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#Onthisday in 1965 the DC-9 took off on its maiden flight. The DC-9 was designed by Douglas as a mid-range jetliner. Have you ever flown on a DC-9? #avgeek #aviation This tweet was posted on February 25, 2018.
#Onthisday in 1965, the #Douglas DC-9 was introduced into service by #Delta Air Lines. The DC-9 was the second commercial jetliner from Douglas. What are your favorite #DC9 memories? #avgeek This tweet was posted on December 08, 2018.
#Onthisday in 1965, the #Douglas DC-9 was introduced into service with #Delta Air Lines. #DC9 #avgeek #aviationhistory This tweet was posted on December 08, 2016.
#Onthisday in 1965, the Douglas DC-9 took off on its maiden flight. The #DC9 was designed as a mid-range jetliner with a smaller capacity than the Boeing 727 and with the capability of serving the shorter runways of small regional airports. Did you ever fly on a DC-9? #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 25, 2019.
#Onthisday in 1965, the Douglas DC-9 took off on its maiden flight. The aircraft was produced for 41 years, first by Douglas, then McDonnell Douglas, and finally Boeing in numerous variants and derivatives. Have you ever flown on a DC-9? #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 25, 2020.
By the end of the 1950s, the airline had rapidly expanded into 35 cities. In 1966, Ozark entered the jet age and purchased several Douglas DC-9 aircraft, and added destinations all over the country. #DefunctThursday #Ozark #AvGeek This tweet was posted on July 07, 2022.
By the mid-1960s, PSA had grown substantially and was flying record numbers of passengers. It added the turbojet Boeing 727 and McDonnell Douglas DC-9 to its fleet and expanded its routes to include Sacramento, San Jose, and Ontario. #DefunctThursday #PacificSouthwestAirlines This tweet was posted on October 07, 2022.
Happy #PiDay! Installed this week in our newest exhibition, "Aluminum: The Miracle Metal of Aviation", is a delightfully round engine cowling from a DC-9. Its bluntly curved leading edge helped to slow down air flow from near supersonic speeds to feed the engine fan. This tweet was posted on March 14, 2019.
RT @sobore: Stewardess Carol Koberlein posing in front of Delta's first DC-9 This tweet was posted on January 06, 2016.
SF based Hughes Airwest operated a large McDonnell Douglas DC-9 fleet, which were ideal for its West Coast routes. Painted in Sundance Yellow, the airline caricatured its DC-9 aircraft as flying bananas and advertised itself as the “Top banana in the West.” #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on July 28, 2021.
The DC-9 & its many variants were highly successful for airlines worldwide. The aircraft was produced for 41 yrs, first by Douglas, then McDonnell Douglas, & finally Boeing in numerous variants, with final deliveries of its last derivative, the Boeing 717, in 2006. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on July 28, 2021.
The DC-9 was designed by Douglas as a mid-range jetliner with the ability to serve the short runways of small regional airports. It featured two jet engines mounted at the rear of the fuselage and a high-mounted horizontal stabilizer. #WingWednesday This tweet was posted on July 28, 2021.
The McDonnell Douglas MD-80 was an updated version of the DC-9, which was introduced in 1965. Like the DC-9, the MD-80 provided a mid-range, medium capacity airliner capable of serving short runways of small regional airports. #AviationEvolutions This tweet was posted on December 11, 2018.
The company changed its name to Allegheny Airlines in 1953. By the mid- 1950s, Allegheny operated Convair 440's, 540's and Martin 2-0-2s. The company’s first jet aircraft introduced into service was the DC-9. #DefunctThursday #AvGeek #USAirways This tweet was posted on December 22, 2022.
📸 1/3: photograph: Douglas DC-9; c. 1967 Gift of the Frank J. Lichtanski Collection 2011.061.0299 photograph: Douglas DC-9; 1968 Gift of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum (@IntrepidMuseum) 2008.060.002 This tweet was posted on July 28, 2021.
📸 2/3: photograph of illustration: Southern Airlines, Douglas DC-9; c. 1967 Gift of the Frank J. Lichtanski Collection 2011.061.0287 photograph: Ozark Air Lines, Douglas DC-9-15; c. 1966 Gift of William Rys, Jr. 2019.085.144 This tweet was posted on July 28, 2021.
📸 3/3: postcard: Ozark Airlines, Douglas DC-9; 1970s Gift of the William Hough Collection 2008.055.503 This tweet was posted on July 07, 2022.