Douglas DC-9

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The design of the DC-9 was completely new, with T-tail and rear fuselage mounted engines. The aircraft was purpose-built for short to medium routes, and to serve smaller airports, often poor equipped and with short runways which bigger aircrafts like [[Boeing 707]] couldn’t serve. This made the DC-9 popular and widely used. There was build nearly 2500 DC-9 in more than 11 different variants.
 
The design of the DC-9 was completely new, with T-tail and rear fuselage mounted engines. The aircraft was purpose-built for short to medium routes, and to serve smaller airports, often poor equipped and with short runways which bigger aircrafts like [[Boeing 707]] couldn’t serve. This made the DC-9 popular and widely used. There was build nearly 2500 DC-9 in more than 11 different variants.
  
There has been made a special version of DC-9 for military purposes called McDonnell Douglas C-9.
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There has been made a special version of DC-9 for military purposes named McDonnell Douglas C-9.
  
  

Revision as of 11:23, 29 April 2010

The Douglas DC-9 is a jet aircraft in av8.
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It can be optionally replaced by the British Aerospace BAC 1-11 if the appropriate parameter bit is set.

Stats

Introduction 1965
Withdrawal 2035
Aircraft Type Small
Cruising Speed 560mph
Landing Speed 152mph
Capacity 90 pax & 20 mail, or 60 crates of goods

Information

Dc9.jpg

The small, speedy and efficient DC-9 was one of the longest-produced jetliners of all time, with a production run spanning 41 years.

The design of the DC-9 was completely new, with T-tail and rear fuselage mounted engines. The aircraft was purpose-built for short to medium routes, and to serve smaller airports, often poor equipped and with short runways which bigger aircrafts like Boeing 707 couldn’t serve. This made the DC-9 popular and widely used. There was build nearly 2500 DC-9 in more than 11 different variants.

There has been made a special version of DC-9 for military purposes named McDonnell Douglas C-9.


The picture shows a DC-9-82 (from 1983 designated MD82) introduced in 1982.

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