My Father was a pilot on the DC-9 for eight years at Northwest Airlines. He enjoyed flying it more than the newer equipment. It was a plane that truly tested a pilot's knowledge and flight ability.
Brilliant. Jonah, hopefully you're on your way to becoming a commercial pilot, thanks for nerding out on youtube, other nerds like myself appreciate it.
Super cool, love the great detail, very informative! I wish more videos would provide, in detail, how the cockpits work and take the time to describe it step by step like you've presented with us. It's my life's dream to one day be a pilot and to also have the knowledge of how the mechanics of the aircraft systems operate. I'd like to transfer away from the daily operation of 18 wheel vehicles across our interstate system. P.S. I'd personally love to get a chance to fly on one of these old planes! Thanks again for this great video! :-)
I got to fly the DC-9 at the Delta Training Facility. Along with the MD80 and 738 and was able to start it CnD. amazing what FSX teaches you. I wish you the best of luck. Delta is my life goal as well. Best airline in the world.
I have heard that the reason for that you basicly always start with engine no,2 has to to with layout of the aircraft. You can start engines on the right side of the aircraft while pax may board on the the left hand side. Pax in/out on the left hand side. Bag on/off on the right hand side. I have also seen that in prop days, the door was in the back. May that be so that people do not walk in to a spinning propeller? The ATR has this still today. The Fokker F-27, yes. The F-50 and Dash-8 in front.
Even DC-8's are still flown in airline service in America. Not in passenger service, but still in service. Air Transport International based in Little Rock still has 10 of them in use.
Thats very good to hear. Im not ready to see the DC-9-51 leave. It may be a gas guzzler but its still the best plane I have flown on. Gonna plan another trip this summer just so I can get another ride on it.
When the tower hands you over to departure, they say "jetBlue 1187, contact Minneapolis departure" that's on an IFR flight plan....if ur flying VFR with no planned route, when u takeoff and leave the tower airspace they will say "cessna 081, you are leaving my airspace, frequency change approved" great vid! I love airplanes like these cuz I honestly hate to see the old ones retire! I am not looking forward to the planes of the future....
Its so cool seeing the cockpit at the airport nowadays. When grandpa went on trips to europe, he could sit in the cockpit during the flight and chat with the pilots and engineers. Definety cant do that anymore.
The 50 series DC9, just like the 40, were a short production run. The 50 was the first with the nose stall stakes, which remain to this day. The 40 series I think was the best short version of the DC9, which is probably why it was brought back as the B717 with updated avionics and the IAE engines. Had MD made that change to the MD-80 line back then, things would be a lot different on that market.
The 717 most closely resembles the Series 30 plane which was the most prolific of the DC9 series. Intriguing is how Douglas first released the Series 10, then lengthened the fuselage and increased wingspan to the Series 30. And then on the heels of that, Douglas mated the shorter Series 10 fuselage to the Series 30 wings & engines for a higher performance craft suited for high elevation runways such as Denver; they called that one the Series 20.
@PlanesAndBasketball Thank you! Oh, and if you do go on a DC-9... pick seat 25F or 25A. The Engine takes up half of your window and the wing is the other half. It's a great view and GREAT sound. If you can, get the takeoff and landing on camera!! :)
Thanks for this video. Its videos like this that commercial aviation fans like us pick up the knowledge that you were impressing the pilots with. Great job!
Surprised to see you cnx the master caution light without asking. Lol cause it can light up on the ground due to anamolies (ie running APU). Glad to see your very interested. Hopefully you followed that dream and are out there flying today!
The performance cards, now called TOLD (takeoff and landing) were always in the center covering the radar screen. Radar was usually off if weather and forecast were good. If it was needed, the PNF would remove the TOLD, but for landing and takeoff, the TOLD cards were always there so both crews would check and crosscheck the speeds against their speed bugs on their airspeed indicators.
That's crazy, the 9's are leaving o-so fast. In August I have a voucher to burn, so on my return flight from a wedding, I'm going to try to do a route via ATL in and out of BHM, and so far it appears to yield 2 DC-9's. Those will surely be my last, unless I'm able to snag one in December again. Great vid by the way.
