September 4, 20196 yr I always loved these aircraft--I always tried to book seats up front, in the 2 seat side of coach, so I would be in the quietest part of the aircraft and have only an aisle next to my Window seat.... I have flown in the DC9/MD8x/MD9X and also the similar British aircraft just once, the BAC-111, on my way from Gatwick to Amsterdam in '84.... I also enjoyed all tail mounted engine aircraft I have flown on, the 727 and CRJ7xx/9xx, I only disliked the CRJ 200 because of the low window placement, corrected in the CRJ7XX/9XX and also aircraft like the Embraer 13x/14x/17x/19x.... and finally, the 787.... John https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/american-airlines-retires-md-80/index.html
September 4, 20196 yr It shall live in my simulator for ages to come!!!!! Thanks to the original MD team who made it (I dunno if some are at Boeing). I always had fun flying on this bird. The takeoffs are so awesome. How I Evaluate Third Party Sim Addon Developers Refined P3Dv5.0 HF2 Settings Part1 (has MaddogX) and older thread Part 2 (has PMDG 747)
September 4, 20196 yr Absolutely hated loading that airplane. You could put a lot of stuff in those 3 cargo bins.
September 4, 20196 yr I’d use to love sitting in the middle section of the MD-80. You could see the fuselage twist and move going down the runway.
September 5, 20196 yr 18 minutes ago, kingm56 said: Far from an end of an era; Delta still flies the MD*... But for how long? Vic green
September 5, 20196 yr 3 hours ago, PATCO LCH said: But for how long? End of 2020; however, that could be extended. My point is we are not at the end of an era, at least not yet.... Matt King
September 5, 20196 yr Hi Folks, Yeah - I'll have to pick up the new Maddog one of these days... I've always liked them - used to fly Coolsky version quite a bit - those little razorblade slivers they call wings - make it look like it shouldn't be capable of flight... I love all the wonky sounds in the cockpit as the plane talks to you... Had a flight a while back - in the absolute last row of seating - have news for you - seating is miserable and LOUD back there - that and the FA's liked it back there - a regular coffee klatch - and wouldn't shut up while speaking loudly to be heard over the engine noise - for the entire flight... Regards, Scott Edited September 5, 20196 yr by scottb613
September 5, 20196 yr The Fly The Maddog is one of the best addons ever for FSX and P3D. I enjoy it day to day and I recently decided to keep it in service until 2040, at least in my hangar. Go and get it. You’ll be more than happy with it. Cheers, Ed Cheers, Ed MSFS2020 Steam // Rig: Corsair Graphite 760T Full Tower - ASUS MBoard Maximus XII Hero Z490 - CPU Intel i9-10900K - 64GB RAM - MSI RTX2080 Super 8GB - [1xNVMe M.2 1TB + 1xNVMe M.2 2TB (Samsung)] + [1xSSD 1TB + 1xSSD 2TB (Crucial)] + [1xSSD 1TB (Samsung)] + 1 HDD Seagate 2TB + 1 HDD Seagate External 4TB - Monitor LG 29UC97C UWHD Curved - PSU Corsair RM1000x // Thrustmaster FCS & MS XBOX Controllers
September 5, 20196 yr 22 hours ago, mwilk said: Absolutely hated loading that airplane. You could put a lot of stuff in those 3 cargo bins. 😂i had an opportunity to offload it when it diverted to JFK (originally was suppose to go to LGA but it was after midnight) a few years back and made it my mission to never get back in that belly. Edited September 5, 20196 yr by Chris F. Chris Ferguson PC Specs(Rebuilt 1/11/19): i7-9700K - Non-OC'd, EVGA RTX 2080ti, G.Skillz 16GB Ram 3000mhz, EVGA SuperNOVA 1000w PSU, Cooler Master ML360R, ASRock Phantom Gaming 4 MoBo, 2x 2TB HDD, 1x 1TB Samsung EVO SSD, 1x 220GB WD SSD
September 5, 20196 yr 1 hour ago, edpatino said: The Fly The Maddog is one of the best addons ever for FSX and P3D. I enjoy it day to day and I recently decided to keep it in service until 2040, at least in my hangar. Go and get it. You’ll be more than happy with it. Cheers, Ed Hi Ed, Yeah - I've heard nothing but good things and I am intrigued - it's just a bit pricey given my penchant for GA/BizJets... I've been watching for a sale - which seems like they don't do - I was able to pick up the Majestic Q400 Pro for less than $50.00 by being patient - which is a good thing - since I haven't done more than take a cursory look at it - same for the AS CRJ (also on sale - the only two tube liners I own)... LOL - I fully intended to take the time to learn them - with the best of intentions - yet - still they stagnate on my hard drive... Appreciate the input... Regards, Scott Edited September 5, 20196 yr by scottb613
September 11, 20196 yr Same here. I bought the Majestic Q400 maybe a year ago BECAUSE it was on sale. I have maybe 2 hrs fiddling with it. I have my Just flight, A2a, Alabeo, Carenado, Ants eaglet, Milviz GA, REALAIR dukes and Legacy, Aerosoft PBY, which are about 100 aircraft. I flew GA in RL till 15 years ago and just never got the itch for larger aircraft. The A2a Connie, B17 and B377 I fly probably because their historical. My dad is 94 years old and was a navigator on the B29's on Tinian Island. I also need to upgrade to the 2080ti series with 320gb memory and a fire extiquisher system before I start getting past the aircraft I have. I still use FSX sp2 which I bought a copy of Acceleration for $12 brand new and have had it installed for about 3 weeks so FINALLY my Milviz B407 and Alabeo R66 work correct. I talked to the people at RealSIm a couple weeks ago "who are a couple hours away" and they said that the P3D platform is probably not going to be as good in the future. I will go back to X-plane and after the new Microsoft SIm comes out, after everyone else has been yelling at them for being offline and NOT helping, I will MAYBE start ALL OVER AGAIN with the new Microsoft sim. EVERYTHING has to be bought ALL OVER AGAIN as NOTHING we own will work on it. I have??? with Megascenery, Orbx airports, and software about $4000 in FSX. My next move is going to be patient and WELL thought out.
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