The McDonnell Douglas DC-9 is an American five-abreast, single-aisle aircraft designed by the Douglas Aircraft Company. It was initially produced as the Douglas DC-9 prior to August 1967, after which point the company had merged with McDonnell Aircraft to become McDonnell Douglas . The Special Douglas DC-9 For SAS Scandinavian Airlines, a long time Douglas customer, was looking at the DC-9 for their short range flights. At the time, the Long Beach manufacturer offered the original aircraft called the DC-9-10 and a larger version with more range, the DC-9-30.
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Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) received its first Series 20 aircraft on December 11, 1968, and entered it into service on January 27, 1969. Series 30 Designed to compete with Boeing 737, the DC-9 Serious 30, unlike the Series 10 the Series 30 had leading-edge slats. Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 751 was a regularly scheduled Scandinavian Airlines passenger flight from Stockholm, Sweden, to Warsaw, Poland, via Copenhagen, Denmark. When Scandinavian Airlines Systems (SAS) made a request for a version of the aircraft with improved short field performance, Douglas responded with the DC-9-20. The same length as the DC-9-10, the DC-9-20 was equipped with uprated JT8D engines as well as revised wings equipped with leading edge slats for enhanced lift. On the night of 30 January 1973, at 11:18pm, the DC-9 (LN-RLM), "Reidar Viking", operating SAS flight SK370, was cleared for takeoff from Rwy 24, departing Oslo-Fornebu (ENFB) for a flight to Alta (ENAT) with an intermediate stop at Tromsø (ENTC). The takeoff run was normal, and the DC-9 duly rotated (lifting its nose from the Rwy) at VR (125kts).
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The DC-9-40 is a narrow-body jet aircraft built by McDonnell Douglas in response to a Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) requirement. The aircraft is powered by more powerful Pratt and Whitney engines and can accommodate up to 125 passengers in a single-class configuration. Table of Contents Specifications Photo Gallery Description Manufacturer: This cabin is the long-range DC-8-62, a version of the aircraft stretched by 7ft (2.1m), which could seat up to 189 passengers over 5,200 nmi (9,600km). SAS was one of the first customers for the DC-8-62 SAS fitted luxury touches throughout its DC-4 cabins The SAS DC-4 on its inaugural flight from Stockholm to New York The interior of SAS's. SAS DC9 FLEET 1968-2002. LN-RLM Aborted takeoff after stallwarning ENFB (Oslo) Overrun the RWY into the water.Write-off. DC9-32 leasing from Swissair. DC9-33F Freighter. SE-DAT Heavy landing at ENVA (Trondheim). Ground spoiler actuation on short final. Write-off. DC9-51 leasing from Swissair. DC9-51 leasing from JAT and Adria. Before we discuss the McDonnell Douglas DC-9s most extended variant, the DC-9-50, let's look at how the plane came to be. During the 1950s, the California-based Douglas Aircraft Company began thinking about building a medium-range plane to complement its high-capacity DC-8s.. The first design it came up with was shunned by potential customers, causing Douglas to abandon the idea.
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The DC-9-20 has an external length of 31.82 meters, an exterior height of 4.7 meters and a tail height of 8.4 meters. It has a fuselage length and diameter of 28.07 meters and 3.35 meters respectively. Its wheelbase is 13.32 meters. The aircraft was intended to operate on short to medium routes, generally to small airports with short runways. Help Category:Douglas DC-9 of SAS Scandinavian Airlines From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository Subcategories This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total. Douglas DC-9-20 of Scandinavian Airlines (13 C, 2 F) Douglas DC-9-30 of Scandinavian Airlines (4 C) Douglas DC-9-40 of Scandinavian Airlines (37 C, 3 F)
sas dc-9-80 classic. push back - engine start taxi & take off cph kastrup aug 4. 1992.cph-man flight sk541 atd 17:10other aircraft in video: sk(m80), sk(767). A SAS DC-9 taking off and showing a short field landing at an airshow at Værnes airport in 1996. It even backs up on the runway using reverse thrust.
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I purchased a Lima November sheet for Norwegian registered SAS DC-9/MD-80s and chose the rarely seen freighter version. SAS operated two of these between the late 1960s and early 1990s. I built the kit pretty much from the box. I only added new blade antennas and nose gear doors from plastic card. Paints are Tamiya spray bomb white and silver leaf. The DC-9-41 had a slightly longer fuselage than the standard 30 series DC-9, many were delivered to SAS and Japanese airlines. Many survivors are now used as freighters. Summary data for McDonnell Douglas DC-9 41