@Helicopterpilot16 Yea in MSP. I was the first one on the airlpane cause my F/O was my old elementary school teacher and I was in there for 25 minutes.
just got word that delta will be i think the only airline that has ever operated the DC-9, MD-80, MD-90 and 717 families all at once. this will take place this summer when delta is done repainting the 3 717's they just got from Airtran. In the end, delta will have all 88 of the AT 717's.
To bad she on her last days .commercial aviation number one beauty is the DC-9 , MD FAMILY. First time I saw her I thought she was a pure jet , then on one sunny occasion while exiting her from the front I saw the big beautiful fan on her magnificent JT-8D. Ever time I see and hear her dances and sings to me . She so beautiful.
Wow..you remind me of when I was young,and went out to the airport,and would ask the same Q...the pilots..alway were Wow..you know so much...I did go and work for American for 35 years..on the Ramp.and loved it..I Retired..8 1/2 years ago...I do miss the Airplanes...not the job...Did you every get a job with the Airlines.???...I hope you did you know so much...God Bless you my friend...
What an incredible video, an insight into an aircraft which very sadly isn't as common as it used to be. I have a question: is the unit at 7:25 specifically an ACARS unit? Do you happen to know what model it is? I've only really seen it in pictures on NWA/Delta DC-9s, and initially thought it was an FMS, but doesn't seem so from close up.
That yellow handle is to isolate the brake pressure, should you loose one system. In the position of the video is in both (normal) which is center. If one system was lost, then it would be turned by a pilot to the appropriate working side. I can't remember well, but some 50 series I helped prepare for Aeropostal, a Venezuelan airline in the 80's, had two electric hyd pumps, plus the PTU. So you would have to lose a lot to use the handle. Factory default was one elec pump + aux (PTU).
Winter, or whenever Delta decides to get the 717's they will start to phase out. Also, each 717 that comes into Delta's fleet, two CRJ-200's will be retired. So, Delta is ordering 88 717's, So 2 times 88 is 176. 176 CRJ-200's will be retired when Delta has 88 717's in the fleet.
IT's amazing these first flew in 1965 the cockpits look like 1965 what would be cool if a company bought up all these old cool planes and just ran a airline for people still want to fly in them like the B-17 can fly in it for $300.
This is my Preffered DC-9... Because tis is a biggest original DC-9 prior to be merged with Mcdonnell...n after, my preffered is a MD-87 because that is haves a 219C engine but with a shortly body... I have a doubt... this airborne belonged before a North Central/Republic Airlines? Cheers from Brazil....
Airplanes today: "Here are the computer screens, over here is the joystick (side stick), and the tray table opens up into a keyboard. To start the APU, press this button; it runs an auto-start sequence. The computer monitors the fuel and EGT and if they fall outside of safe parameters, it shuts down automatically."
ikr, pilots today barely can land themselves, and their planes are ALL conputer. these were the days, hard work forever pays. Md82s, dc9s, all still in service but limited.
*is there a problem with this?* Its less interesting unless you're an engineering student. Nobody gets misty eyed about "press button, receive bacon for taxi". Its a better machine but a less romantic idol. Its ultimately the same reason why hand carpentry will never go out of style even after a robot learns to do it better. In 100 years I bet someone is still going to prefer flying a J3 Cub.
Yea, that's a reasonable reply. Call me an asshole for repeating the standard view of the entire airline industry minus the minority of cranky out of touch blow hards. In reality autoland is only ever used for conditions in which a plane without it wouldn't be allowed to land or would highly likely be unable to doing it "completely visual". The vast vast majority of landings are still how they were in the old days, autopilot coupled to an ILS and manual after stabilized. Autopilots have been a standard part of commercial flying since at least the end of WW2 when military aircraft were being converted to civilian use and all their new fancy systems were becoming the norm. Autoland itself was developed in the 60s by Europeans because the conditions normally found there made doing things "completely visually" hazardous and stupid. RVR less than 500 feet is no time for heroes. This isn't recreational flying, its about people getting places and doing it safely. The era of hand flying without autopilot was the most dangerous time to fly. The time when the DC-9 came out was still dangerous, autopilots or not, because of safety standards. Since the Airbus A320 era things are as safe as they've ever been as a result of the changing ways things are done. Airbus hate is just a reflex and most criticisms made by people who call someone like me an asshole are excessive, whatever truth there is in it. In reality the DC-9 has lots of advanced autopilot features including an autothrottle intended exclusively for landings. The 1965 FCOM by Douglas indicates autopilot is usable from 500 feet agl. Its not much different to what they do today, that being today when the majority of landings are still manual, Airbus sidestick or not.
