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NuGuy said:The average DOB on the DC-9-10s was around 1963. They have since been retired.
First flight of the DC9 was February 25, 1965, or 40 years ago this coming Friday
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NuGuy said:The average DOB on the DC-9-10s was around 1963. They have since been retired.
Nick5600 said:I think NWA confuses them selves about being North East! IF you ever look at the new paint jobs on the right side of the aircraft the arrow painted on the compass rose points north east! I really just wonder how many planes they painted before the realized the screw up. Further I hope all NWA pilots know the difference between north east and north west! They might have trouble navigating otherwise!
Humty72 said:customers had/have no idea about the old paint scheme in which the little wedge points to the Northwest....
Is this Randy from ATA?HowlinMadMurdoc said:http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/050220/old_planes_2.html
When the last A380 is flown to the desert, the crew will fly home on a NWA DC9!
HMM
NuGuy said:The average DOB on the DC-9-10s was around 1963. They have since been retired. Most of the rest are between 1967 and 1974. Most of the -50s were built in 1978-79.
They are the absolute tops. Best reliability and dispatch record of any aircraft at the majors. I haven't seen a MX CX in many, many months and most MELs, if any, are very minor. I think I've seen only one deferred APU in 3 years.
There really is nothing much to break. No resetting CBs to get the brains back into sync or to reset the IRU. No complicated GPS or RNAV, as they all come equipped with "vector capable" comm radios.
Most of the engines are leased from UAL for pennies on the dollar.
Still, they aren't quite the same as the DC-9s of old. In the overhaul, the interiors were all gutted and have large overhead bins and a 3rd lav up front. Lots of fixes to perennial DC-9 problems, such as gear indicators and fuel gauges, have been upgraded to solid state (proximity switches replaced microswitches, and the fuel gauges are now all digital). The presurization system is all digital now, and is set and forget. Digital altimeters allow for RSVM and new radar displays have the EGPWS. They even have dual nav/com heads (aka primary and standby freqs) and are wired for headsets.
The AC still is weak in the summer...they went old tech for a solution to that one...sun screens. They work unbelievably well.
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pilotyip said:Average age of fleet NWA 18.3 yrs, ATA 3.7 the youngest.