McDonnell Douglas DC-9

what is it?

The McDonnell Douglas DC-9 is an American five-abreast, single-aisle aircraft designed by the Douglas Aircraft Company. It was initially produced as the Douglas DC-9 before August 1967, when the company merged with McDonnell Aircraft to become McDonnell Douglas. Even before the introduction of its first jetliner, the high-capacity Douglas DC-8, in 1959, Douglas was interested in producing an aircraft suited to smaller routes.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 jet engines · low wing · 28.4 m wingspan

base stats

• seats 139passengers
• built 976made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 61 years ago, in 1965.
• 🚗Wingspan of 28.4 m: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.3× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

jet: Gas turbine pushing air out the back (turbofan or turbojet): fast and high-flying.

spec sheet

first flight

1965-02-25

introduced

1965

status

still flying

number built

976

role

narrow-body jet airliner

origin

🇺🇸 United States

makers

McDonnell Douglas, Douglas

engines

2× jet

passengers

139

length

40.7 m

wingspan

28.4 m

height

8.4 m

top speed

—

range

—

ceiling

11,295 m

wings

low wing

ICAO code

DC91, DC92, DC93, DC94, DC95

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.

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