BollocksUtwat yeah you brought up good points just I've been flying a while and back in the days of dc9s we sometimes landed completely visual. These days flying 767s, ILS, and all this panel stuff is just odd for one who has been flying for such a long time.
Deltafan311 No they don't, not at NW/DL anyway. There were some USAF C-9's that had INS and USN aircraft had it, but it was uncommon to unheard of in civilian DC-9's, and was definitely not the norm.
@DVA5656 Please don't group pilots together.As a young black kid I used to love checking out the cockpit of DC-9's 747's etc so 30 years later I offer the same experience to my younger passengers and aviation enthusiast.So jonahair747 keep it up with the cockpit videos
How are you so smart??! I would love to be a smart as you are with all this stuff! What do you study? like what books do you read? i would love to know as much as you do! i thought i knew alot, and then i watched this video! good job man!:D
@DVA5656 and sorry missed this one.No sir or mam I don't mind at all.As long as they show a true interest in aviation and the flight was stress free-ish i don't mind at all
You know your stuff. Im not a true understander of the un-glass cockpit, like the DC-9. Maybe in a Airbus, id be pointing to things like you would. Whats your trick to getting up there in the cockpit? Planning to maybe go up there sometime.
JEALOUS!!! i WOULD LOVE TO STAY IN A FLIGHT DECK FOR SO LONG LIKE YOU!lol! That's interesting! The capt. altimeter is digitize and analog! Well! That possibly would explain why my checklist says to start engine 2 first. Well you got yourself a good shot at this considering the fact that these are going to retire! Hahaha! Just what the F/O says. "You have a disease!" lol! You and me both, Jonah. We both have the disease! XD!
Great video. Favorited. I'm in love, but my heart is broken since they retire these classics. DC-9 ROCKS, it's one of the longest lasting planes ever! When built-today planes retire in the future, the pilots will be flying the niner back home =)
dude this is so creepy... your voice is almost identical to mine which is weird because I've never heard someone with a voice like mine...and you're an aviation nerd like me too
How did you get this oppertunity. I'm young and would love to see the cockpit of a plane in depth like this. Was it before departure or after arrival? Who would I ask?
Interesting. Always wondered why there was flap/slats separation. Can bring them separately. Didn't know why until now. I usually bring them down together. Interesting
Thank you so much! Well, good news for you and all DC-9 lovers reading this comment, the DC-9-51's WERE currently going to retire in early 2013. NOW, Delta has decided to keep them until 2015! Three more years to enjoy this beautiful bird!
There is also the running joke among MD pilots that it such an ugly shade of blue/green that it's an incentive not to crash....since that's not the last thing you want to see.
Question; now that Delta is getting 717's, will there be a common type rating with the 88 and 90? Or will there have to be a special pilot group for the 717? THANKS
This video is legendary. Such good conversation and fantastic quality and discussion in the DC-9.
Airforceproud95 oh hey this Is old
Airforceproud95 hiiiii huge fannn
Are you FapAirProud59?
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My Father was a pilot on the DC-9 for eight years at Northwest Airlines. He enjoyed flying it more than the newer equipment. It was a plane that truly tested a pilot's knowledge and flight ability.
I remember flying on the DC-9 a few times during the 1980s and 1990s. I would fly on one again any day any time!!
Awesome video.. It was great to see how welcoming the pilots were to all your questions..
Great banter with the guys...thanks for posting.
Brilliant. Jonah, hopefully you're on your way to becoming a commercial pilot, thanks for nerding out on youtube, other nerds like myself appreciate it.
