The nicknames “Mad Dog” and “flying wind vane” can only mean one airplane in the rich history of aviation – the McDonnell Douglas MD-80. From 1980 to 1999, Between 1980 and 1999, McDonnell Douglas delivered 1,191 variants of this second generation of the original DC-9 family. The Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 families proved to have superior economics with their current offerings, but the MD-80 family remains popular in the AvGeek community and continues to fly the skies. On this Flashback Friday, we look back at the entire MD-80 family.
