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Laying the Maddog to rest.


Johnathan Guif
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Johnathan Guif
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Hey everyone. Today I thought I would do something special. I decided to take a MD-83 that was in "storage" at DFW airport, and fly it to the Mojave Desert (KMHV). Flying as American#9835, It was a 3 1/2 hour flight that began at the maintenance hangers at Dallas, and ended in the fields of the Mojave Desert Boneyard, where I then Disconnected from VATSIM and spent 30 Minutes painting this MD-80 into Ex-American Decommissioned Colors. I lastly put the airplane in the fields next to some other retired aircraft.  I hope you enjoy.  sfgbdfs1.thumb.jpg.5a7abecd80fc015345680eb1ca8bea3d.jpgCruising at FL360ojjoizjdiz2.thumb.jpg.e09cf4ef96bc5256a1a567376edce1a2.jpgDescending into California. We're flying over some sort of AF base. fierfij3.thumb.jpg.f7c7cf469cee3b0b67ea95cab8f170eb.jpgOn final for Mojave.fsdiojreaijo4.thumb.jpg.10e9a28961325c04e24d76ca67f59c12.jpg And touchdown.frefaerrferfearefaraefreafre5.thumb.jpg.12799e5ec65e2f740a2d95d8c6ac5cf1.jpg At the hanger. Waiting to be decommissioned.reargagviu6.thumb.jpg.e9f5029dc01a1c7af234a811b1fd002f.jpg  After being decommissioned. Ready to meet it's fate.734674367777777.thumb.jpg.881b3376fd48f3c04afb2907a539f1bc.jpg

The maddog has now been laid to rest.  N979TW was an MD-83 originally delivered to TWA October 11th, 1999. After TWA and American merged in December of 2001, N979TW would continue to fly out of Chicago and Dallas until September of 2019 when American retired the MD-80 series from their fleet. It is now officially stored until further notice.

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Aharon Dayan
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Impressive display of aircraft graveyard!!!!!

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nebojsa milosavljevic
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Nice set.

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