Super cool, love the great detail, very informative! I wish more videos would provide, in detail, how the cockpits work and take the time to describe it step by step like you've presented with us. It's my life's dream to one day be a pilot and to also have the knowledge of how the mechanics of the aircraft systems operate. I'd like to transfer away from the daily operation of 18 wheel vehicles across our interstate system. P.S. I'd personally love to get a chance to fly on one of these old planes! Thanks again for this great video! :-)
Wow What a great tour vid...THANKS. I like the DC-9 xx. She's a great bird. Very responsive to pilot inputs.
I got to fly the DC-9 at the Delta Training Facility. Along with the MD80 and 738 and was able to start it CnD. amazing what FSX teaches you. I wish you the best of luck. Delta is my life goal as well. Best airline in the world.
I have heard that the reason for that you basicly always start with engine no,2 has to to with layout of the aircraft. You can start engines on the right side of the aircraft while pax may board on the the left hand side. Pax in/out on the left hand side. Bag on/off on the right hand side. I have also seen that in prop days, the door was in the back. May that be so that people do not walk in to a spinning propeller? The ATR has this still today. The Fokker F-27, yes. The F-50 and Dash-8 in front.
Even DC-8's are still flown in airline service in America. Not in passenger service, but still in service. Air Transport International based in Little Rock still has 10 of them in use.
What beautiful history this is! Thank you, Jonah.
Thats very good to hear. Im not ready to see the DC-9-51 leave. It may be a gas guzzler but its still the best plane I have flown on. Gonna plan another trip this summer just so I can get another ride on it.
When the tower hands you over to departure, they say "jetBlue 1187, contact Minneapolis departure" that's on an IFR flight plan....if ur flying VFR with no planned route, when u takeoff and leave the tower airspace they will say "cessna 081, you are leaving my airspace, frequency change approved" great vid! I love airplanes like these cuz I honestly hate to see the old ones retire! I am not looking forward to the planes of the future....
i did this in a united 757...so cool! very friendly pilots too!
Its so cool seeing the cockpit at the airport nowadays. When grandpa went on trips to europe, he could sit in the cockpit during the flight and chat with the pilots and engineers. Definety cant do that anymore.
The 50 series DC9, just like the 40, were a short production run. The 50 was the first with the nose stall stakes, which remain to this day. The 40 series I think was the best short version of the DC9, which is probably why it was brought back as the B717 with updated avionics and the IAE engines. Had MD made that change to the MD-80 line back then, things would be a lot different on that market.
The 717 most closely resembles the Series 30 plane which was the most prolific of the DC9 series. Intriguing is how Douglas first released the Series 10, then lengthened the fuselage and increased wingspan to the Series 30. And then on the heels of that, Douglas mated the shorter Series 10 fuselage to the Series 30 wings & engines for a higher performance craft suited for high elevation runways such as Denver; they called that one the Series 20.
Love the old cockpit sounds
DC-9 one of the fully analog aircraft that need pro pilots to deal with it soon i will miss this aircraft old is gold :)
@PlanesAndBasketball Thank you! Oh, and if you do go on a DC-9... pick seat 25F or 25A. The Engine takes up half of your window and the wing is the other half. It's a great view and GREAT sound. If you can, get the takeoff and landing on camera!! :)
Soviet green cockpit.
Most DC-9 panels were seamist green
Aeromexico used to have the DC-9 -32 and DC-9-15 before. by the years 70¨s. I love this plane is very reliable.
Thanks for this video. Its videos like this that commercial aviation fans like us pick up the knowledge that you were impressing the pilots with. Great job!
Surprised to see you cnx the master caution light without asking. Lol cause it can light up on the ground due to anamolies (ie running APU). Glad to see your very interested. Hopefully you followed that dream and are out there flying today!
Yay!!!!!!! I flew for TW and I worked on the D 9-51....what a super great a/c to work on! :)
The performance cards, now called TOLD (takeoff and landing) were always in the center covering the radar screen. Radar was usually off if weather and forecast were good. If it was needed, the PNF would remove the TOLD, but for landing and takeoff, the TOLD cards were always there so both crews would check and crosscheck the speeds against their speed bugs on their airspeed indicators.
sweet dude!!! never got to go into a dc9 classic cockpit. been in alot of super80's and love them. but this is just cool. great coverage and filming.
