Stuff You Can Buy
 
 
 
Other Stuff
 
 

Douglas DC-9


click on photo for more images

Douglas developed the DC-9 as a short range airliner to complement the larger DC-8  The DC-9 first flew in 1965.

The DC-9 was designed to allow for stretched versions.  The initial Series 10 accommodated up to 90 passengers.  The final DC-9 Series 50 seated a maximum of 139.

McDonnell acquired Douglas in 1967.  In 1977 McDonnell Douglas launched the DC-9 Super 80.  This aircraft received the MD-80 designation when the company adopted a new system of MD designations in 1983.

     
Specifications (DC-9 Series 50)

Designations

 

 

 

Type: Commercial
Seats: 139 maximum
Engines: two 16,000 lb (72 kN) thrust Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17 turbofans
DC-9: Douglas Commercial Model 9
C-9: U.S. Military transport version.  The aeromedical version (C-9A) is known as the Nightingale.  The standard transport (C-9B) is known as the Skytrain II.
VC-9: U.S. Military VIP transport
     

Related Pages

 

Related Websites

     
More about Douglas Aircraft
 
Wikipedia article
     

Stuff You Can Buy

 

Book
Douglas DC-9/MD-80
Peeler

Display Model
1/400 scale
Die cast
 

 

 

 

Use of photographs | References  | Disclaimer | Privacy

 
   

Apple iTunes

free counters

   

© Kenneth W Shanaberger 2000 - 2010