Final 717 Aircraft is under construction

mpenguin1

mpenguin1

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A legacy is coming to an end, the final 717 aircraft is in the plant, and the end of the Douglas commerical aircraft. A buddy of mine took some photos for his project and here they are....

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I just talked to my supervisor here at airtran (marty mcguire for you airliners.net fans) and he says we're supposed to get it sometime around may with a special paint scheme...
 
KBUF said:
I just talked to my supervisor here at airtran (marty mcguire for you airliners.net fans) and he says we're supposed to get it sometime around may with a special paint scheme...
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Really! I will keep an eye out for it! I will be heading over to the 717 Plant a lot more....
 
What a great airframe. Rolled out 40 years ago and the 717 is very little changed from the original. I would have loved to fly this version of the DC-9 (which it will always be no matter what Boeing says).
 
flyover said:
What a great airframe. Rolled out 40 years ago and the 717 is very little changed from the original. I would have loved to fly this version of the DC-9 (which it will always be no matter what Boeing says).
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Is it all the same type rating - DC9 through 717?
 
flyover said:
What a great airframe. Rolled out 40 years ago and the 717 is very little changed from the original. I would have loved to fly this version of the DC-9 (which it will always be no matter what Boeing says).
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yup, and they all share the same type certificate data sheet

717 was originally to be designated the MD-95-30
 
flyover said:
I would think so. I got typed using the MD-80 but my license says DC-9.
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Yeah, well i knew the DC-9 and MD-80 were the same, just didnt know about the 717.
 
One more sad thing happening in aviation, it was a cool plane I am sad that it is being taken out of production. I was actually sadened more when the 757 line ended. The 757 is one of my all time favorite aircrafts.
 
Aero_Engineer said:
One more sad thing happening in aviation, it was a cool plane I am sad that it is being taken out of production. I was actually sadened more when the 757 line ended. The 757 is one of my all time favorite aircrafts.
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The 717 and 757 are at the top for greatest weight to power ratio!:rawk:
 
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