That's crazy, the 9's are leaving o-so fast. In August I have a voucher to burn, so on my return flight from a wedding, I'm going to try to do a route via ATL in and out of BHM, and so far it appears to yield 2 DC-9's. Those will surely be my last, unless I'm able to snag one in December again. Great vid by the way.
Yeah, this would be me. Having studied it all. Would SO love to fly this airplane
I love the Delta DC-9. Much more comfortable than these horrible Continental Embraer's where the cabin is too tiny.
Wonderful video. I read that Delta flew their last DC9 flight just a couple weeks ago.
@AmericanPilot407 The funny thing is, the F/O did know me, that's how I got into the Cockpit 20 minutes prior to the Flight.
@Helicopterpilot16 Yea in MSP. I was the first one on the airlpane cause my F/O was my old elementary school teacher and I was in there for 25 minutes.
@cduluk Exactly what I told him! DC-9's are so fine!! Especially the JT8D-17's. I can't get enough of them!
I don't blame jonah for touching the flight controls. It's good to get hands-on experience :)
just got word that delta will be i think the only airline that has ever operated the
DC-9, MD-80, MD-90 and 717 families all at once. this will take place this summer when delta is done repainting the 3 717's they just got from Airtran. In the end, delta will have all 88 of the AT 717's.
Wow Jonah, I've just seen this video for the first time tonight. You're such the nerd, hahaha!! You got to love it.
To bad she on her last days .commercial aviation number one beauty is the DC-9 , MD FAMILY. First time I saw her I thought she was a pure jet , then on one sunny occasion while exiting her from the front I saw the big beautiful fan on her magnificent JT-8D. Ever time I see and hear her dances and sings to me . She so beautiful.
Cool guys. Great jet
Wow! Fantastic video! Cool pilots. But above all your knowledge of aircraft is most impressive. - Safe flying!
@DeltaEagle7700 hahaha oh yes we do lol. and the F/O was my old elementary school teacher so Iwas on the DC-9 first lol.
My Dad spent alot of his career on these and then he juped to the 757 and then to the 747-400!! for the last few years
@jonahair747 Im glad you found pilots like that on your flight, you rarely find them.
Congrats you were featured on McPhat Studios Facebook
Wow..you remind me of when I was young,and went out to the airport,and would ask the same Q...the pilots..alway were Wow..you know so much...I did go and work for American for 35 years..on the Ramp.and loved it..I Retired..8 1/2 years ago...I do miss the Airplanes...not the job...Did you every get a job with the Airlines.???...I hope you did you know so much...God Bless you my friend...
Thank you for the comment! Yes, I do work for the airlines. I am working for my 4th airline now 🤙
Thanks for this great video! I'm a huge DC-9 fan! This has great info too!
What an incredible video, an insight into an aircraft which very sadly isn't as common as it used to be. I have a question: is the unit at 7:25 specifically an ACARS unit? Do you happen to know what model it is? I've only really seen it in pictures on NWA/Delta DC-9s, and initially thought it was an FMS, but doesn't seem so from close up.
That yellow handle is to isolate the brake pressure, should you loose one system. In the position of the video is in both (normal) which is center. If one system was lost, then it would be turned by a pilot to the appropriate working side. I can't remember well, but some 50 series I helped prepare for Aeropostal, a Venezuelan airline in the 80's, had two electric hyd pumps, plus the PTU. So you would have to lose a lot to use the handle. Factory default was one elec pump + aux (PTU).
@SlashTruck niners have new FMS and other NAV systems but their A/P can only follow a heading, vor, locs ...
@gryffindorhouse122 I knew the Pilots. So thats how I got on the plane first 20 minutes before boarding.
Classic instruments , glass cockpit cant beat diles and knobs, ,especially in bright day light
My god flying this plane sounds like rocket science compared to the newer planes today.
Its sad to see the dc 9s go :(
***** I know but I love the DC-9 Its always been one of my favoret air craft
+ALi Ta yeah who cares if it's old or not, that's still a badass airplane! very reliable
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CalgaryAirportCanadaBoeing737-800 yeah, but the md88s are just renamed dc9s, plus dc9s are unsafe ;-;
Pretty cool, but those things are old school. Try it in a 757 ;)
Hello ! Could you explain me what's that yellow handle behind the captain's yoke and what's its use? Thank you a lot !
