The long storied history of Trans World Airlines ended Wednesday in Roswell, N.M., as American Airlines retired its last TWA MD-80. A number of former TWA pilots flew the jets to their final ...

Everts Air's MD-80 Flight Simulator Wednesday morning, November 20, 2019. Eric Engman Team Leader Mike Heit explains the position settings on Everts Air's MD-80 Flight Simulator Wednesday morning ...

In a statement to CNN, Boeing, which makes the MD-80 jetliner, says it is committed to safety but offered no comment on MD-80 nose landing gear problems. E-mail to a friend.

An American Airlines Boeing MD-80 this morning conducted an emergency landing at Chicago O’Hare without incident after its nose landing-gear failed to lower. CBS TV in Chicago captured the whole ...

Boeing Studies MD-80/717 Mod Plan For NASA X-Plane Bid. Share. Guy Norris January 04, 2022. ... and will utilize the in situ carry-through torque boxes for the nose and main landing gears.

As the MD-80 rumbled down a Las Vegas runway, the front of the plane began to rise off the ground prematurely, defying the pilots’ attempts to keep the nose down, according to an FAA report.

The retirement of American Airlines' MD-80 marks the end of an era for a plane whose old-school design and noisy rear engines spawned love-hate relationships over the four decades it flew.

TULSA, Okla. – American Airlines, the largest private employer in Tulsa, is donating one of its MD-80 aircraft to Tulsa Tech. TULSA, Okla. – American Airlines, the largest private employer in ...

The MD-80 is also called the "Super 80" by American Airlines or "Mad Dog" by aviation enthusiasts. It was the "workhouse" of their fleet for close to four decades, American Airlines said in a news ...

An American Airlines MD-80 was ferried to Roswell International Air Center in Roswell, New Mexico, on Wednesday, September 4, 2019. American is retiring the remainder of its MD-80 fleet, which ...

The MD-80, which entered service in 1980, became one of the most successful of the Douglas commercial jet programs. The last of 1,191 MD-80s was delivered to TWA in December 1999.