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McDonnell Douglas MD-80 and MD-90
Airliner Color History
Anotace
| Vazba: | Brožovaná | ||
| Počet stran: | 128 | ||
| Rozměry v mm: | 210 x 300 | ||
| Počet obrázků: | 300 | ||
| Rok vydání: | 1999 | ||
Donald W. Douglas had the dream of building large commercial aircraft and would go on to produce the DC-3, which remains in commercial service after nearly 60 years. By the time Douglas was merged with McDonnell in 1967, the company had entered the jet age with the DC-8 and DC-9, and the latter would go on to be one of the best-selling commercial jet aircraft families of the twentieth century. McDonnell Douglas MD-80 & MD-90 is the fascinating story of this fam-ily of airliners which has served with over 40 airlines around the globe. Focused on are the MD-80 and MD-90 variants which currently number over 1,100, many that will continue serving well into the twenty-first century. Following Boeing's acquisition of the company, the MD-90 derivatives will live on in the guise of the Boeing 717-200—the erstwhile MD-95---that was rolled out in June 1998. The original Pratt & Whitney JT8D-powered MD-80 was a stretched DC-9—the Super 80—and flew first in 1979. Four years later, it received the McDonnell Douglas designation MD-80 that would be used generally to cover a range of variants. Supported by a massive American Airlines order for 67 MD-82s
(with options on 100 more) and a Delta order for 80 MD-88s, the family grew in stature, and sales blossomed. The next major improvement to the MD-80 was the MD-90, which saw a change of engines to International Aero Engines (14E) V2500 turbofans—then the largest and most powerful engines ever rear-mounted on an airliner. This type first flew in 1993 with Delta again as a launch customer. The basic MD-90 model is the -30, which is also built under license in China. The Boeing 717-200, a reduced size 100-120-seat, short-range airliner powered by BMW Rolls-Royce engines, is the latest in the family. No doubt it will perform as well for Boeing as sales of the DC-9/MD-80/MD-90 performed for McDonnell Douglas. McDonnell Douglas MD-80 & MD-90 is the fifth book in the Airliner Color History series, a new highly-illustrated series on important civil aircraft. The author is the late Arthur Pearcy, the doyen of aviation writers, known everywhere as Mr. Dakota. One of the great names of aviation writing, he will be sorely missed.
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