May 24, 201214 yr Hello PMDG's team and all members ! I love this airplane ! few details about this Boeing 717 On May 23, 2006, Boeing delivered its final two 717 airplanes to Midwest Airlines and AirTran Airways in a ceremony before thousands of employees, retirees and dignitaries in Long Beach, Calif. The deliveries conclude commercial airplane production in Southern California that began in the 1920s with the Douglas Aircraft Co. The 717 program, which produced 156 airplanes, pioneered breakthrough business and manufacturing processes for Boeing Commercial Airplanes. The program was launched by an order from AirTran Airways in 1995, and the airplane quickly became renowned by customers for its excellent economics, performance and reliability. Based on the Douglas DC-9 and launched as the McDonnell Douglas MD-95, the 100-seater was renamed the Boeing 717 after McDonnell Douglas and Boeing merged in 1997. The 717 will continue to deliver unsurpassed economy and value to our airline customers for years to come. Boeing will continue to provide the outstanding customer service support for the 717s operating at carriers worldwide. Douglas opened the Long Beach factory in 1941 as part of President Roosevelt's Arsenal of Democracy -- a request to the nation's industries to halt civilian production and assist in making wartime equipment. The facility produced almost 10,000 airplanes for World War II before transitioning to commercial airplane production after the war. Douglas merged with the McDonnell Aircraft Company in 1967, forming the McDonnell Douglas Corporation. More than 15,000 airplanes have been produced in the Long Beach factory. Airplane Characteristics COMPLETE DOCUMENT via this link http://www.boeing.co...s/acaps/717.pdf FEW PICS What do you think, gentlemen ? I think It could be a great project, you have many more similarities with the MD-11. Thanks everybody Best Regards ! Kevin
May 24, 201214 yr I would love one of these. Would fit nicely between the J41 and the 737. AJ Pongress
May 24, 201214 yr I would like to see this guy too. I prefer the B717 to the MD-80 family, even if they are almost the same. CASE: Fractal Terra Silver CPU: AMD R5 7800X3D 5.0Ghz RAM: 32GB DDR5 6000 GPU: nVidia RTX 4070 Ti SUPER · SSDs: Samsung 990 PRO 2TB M.2 PCIe · PNY XLR8 CS3040 2TB M.2 PCIe · VIDEO: LG-32GK650F QHD 32" 144Hz FREE/G-SYNC · MISC: Thrustmaster TCA Airbus Joystick + Throttle Quadrant · MSFS2024 · Windows 11
May 24, 201214 yr If PMDG is only focusing on popular aircraft we see everyday then at some point PMDG won't have anymore aircrafts to create. I say go for the B717, its something no one else has done and you will automatically take the entire market share for that aircraft. There are just too many 737s 757s 767 around and they are saturating the FS market. Lets see some DC-10s B717s etc Marlon Carter - AVSIM Reviewer
May 24, 201214 yr Author If PMDG is only focusing on popular aircraft we see everyday then at some point PMDG won't have anymore aircrafts to create. I say go for the B717, its something no one else has done and you will automatically take the entire market share for that aircraft. There are just too many 737s 757s 767 around and they are saturating the FS market. Lets see some DC-10s B717s etc ! Oooh yeah you'R absoluty right Carb
May 24, 201214 yr I don't know, I would personally like a 717 but with so many of the md series around (super 80, maddog) and a dc-9 on the horizon (coolsky), I just don't see it happening.... Vladimir Levkov / Владимир Левков Two miles of road can take you two miles.Two miles of runway can take you anywhere in the world
May 24, 201214 yr I was just saying this yesterday i love the 717 especially the Air Tran 717 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Corey
May 24, 201214 yr Okay, maybe, but first the 777 and 747!!!! i7-6700K @ 4.5 GHz, 16 GB DDR4-2400 MHz, GTX 1070 8GB
May 24, 201214 yr Moderator I don't know, I would personally like a 717 but with so many of the md series around (super 80, maddog) and a dc-9 on the horizon (coolsky), I just don't see it happening.... I dont see it happening due to the fact that Ryan has said every time a 717 post comes up that they are not going to make one. That's good enough for me. Sean Campbell Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator
May 24, 201214 yr Not to be annoying but hasn't the B717 come up in 10 topics now? It's a great aircraft but it wasn't really that popular. I am for one but I find a 757 more important. Manfred G. Ships are cooler that you think.
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