So long as we’re on the subject of Mad Dog freighters, here’s one that would make a great addition with the MD-80 family. Aeronaves TSM, a Mexican cargo charter airline based in Saltillo, currently operates a fleet of 11 MD-83SF, all converted from former passenger airliners. Back when I was in college in the Bay Area, these were a somewhat frequent sight at OAK, whether taking off, landing, or parked on the Kaiser Air ramp.
This particular example, registered XA-UZI and photographed at Queretaro, began life in June of 1992 as N597AA with American Airlines, her one and only passenger operator. After 23 years of service, she was wfu in July 2015 and stored at Roswell, New Mexico (ROW/KROW) for a bit over a year, departing in November 2016 after being sold to Frontera Flight Holdings the previous month, still as N597AA. Over the next several months, she was converted to a freighter with the windows being blocked out, the seats removed, and a large cargo door cut into the forward fuselage on the port side. In June 2017, she entered service with Aeronaves TSM after being re-registered as XA-UZI, with whom she remains active to this day.
Andes Líneas Aéreas used to operate a fleet of MD-83s, would be nice to get this livery whenever the MD-80 family gets added. I spotted them multiple times at Aeroparque, here’s a video I recorded of LV-BEG taking off from Aeroparque.
Anotha Bump for the Maddog! Who remembers the McDonnell Douglas MD-89? This was a proposed variant that was in development but never became a thing, it later was modified and eventually became the prototype for the McDonnell Douglas MD-90.
We need this aircraft, We need more vintage aircraft in general, Also my fav aircraft, And the first model plane I bought, using my last vote for this
If I’m not mistaken, the B717 is the Boeing version of the MD-90 when McDonnell Douglas fused with the former. The MD-80s are a different aircraft type.
I also think, should the MD-80s come, they’d replace the B717.
- Kazuteru Sugawara.
, using my last vote for this
