Rare MD-80 ‘Mad Dogs’ modified with winglets
Posted by KodoSky@reddit | WeirdWings | View on Reddit | 8 comments
Curiously, it seems like there were actually at least 2 seperate winglet retrofits for the MD-80, both of the blended winglet type, the first (1-2) being very similar to aircraft such as the 737 NG and A320 NEO, apparently with American as the sole customer, the second (3) appears to resemble moreso the more flowing design of the A350s, and operated exclusively By TranAir. As again, this was extremely rare, and barely any photos online exist of these curiously converted aircraft. Not much else is known.
UNDR08@reddit
The American ones are clearly photoshopped.
The other one was for an airshow, but never reached production
pachycephalofan@reddit
boeing 767 is also cool
Tyraid@reddit
I feel like I would have known if this was real
Clickclickdoh@reddit
Sadly not rare. Not real. AA never trialed winglets on MD-8x series aircraft.
The flat tailbone that were retrofitted later in their airframes lives were a fuel saving mod made by AA though.
GhostPepperDaddy@reddit
Photoshop job by a dreamer, then? I thought the pictures looked a little off but figured they're not clear enough for AI and that I'm overly skeptic.
murphsmodels@reddit
They might be Boeing 717s though, which are rebadged MD-95s.
Hattix@reddit
None of these were 717s, which were shorter, had longer nacelle strakes, and none of them had bucket thrust reverses.
WhiskeyMikeMike@reddit
The Iran air photos were just fitted for farnborough airshow 2005