Northwest Airlines - SNA to MSP to MSN - DC-9-50 & Airbus A320 - December 26, 1992

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December 26, 1992
Traveling by air to visit family in Watertown, Wisconsin for Christmas, I embarked on a Northwest Airlines flight on an Airbus A320 from Santa Ana, California (SNA). There was a connecting flight on a McDonnell-Douglas DC-9-50 at Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota (MSP) that brought me to my final airport destination in Madison, Wisconsin (MSN).
Nothing out of the ordinary on this brief 30 year old video footage other than the distinct midwest accent of a flight attendant, the fact that Northwest Airlines no longer exists and that today, all of the surviving McDonnell-Douglas DC-9-5- aircraft no longer carry passengers but haul freight instead.
Anthony Reichardt
Santa Ana, Califronia
July 2023

[@benjaminmendenhall4497]

I remember when I was living in great falls Montana I flew to msp from there to cid and I was on a airbus 320 on northwest airlines and I also remember when they merged with delta

[@Jimmypagesgreat]

I remember hearing the mic cut off briefly and back on again whenever the pilot threw the engine generators on the bus

[@RJ-luci]

Couldn’t, help but notice the amount of leg room to the left of where you were filming from……flying was so much fun back then!

[@chrisnizer5702]

Always loved that iconic "buzzsaw" sound of the P&W JT8D engines. Good stuff indeed! 👍 👍

[@danielrankin6127]

My first Christmas! We have home videos at my grandparent's house that day. Now I'm a Dad and an airline pilot. Such a different world in so many ways.

[@airplanepilot]

The second jet is an MD-82. I can tell by the hydraulic and engine sounds.

[@jsprague2453]

Agreed, that's definitely a Mad Dog.

[@Jeff-sp7bg]

Remember doing power backs at dfw in the AA md 80s. Flew many times on those from Nashville to Sacramento via DFW

[@AlanCooper-u8u]

I worked that MD 82 and most likely that ship. Old NWA worker here

[@vansmack4972]

I miss Northwest Airlines.

[@Northeastern292]

It still blows my mind that Delta still has a LOT of the older build A320s. I flew N328NW that was built in January of 1992 and said aircraft is a few months older older than my ex-girlfriend I took the flight with. As long as it's properly maintained and there's still life in the airframe, I'm happy to fly on a 30 year old aircraft.

[@jarhead565]

I really miss the 90s and early 2000s

[@AlanCooper-u8u]

The ending that's the MD80.

[@Jeff-sp7bg]

1:40 fuel being introduced on engine start

[@kevincallaghan3212]

Good hard landings there great vintage video🙂

[@robertbauers2210]

13:40 still has the Republic Airlines grey seats

[@ryankenyon5010]

Great vid!