Alaska Airlines MD-83 Rockets Out of PDX

My favorite bird ever, which is soon to be retired from the fleet of Alaska Airlines. Enjoy em' while you can! This is now a site that will never be seen again at PDX. There are no longer AS MD-80's flying into PDX.

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• MD80
• MD-80
• MD-83
• McDonnell
• Douglas
• Maddog
• KPDX
• Portland
• Oregon
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• Steep
• Climb
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• Airplane

[keemez]

" " " BIRD " " " ????????????? *eyeroll*

[zildjiandrummr12]

@keemez

Yep.

[scaremenga]

I remember hating to fly with Alaska Airlines because they operated MD-80's, and I always flew on them. But now that they're gone, I really miss them.

[fluffycheep]

Ok. Let me get this one straight here. We can blame Boeing and McDonnell Douglas for extending the time between screw-jack oiling beyond what Boeing and McDonnell state in their maintenance procedures? So its Boeing and McDonnell Douglas' fault that Air Alaska falsified maintenance documents and went against manufacturer maintenance recommendations? If you are going to try and be sarcastic in the future I would recommend thinking your comment through thoroughly first.

[misium]

@fluffycheep The absence on the McDonnell Douglas MD-80 of a fail-safe mechanism to prevent the catastrophic effects of total acme nut loss was a contributing factor. This means that although McDonnel designers didn't cause the accident, they could've easily prevent it.

[bagelboi66]

@keemez These, and the forerunner DC9's are among my fave birds ever too!

[SuperOlav01]

yeah this bird have so much power, look like a rocet whan they climb out.

[SenorSpode]

There was simply no way to retrofit high-bypass engines onto the plane to make it cope with new noise standards and make it more efficient. The design enjoyed a long, varied history and I was glad to fly on a few myself, but they're simply getting too old to keep up, and the design proved itself questionable in light of Alaska 261, et al. All we do now is look back and tell our stories with a smile.

[SenorSpode]

I really enjoyed the DC9/MD80 class of planes, too, but the design was tricky for many reasons: (1) the aft engine placement required the wing to be further aft, (2) for the forward fuselage to be reinforced to cope, (3) the horizontal stabilizer enlarged to combat deep-stall characteristics inherent with it, the BAC-One-Eleven and Tupolev Tu-134/154, (4) the stress it imposed on the vertical stabilizer and trim mechanism and (5) using low-bypass engines for power. (Cont'd)

[8justin88]

now the sad thing is american is retiring their md fleet as well. replacing them with NG 737-800's. :/ i dont wanna see these birds go.

[Bajesus042]

my fave was the 737-200

[franzh0001]

@zildjiandrummr12 MD80 is the most beautiful airplane ever created. It's so sad it's gonna be replaced more and more by new aircrafts!

[unxknownxorigin]

@keemez whats wrong with calling an aircraft a bird? im in the navy and that is all we call anything that flys.

[JPetroSS]

I so much loved the title!!