Didn't know an MD-80 could do this

[bitchstewie]

Watch This MD-80 "Mad Dog" Cargo Jet Make A Crazy Zoom Climb Out Of The Bahamas

[MarkwG]

Every flight I've done on a DC9/MD80 felt like it did that...

[J4CKO]

Think some of them got more powerful engines fitted later on, and as its not got 100 odd passengers plus luggage, am assuming it wasn't full of freight as well so can see how it does that, pretty cool to see.

[normalbloke]

A lot of commercial stuff has a surplus of power and lift when not full of slf and plastic dog turds and can pull off some interesting attitudes.

[rjfp1962]

That's what an MD80 can do when it's empty and not having any noise abatement restrictions......

[hantsxlg]

I used to fly every week (monday and friday) in MD80s in the US when I lived there around the end of the last century. I liked them as they really seemed to have more 'get up and go' than the other tin I flew on. Also on the times I was lucky to be in rows 1-5 them became lovely and quiet as they accelerated and you couldn't hear the engine noise any more.

They also had a good trick of using reverse thrust to 'self push back' from the gates on some days. Which always started with rolling forward a few feet before the PiC stuck her in reverse and floored her! I guess this was to unstick the wheels/brakes.

[klunkT5]

A TU-154 stuffed full of holiday makers doesn't do a bad job either!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1uWFfOO0V8

[BrettMRC]

I may be due a parrot...but isn't most of that a CGI rendering/from a computer sim?

[Swift93]

Having flown the DC-9, the junior size, it is clear to me the crew didn't use the standard profile for departure. Did anyone notice how the gear was retracted very early, the altitude over the runway remains nearly constant as it accelerates and then it goes into a steep climb which is unsustainable. They were trading airspeed for altitude. Noise abatement profiles are typically done at V2 (which guarantees minimum single engine climb gradient) to a specified altitude.

[MarkwG]

Swift93 said:

Having flown the DC-9, the junior size, it is clear to me the crew didn't use the standard profile for departure. Did anyone notice how the gear was retracted very early, the altitude over the runway remains nearly constant as it accelerates and then it goes into a steep climb which is unsustainable. They were trading airspeed for altitude. Noise abatement profiles are typically done at V2 (which guarantees minimum single engine climb gradient) to a specified altitude.

As I read it, Nassau doesn't have any departure noise abatement procedures, so I guess the crew call it as they see it, subject to any ATC constraints.

[Swift93]

MarkwG said:

As I read it, Nassau doesn't have any departure noise abatement procedures, so I guess the crew call it as they see it, subject to any ATC constraints.

My airline required a standard profile for all departures, V2 to 1000AGL at which point the VNAV (B737NG) would move the bug to a normal climb profile, 250 IAS to 10,000'.

[Oilchange]

..maybe his last aircraft was an F18 out of Nellis and he liked going vertical with his hair on fire!

[eccles]

I used to work at the airport in Cambridge and if they take off towards town aircraft have to do a noise abatement take off to avoid upsetting Addenbbrookes hospital..
Seeing empty Tristars sitting on their arse and heading to the sky at very steep angles was a hell of a sight.

[5150]

Any aircraft can do this!

[MarkwG]

Swift93 said:

MarkwG said:

As I read it, Nassau doesn't have any departure noise abatement procedures, so I guess the crew call it as they see it, subject to any ATC constraints.

My airline required a standard profile for all departures, V2 to 1000AGL at which point the VNAV (B737NG) would move the bug to a normal climb profile, 250 IAS to 10,000'.

Makes sense, I guess a cargo outfit on a short hop may not feel the need for such constraints? I've seen bizjets fly some really exotic departure & arrival profiles, given half a chance.

[bobbo89]

Such a nice looking aircraft the MD-80, always had a soft spot for them and they look even better in cargo configuration with no windows.

[magpie215]

In the cargo outfit I worked for one of the captains would often Brief for a "Hooligan departure".

Good fun when you have no slf on board to worry about.

[dvs_dave]

Looks like he was practicing a textbook tactical departure. Maybe he’s due into Kabul, or somewhere similar, and wanted to get a feel for it.

[FourWheelDrift]

dvs_dave said:

Looks like he was practicing a textbook tactical departure. Maybe he’s due into Los Angeles, or somewhere similar, and wanted to get a feel for it.

FTFY.