My Farewell to the MAAd Dog
Super80Sendoff – My Final Flights on the American MD-80 September 4th, 2019 saw the final flights of American Airlines once ubiquitous MD-80. Launched in 1981 by McDonnell Douglas in Long Beach as the DC-9-80 series, the company marketed it as the “Super 80 – the plane for the 1980s”. When American Airlines picked up its initial 25 aircraft, they proudly utilized that “Super 80” moniker.