Douglas DC-9-51 JT8D Engine Startup

Another startup from seat 24F on my way to MCI.

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[linjeflyg]

Soon to be history, nice catch. Did it do a trust reverse back out of the gate?

[maverick967]

@linjeflyg No, We started at the gate cause the APU wasn't working so we had to start the engines before disconnecting the Ground Power Unit(GPU). They used the tug, that would of been awesome if the used reverse though!

[dskxalive]

HAPPY 100!!! lol! :D

[maverick967]

@dskxalive Thanks!!!

[jetfreak4]

@Aviationnation10 The 1960s and 1970s, even the 1990s had much higher rates of aviation accidents than ones that happened today. Piloting skills, aircraft technology, and understanding of the weather are much greater than even twenty-five years ago...so much greater it's ridiculous. But since you obviously seem convinced that the DC-9 is dangerous regardless of what caused its crashes, I'm wasting my time even helping you to see the error of your ways. So long retard.

[jetfreak4]

@Aviationnation10 Let me ask you something...if a car happens to be driven frequently by bad drivers that crash it, and there is nothing wrong with the car itself, is the car unsafe? That's the same thing with the DC-9. The DC-9's accidents occured either due to pilot error, bombings, or problems which were easily preventable and not related to the aircraft itself. The DC-9 never had an accident due to mechanical failure or one which caused it to be grounded.

[Aviationnation10]

@jetfreak4 Everyone knows the DC9 has a poor history look it up...

[Aviationnation10]

@jetfreak4 That was nothing to do with a problem with the aircraft,There have been numerous near misses since then your comment doesn't really seem to have a point

[jetfreak4]

@Aviationnation10 Finally, the DC-9 is the 15th safest airliner to fly on of all time. It has approximately one crash per million hours of flight time. How that is dangerous I wouldn't know.

[jetfreak4]

@Aviationnation10 Fine, you have all the answers...google DC-9 safety and click on a site called airsafe. Those will show you all the DC-9 accidents that have ever taken place. rarely if ever has the DC-9 itself contributed to the crash...you will find most of the accidents attributable to pilot error or storms...in addition many of the DC-9s that crashed later on were flown by poorer countries like Yemen, Mexico, etc. Pilots tend to be of lower quality from these countries.

[jetfreak4]

@Aviationnation10 I'd like you to look up the number of fatal accidents happening in the U.S. over the last ten years. You will see that the last truly fatal one was the Airbus A300 in JFK. No commercial airliner has gone down since in the U.S. I've got two different books, one called Mayday!, another called Emergency Landings. If you think that I'm making anything up, check accident history over the past 50 years, and name me one that pertained to the DC-9's design.

[Aviationnation10]

@jetfreak4 No just no...

[jetfreak4]

The DC-9 was produced at a time when accidents happened more often. The '60s, '70s, '80s, and even the '90s all had a much higher rate of accidents than in the 2000s....technology has now advanced to a point where accidents are rare. Also, all the DC-9 accidents I've ever read about were either due to pilot error or due to the weather...aircraft collisions and weather, as well as many other forces causing accidents, were not nearly as well known 45 years ago.

[Aviationnation10]

@jetfreak4 Reliable? then how come it is known for being un-reilabile 976 Produced and Deaths 2,135, I'm sorry but anyone that says its reliable is lieing