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Delta Air Lines MD88 Mad Dog Safety Information Card Brand New:
$4.00
Delta Air Lines MD88 Mad Dog Safety Information Card Brand New. Rest assured that these were not removed from an aircraft. I purchased from from Delta Air Lines in Atlanta. These are brand new - copyright 2015. Printed in the USA, this is revision 2 of the MD-88 safety card. This card features information in a tri-fold format. OnTuesday,June 2, 2020 Delta’s MD-88s flew their finalscheduledflightsbefore heading to Blytheville, Ark.,fortheir well-deservedretirement.Formore thanthree decadesin the caseof the MD-88s,these aircraft served assteadyworkhorsesfor the domestic network. They alsoplayed significant roles duringsome of Delta’schallengingmoments,as well as periods of success for the airline. Even now, the MD-88 retirement marks a special moment in time for Delta, as the airline looks to evolve into a stronger, better, more nimblecompanyamid the COVID-19 pandemic. The final MD-88 flight,DL88, arrived fromWashington-Dullesat10a.m. Delta is the lastU.S.passenger airline to operate these aircraft,whosehistory will never be forgotten.At our peak, Delta operateda fleet of 185“Mad Dog” jetsthat flewroughly 900 daily flights.
FUNMD-88FACTSDownload Delta placed its initial order for 30 MD-88s, often called \"MadDogs,”in January 1986 with options for 50 more. Eight of the planes were delivered as model MD-82, the forerunner to the MD-88and later modified by Delta to the more advanced flight deck of the MD-88 configuration. The MD-88first entered the Delta fleet in January 1988,servingAustin, Birmingham, Cincinnati, Jackson, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Houston, Oklahoma City, Little Rock, Shreveport and Washington, D.C. The final MD-88 was delivered in December 1993. Developed from the original Douglas DC-9, the149-seatMD-88 had twice the passenger capacity of the first version, and modernized engines and avionics. The aircraft’s updated \"glass cockpit\" boasted digital displays powered by cathode ray tubeswas advanced at the time. It also featured aerodynamics improvements found on the earlier MD-82, including a redesigned tail cone. The aircraft also had a22-inchwideaisle in the coach cabin and handrails along the edge of the overhead bins to offer additional comfort and safety forcustomers and crewsmoving through the cabin. As of February this year, prior to the coronavirus-driven fleet reduction, there were 47 MD-88soperating. The MD-88 served a number of special missions during its time at Delta. Just last year, as hurricanes devastated parts of the Bahamas, the MD-88 was used on a humanitarian mission to bring supplies and evacuate residents off the islands, as the flight crew recounted in thisNPR interview.
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