Bye. Daniel.
Man I hope you make it, knowing all this stuff if you don't, you're going to be crushed.
gotta love these classic 9s. hey jonah, will delta have the 717s and DC-9s at the same time?
cute i love it when people think they know you even when they don't.why am I not a pilot sir?
Yeah i think they extended the time period after the video and comment was made. Im glad they are gonna be around a couple more years though!
Winter, or whenever Delta decides to get the 717's they will start to phase out. Also, each 717 that comes into Delta's fleet, two CRJ-200's will be retired. So, Delta is ordering 88 717's, So 2 times 88 is 176. 176 CRJ-200's will be retired when Delta has 88 717's in the fleet.
IT's amazing these first flew in 1965 the cockpits look like 1965 what would be cool if a company bought up all these old cool planes and just ran a airline for people still want to fly in them like the B-17 can fly in it for $300.
Fantastic! I love this!
@jonahair747 neat video. how do you get to go on all these flights and get to look in the cockpits? i guess you have some good connections.....
2024, cool plane..u know, progress.
I’ll fly this any day over a modern piece of junk that we have in our skies nowadays
This is my Preffered DC-9... Because tis is a biggest original DC-9 prior to be merged with Mcdonnell...n after, my preffered is a MD-87 because that is haves a 219C engine but with a shortly body...
I have a doubt... this airborne belonged before a North Central/Republic Airlines? Cheers from Brazil....
DC-9 cockpit looks like a Tu-154 cockpit
Revolutionary Socialist Media I prefer the Green cockpit. Makes you feel like you're flying a tank.
Airplanes today: "Here are the computer screens, over here is the joystick (side stick), and the tray table opens up into a keyboard.
To start the APU, press this button; it runs an auto-start sequence. The computer monitors the fuel and EGT and if they fall outside of safe parameters, it shuts down automatically."
airbus me jhonny
ikr, pilots today barely can land themselves, and their planes are ALL conputer. these were the days, hard work forever pays. Md82s, dc9s, all still in service but limited.
*is there a problem with this?*
Its less interesting unless you're an engineering student. Nobody gets misty eyed about "press button, receive bacon for taxi".
Its a better machine but a less romantic idol. Its ultimately the same reason why hand carpentry will never go out of style even after a robot learns to do it better. In 100 years I bet someone is still going to prefer flying a J3 Cub.
Yea, that's a reasonable reply. Call me an asshole for repeating the standard view of the entire airline industry minus the minority of cranky out of touch blow hards.
In reality autoland is only ever used for conditions in which a plane without it wouldn't be allowed to land or would highly likely be unable to doing it "completely visual". The vast vast majority of landings are still how they were in the old days, autopilot coupled to an ILS and manual after stabilized.
Autopilots have been a standard part of commercial flying since at least the end of WW2 when military aircraft were being converted to civilian use and all their new fancy systems were becoming the norm. Autoland itself was developed in the 60s by Europeans because the conditions normally found there made doing things "completely visually" hazardous and stupid. RVR less than 500 feet is no time for heroes. This isn't recreational flying, its about people getting places and doing it safely. The era of hand flying without autopilot was the most dangerous time to fly. The time when the DC-9 came out was still dangerous, autopilots or not, because of safety standards. Since the Airbus A320 era things are as safe as they've ever been as a result of the changing ways things are done.
Airbus hate is just a reflex and most criticisms made by people who call someone like me an asshole are excessive, whatever truth there is in it. In reality the DC-9 has lots of advanced autopilot features including an autothrottle intended exclusively for landings. The 1965 FCOM by Douglas indicates autopilot is usable from 500 feet agl. Its not much different to what they do today, that being today when the majority of landings are still manual, Airbus sidestick or not.
BollocksUtwat yeah you brought up good points just I've been flying a while and back in the days of dc9s we sometimes landed completely visual. These days flying 767s, ILS, and all this panel stuff is just odd for one who has been flying for such a long time.
I heard it too from a DC-9 pilot as well. It was a few months ago. He is a patient that my dad has. I'm trying to see if he could get me on one.
