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Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts) Mon Feb 17, 2014, 05:05 PM Feb 2014

America's war against Douglas Aircraft continues...

http://www.abc2news.com/dpp/news/region/anne_arundel_county_/aircraft-damaged-on-bwi-tarmac

http://blogs.star-telegram.com/.a/6a00d8341c2cc953ef01a5116ebd24970c-pi

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America's war against Douglas Aircraft continues... (Original Post) Blue_Tires Feb 2014 OP

I never did like flying McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Submariner Feb 2014 #1

I think it was the tug driver who crashed into the jet Blue_Tires Feb 2014 #2

Meh. A little bondo, paint, and the rest will buff right out. Major Nikon Feb 2014 #3

How did the U.S.A. get here? hunter Feb 2014 #4

Submariner

(12,511 posts)

1. I never did like flying McDonnell Douglas Aircraft

Reply to Blue_Tires (Original post)

Mon Feb 17, 2014, 06:00 PM

Feb 2014

DC-9s, DC-10s, then they switch names to MD-80, MD-10. I flew more often in the 80s/90s, and too many of the MD aircraft were falling out of the sky. Now they're crashing at gates?