#md95

Here’s one from the archives, this one dates from September 2004 when the International Terminal at DFW was still under construction in the background. We’ve got us a Mesa house colors Beech 1900D, a Midwest MD95 (wink-wink) and two AirTran MD95s (more wink-wink, LOL). Yes, I *know* they’re Boeing 717s, but in my mind they’re still MD95s. A friend of mine who used to fly 717s for AirTran affectionately referred to them as “Douglas DC-9 Series 95s”! N919ME was one of the 25 717s that Midwest took delivery of between February 2003 to May 2006. Most of them went to Mexicana Click after Midwest shut down, but a handful of those ex-Midwest 717s are now flying for Hawaiian. N919ME is now N492HA with Hawaiian. In its history, Mesa operated a total of 82 Beech 1900Ds. #Avgeek #aviation #aircraft #planeporn #KDFW #DFW #airport #igTexas #planespotting #airlines #MD95 #Boeing #717 #AirTran #MidwestAirlines #N919ME #Beech1900D #Beechcraft #MesaAirlines #DFWavgeek #instagramaviation #splendid_transport #instaaviation #aviationlovers #aviationphotography #flight #Avgeekery #AvgeekSchoolofKnowledge (at Dallas/Fort Worth Intl Airport (DFW)) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtXYd96lVep/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1xosjlq6baqkq

Here’s one from the archives, this one dates from September 2004 when the International Terminal at DFW was still under construction in the background. We’ve got us a Mesa house colors Beech 1900D, a Midwest MD95 (wink-wink) and two AirTran MD95s (more wink-wink, LOL). Yes, I *know* they’re Boeing 717s, but in my mind they’re still MD95s. A friend of mine who used to fly 717s for AirTran affectionately referred to them as “Douglas DC-9 Series 95s”! N919ME was one of the 25 717s that Midwest took delivery of between February 2003 to May 2006. Most of them went to Mexicana Click after Midwest shut down, but a handful of those ex-Midwest 717s are now flying for Hawaiian. N919ME is now N492HA with Hawaiian. In its history, Mesa operated a total of 82 Beech 1900Ds. #Avgeek #aviation #aircraft #planeporn #KDFW #DFW #airport #igTexas #planespotting #airlines #McDonnellDouglas #MD95 #Boeing #717 #AirTran #Midwest #MidwestAirlines #N919ME #Beech1900D #Beechcraft #Mesa #MesaAirlines #DFWavgeek #instagramaviation #splendid_transport #instaaviation #aviationlovers #aviationphotography #flight #Avgeekery #AvgeekSchoolofKnowledge (at Dallas/Fort Worth Intl Airport (DFW)) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtXYCjBFDvn/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ojib0wqm3yrj

There’s a misconception that the fuselage of the Boeing 717/MD-95 is the same length as the DC-9 Series 30- it’s not, it’s its own unique length. Compared to the Series 30, the MD-95/717 fuselage is three frames longer but one frame shorter than the DC-9 Series 40. But compared to the Series 40, the proportions of the MD-95 are different- the extra frames of the Series 40 are split between ahead and behind the wing but because the MD-95’s engines are heavier than the JT8D engines of the legacy DC-9s, the MD-95’s extra frames are all ahead of the wings to keep balance. The fuselage ahead of the wing on the 717/MD-95 is about 57 inches/1.4 meters longer than that of the DC-9 Series 30. The Rolls-Royce BR715 engines on the 717/MD-95 are each about 1200 lbs heavier than the Pratt & Whitney JT8D engines of the first generation DC-9s (Series 10 through 50). #Avgeek #aviation #aircraft #planeporn #KMDW #MDW #airport #Chicago #Midway #planespotting #airlines #Boeing #717 #McDonnellDouglas #MD95 #Delta #instagramaviation #N989AT #splendid_transport #instaaviation #aviationlovers #aviationphotography #flight #Avgeekery #AvgeekSchoolofKnowledge (at Chicago Midway International Airport)

Boeing 717-200 Hawaiian Airlines N494HA "Koa’e Kea". A fragment of the poster.

Poster for Aviators. aviaposter.com

A Southwest Airlines ✈️ Boeing 737 taxiing to the runway 🛫 in Las Vegas, behind this Delta "Mad Dog" jet. #md95 #trip #luxury #video #travelphotography #fun #travelling #tourism #luxurylife #amazing #travel #mytravelgram #travelblogger #travelstagram #travelingram #igtravel #beautiful #travelvideo #luxurytravel #traveler #nevada #lasvegas #boeing #technology #hd #flight #aviation #mcdonnelldouglas #maddog #737 (at McCarran International Airport) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnFkSXuhtlL/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1pflg4cl8s73o

Angry Puppy (aka B717, as compared to the older brother MD88 Mad Dog) sitting at the gate in Houston this morning. #avgeek #avgeeks #mcdonalddouglas #md95 #boeing #boeing717 #deltaairlines #delta #flydelta #houston #texas #iah #airport #airplane #365project #365 #365photochallenge #wanderlust #aviationphotography #aviation #airline (at George Bush Intercontinental Airport)

This particular Delta Boeing 717 *cough MD-95 cough* pulling into the gate at Dallas Love Field is N948AT which was AirTran’s seventh Boeing 717 *cough MD-95 cough* delivered in 1999, the year AirTran started getting them. In their history until the acquisition by Southwest, AirTran operated 89 Boeing 717s *cough MD-95 cough* and 88 of them went to Delta. The only one of those AirTran birds that didn’t go to Delta went to Hawaiian Airlines instead. That aircraft, N604AT, was delivered to Hawaiian as a lease as N483HA, it then was leased to AirTran and then it went back to Hawaiian, getting its old tail number back as well. My last figures show 91 Boeing 717s *cough MD-95 cough* flying with Delta now. Three of those aircraft came from European operator Blue 1, the rest came from AirTran. The former Blue 1 aircraft instead of having NxxxAT tail numbers, have N98xDN tail numbers. #Avgeek #aviation #aircraft #planeporn #KDAL #DAL #DallasLoveField #airport #planespotting #instaplane #instagramaviation #McDonnellDouglas #MD95 #Boeing #717 #Delta #N948AT #splendid_transport #instaaviation #Avgeekery #AvgeekSchoolofKnowledge (at Dallas Love Field (DAL))