That was used be to very advanced in the 1960's but today it's just outdated
Pretty much junk today
Very friendly pilots! did you go back in the cockpit after the flight?
cool you flew over where i live in wisconsin dells have you ever ben here???
@jonahair747 the DC-9s have INS for navigation
Deltafan311 No they don't, not at NW/DL anyway. There were some USAF C-9's that had INS and USN aircraft had it, but it was uncommon to unheard of in civilian DC-9's, and was definitely not the norm.
It'll be sad to see the 9's go, but surly not the 200's.
What is the 49 minute flight from to where?
@DVA5656 Please don't group pilots together.As a young black kid I used to love checking out the cockpit of DC-9's 747's etc so 30 years later I offer the same experience to my younger passengers and aviation enthusiast.So jonahair747 keep it up with the cockpit videos
How are you so smart??! I would love to be a smart as you are with all this stuff! What do you study? like what books do you read? i would love to know as much as you do! i thought i knew alot, and then i watched this video! good job man!:D
Do you remember the numbers on the back?
my brothers friend is a pilot for airtran and he flies 717s
@DVA5656 and sorry missed this one.No sir or mam I don't mind at all.As long as they show a true interest in aviation and the flight was stress free-ish i don't mind at all
You know your stuff. Im not a true understander of the un-glass cockpit, like the DC-9. Maybe in a Airbus, id be pointing to things like you would. Whats your trick to getting up there in the cockpit? Planning to maybe go up there sometime.
GoingWhere Ask the Captain politely.
@jonahair747 The first officer was your old elementary school teacher?! Wow!
JEALOUS!!! i WOULD LOVE TO STAY IN A FLIGHT DECK FOR SO LONG LIKE YOU!lol!
That's interesting! The capt. altimeter is digitize and analog! Well! That possibly would explain why my checklist says to start engine 2 first. Well you got yourself a good shot at this considering the fact that these are going to retire! Hahaha! Just what the F/O says. "You have a disease!" lol! You and me both, Jonah. We both have the disease! XD!
how did you get to go in there
Great video. Favorited. I'm in love, but my heart is broken since they retire these classics. DC-9 ROCKS, it's one of the longest lasting planes ever! When built-today planes retire in the future, the pilots will be flying the niner back home =)
Heritage Elevators Except that they weren't. The first airliner I flew was the DC-9, and I liked it (still do), but I don't miss flying it.
Really cool. Where was this headed? Detroit? Milwaukee?
If you look at the dispatch release, it shows MSP - ORD
@cduluk Ya I know AA already retired there MD-80s. They just have the MD-82 and -83s.
dude this is so creepy... your voice is almost identical to mine which is weird because I've never heard someone with a voice like mine...and you're an aviation nerd like me too
Thats very very nice to hear!
But where did you read that since the sources i find only say late 2012 =(
LOL Your a pilot. Alright Vanover.
Actually! Fabulous 👌👌👌
How did you get this oppertunity. I'm young and would love to see the cockpit of a plane in depth like this. Was it before departure or after arrival? Who would I ask?
717fan18 Before. Ask the Captain.
Interesting. Always wondered why there was flap/slats separation. Can bring them separately. Didn't know why until now. I usually bring them down together. Interesting
bill r Y Unless there's a flap or slat abnormal you'd always move the handle together.
Thank you so much! Well, good news for you and all DC-9 lovers reading this comment, the DC-9-51's WERE currently going to retire in early 2013. NOW, Delta has decided to keep them until 2015! Three more years to enjoy this beautiful bird!
Well, how I said before, I don't think so after the DC-9-51 has about 30 seats more than the 717-200.
Well lucky you and all DC-9 lovers on here, they're not retiring them until 2015!
Always wondered, why is the cockpit turquoise/blue??
It's easy on the eyes ...they don't get strained as much with this color
There is also the running joke among MD pilots that it such an ugly shade of blue/green that it's an incentive not to crash....since that's not the last thing you want to see.
i like that one lol
Question; now that Delta is getting 717's, will there be a common type rating with the 88 and 90? Or will there have to be a special pilot group for the 717? THANKS
do they still use this plane in 2011
I was lucky to fly on one of them :D
Man, I would love to fly this airplane. So cool!