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Fly the McDonnell Douglas MD-80 at JetStream Virtual
Fly the legendary McDonnell Douglas MD-80 on real routes, in real liveries, wearing real historical registrations. Our free Heritage Fleet spans 2 airlines that genuinely operated it — 16 authentic tails in all.
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McDonnell Douglas MD-80 (MD83)
The "Mad Dog" — a narrowbody workhorse loved for its long fuselage, T-tail, and rear-mounted engines.
Seating
140–172
Engines
2 × Pratt & Whitney JT8D-200
Range
≈ 2,500 nm
Cruise
Mach 0.76
Airlines you can fly it with
Each tail carries a genuine real-world registration once worn by these carriers.
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JetStream Virtual. We carry 16 historic McDonnell Douglas MD-80 aircraft with real-world registrations across 2 airlines that operated the type. It's free to join and fly in MSFS, X-Plane and Prepar3D.
Create a free account, book a flight with one of the historic operators, open the Historic Aircraft tab on the aircraft-selection page and pick a McDonnell Douglas MD-80 tail. Then dispatch with SimBrief and fly.
At JetStream Virtual you can fly it with: Austrian, Finnair. Every aircraft wears a genuine historical registration.
More heritage types: see the full Historic Aircraft fleet →