Tribute to the SAS MD-82

By flugsnug
Published on 20 Oct 2013

Tribute to the SAS MD-82
A familiar sight at Birmingham Airport, the last of these old jets in SAS (Scandinavian Airlines) service is due to be withdrawn in a few days at the end October 2013, so I've put together some shots taken at BHX/EGBB during 2013 as a video farewell.

The basic design started way back in the 1960's as the Douglas DC-9, moved into the 1980's as the McDonnell Douglas MD-80 family (like the remaining SAS MD-82 examples), and ended with the smaller, quieter Boeing 717 at the very end of the 1990's. So this month really does see the end of an era for SAS and probably for a number of airports served by SAS like Birmingham.