Mad Dog ??

[Captain4242]

I'm sure some of you 121 guys can answer this for me:
Which aircraft has the nickname "Mad Dog"?
I've heard it used for the MD-80, and the MD-11.
Is it a generalization for all Douglass'?
Thanks

 

[NightFlyer]

The term "Maddog" can refer to any MD aircraft. At FedEx we only have one MD aircraft so we just call it the Maddog. I'm not sure what American did when they had both the MD11 and the MD80.

NightFlyer

 

[AAbyDefault]

AA named their's "super 80" I guess as a relection on their pilots......afterall we were just the k-mart guys!

 

[pianoman]

I have generally heard the mad dog used more for the MD-80.

Of course, there aren't that many MD-11's flying around in the daytime.

 

[twiceskunkeddog]

I've heard the MD 88 refered to as the Mad Dog,

But I've heard the MD 11 refered to as the Mighty Dog...

Food for thought

 

[PHXFLYR]

I've heard the MD 88 refered to as the Mad Dog,

But I've heard the MD 11 refered to as the Mighty Dog...

Food for thought

Also heard the MD11 refered to as the "MD a lemon"


PHXFLYR

 

[Dangerkitty]

AA named their's "super 80" I guess as a relection on their pilots......afterall we were just the k-mart guys!

It's been over 5 years and you are still bitter about the integration. Get over it dude. Life is too short to be blaming all the world's ills on AMR.

 

[Huck]

MD-11 has also been called:

- MD- 911

- More Death at Eleven

- The Scud (You can launch it but don't know where it's going to end up)

- The Death Cruiser II (DC10 was first)


All this from the days when it first hit the pax market in the early nineties. Freight dogs don't talk that way - they talk about how much better it is than all those other little airplanes on the ramp....

 

[aa73]

AA named their's "super 80" I guess as a relection on their pilots......afterall we were just the k-mart guys!

"a relection on their pilots..." what does that mean?

back in the shed, tool!

p.s. AA named their 80s "mad dogs" because the black bullet nose makes the aircraft look like a dog from the front. (for those who are interested in the real point of this thread.)

 

[Falconjet]

No flame, but why does AA call their MDs Super 80s?

Just wondering.

FJ