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  1. JimInOz Melbourne Australia Sep 6, 2019

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  2. alam Sep 6, 2019

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    I sure have logged lots of hours —in the passenger cabin of those MD-80s ...this follows United dropping 747s from their fleet no long ago, another great aircraft!
     
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  3. GandOsDad Sep 6, 2019

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    RIP Big Guy
     
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  4. Mad Dog rockpaperscissorschampion Sep 6, 2019

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    Good bird.

    Taps.

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  5. henrikaa Sep 7, 2019

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    But probably a well due retirement. I remember my last flight in an MD-80. It was a less pleasant experience compared to the more modern counterparts. Good smell of exhaust fumes in the cabin, loads of lovely noise.
     
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  6. SpeedyPhill Founder Of Aussie Cricket Blog Mark Waugh Universe Sep 7, 2019

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    ex-DC-9 birds... time to put those on display as gate guards
     
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  7. Wryfox Sep 7, 2019

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    I've flown more miles in these beasts than I care to remember(and maybe I can't), but when walking into one I always think it looks like a coffin, and the smell is like an exhaust pipe attached to the window.
     
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  8. JwRosenthal Sep 7, 2019

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    Flew in these 80’s for years, that smell of exhaust was part of the charm I guess.
    I grew up flying back and forth from LA to Hawaii in 747’s, spent hours in the first class lounge with my father while he smoked and read and vividly remember the cockpit door always being open and I could go up and talk to the pilots (I still have a plastic wings clip somewhere). The last flight I took on one (as mentioned above they were taken out of domestic use in the US a couple years ago) was United Flight #2 from Chicago to Hawaii- an 8 hour strait shot. Loved the double isles and huge rear galley- you could walk laps in them and never feel cramped. They were too expensive to fly which is why I was told they were taken out of service- but the most magnificent plane ever made IMO- the last gasp of luxury air travel for the masses. Now flying is like riding the bus.
     
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  9. henrikaa Sep 7, 2019

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    Yeah I remember the cockpit visits from my childhood as well. Such a shame that today this is no longer an option. Kids and childly souls are missing out on a big experience!
     
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  10. JwRosenthal Sep 7, 2019

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    I can’t imagine as a pilot it can be comfortable to be trapped in that box for 8+ hours during flight. I remember the pilot and co-pilot walking the isles and talking with passengers during flight- of course not at the same time :eek:
     
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  11. JwRosenthal Sep 7, 2019

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  12. Lenny Pepperidge Sep 7, 2019

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    I don't even want to know how many miles I've logged in those things. I'm around 1.9M butt-in-seat miles on AA since 2000, and a big chunk of that is in MD-80s.
     
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  13. Mad Dog rockpaperscissorschampion Sep 7, 2019

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    Yeah...I’d say that’s about right...there’s not enough room in the pointy end for the almighty Dunkin’ coffee and hat. ;)

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