15:24:59 GMT
Would be interesting to see a MD-90 freighter conversion. The MD-80s are so much more plentiful and they're having a hard time getting conversion contracts for them. Being that certification of a cargo conversion is (at minimum) a 5 year process typically, I'd be surprised to see the MD-90s going to Prime. It'd be more likely to see them going to Atlas or iAero and operated as PAX Charter aircraft.
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Post by aerofoto - HJG Admin on Jan 1, 2021 21:18:58 GMT
Anything's possible Chris .... and one should probably never say "NEVER" .... but .... until it actually happens (with such an aircraft actually entering service), then, there's' probably not much incentive to do it. I remember a couple of queries re freighter configured MD-80's after we launched Nick's 3D model flight line of these around 2009/10 .... or thereabouts. That was before any MD-80's had ever been freighter configured .... but which later happened .... followed by our then representing these too (in both MD-82SF and -83SF form) once there was some real world liveries to justify doing so. My biggest priority for our MD's though is resolving their "resistance" to rotating (whilst at/near MGW) at speeds of less than 150 KTS". I "DO" now have a solution for this (I've resolved the problem .... the solution for each one being slightly different by necessity due to their weight and power variations) as per my recent and following-linked thread .... tonymadgehjg.proboards.com/thread/9816/mad-dog-modificationsThe only issue confronting me that's influencing release of these MD upgrades (and from which our B717-200 should also benefit too) is both "TIME" and "PERSONAL CIRCUMSTANCES" .... but .... we'll get there eventually Mark C AKL/NZ
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Post by walterleo on Jan 9, 2021 15:44:50 GMT
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