what's the difference between the boeing 717 & the MD-80?

Answer 1

Well Zach, my friend, I don't know how you're going to separate the b.s. from the facts here, but all I can tell you is that I used to instruct on, and am rated on the B717.....what the boys say about McDonnell-Douglas and Boeing is correct.....and the interesting thing is that FAA has never issued a type rating for the B717!......my license says DC9....and I've never flown a DC9!!...........the flight instrumentation is different for one thing......the 717 is a glass cockpit aircraft.......aside from that, the similarities to the DC9 were so numerous that the FAA just decided to go ahead and issue a DC9 type........I have never been inside the cockpit of an MD 80, so I don't know how to compare the two.........but I know the MD 80 only has 2 engines. Interesting fact about McDonnell-Douglas and Boeing and how the FAA gave DC type rating on a Boeing aircraft.......ahh big business!!

Answer 2

It's Bigger (106 in 2-class compared to 130).And after McDonnel Douglas merged with Boeing. Boeing Couldn't Sell it as the MD-80/MD-90/MD-95 Series... So Boeing Sold it as the 717

Answer 3

The 717 is Actually the MD-95. The Aircraft was designed by McDonnel Douglas ENTIRELY but then Boeing bought MD out and re-classified it as the 717.

The 717 has a higher MTOW, more advanced Avionics/ Basically a modernized version of the modernized version of the DC-9-30.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Now not much, they are all well-nigh the same plane. A boss-eighty(ninety) is a DC-9, the name was simply converted when Douglas Corp merged with McDonnell aircraft. The 717 is meant to be a extra advanced version (glass cockpit, and so on). And in reality the 717 was once at first the MD-95, until Boeing bought McDonnell Douglas. Equal plane, exceptional editions, one of a kind manufactures

Answer 6

the Boeing 717 is just a newer version. The last McDonnell MD-80 was the MD-95.

When Boeing bought McD they introduced newer avionincs and renamed the plane a B717.

Answer 7

boeing 717 is longer than the MD-80

Answer 8

Besides the avionics, the engines are different. MD-80 uses JT8D-200 and 717/MD-95 uses RR BR-715

Answer 9

The 717(MD-95) is a smaller, shorter version of the MD-80 with modern avionics and high-bypass turbofan engines.

It is similar in size and capabilities to the original DC-9 aircraft, which is where the MD-80 originated from.

Answer 10

im a rusty aircraft spotter But steping on to a B717 the other day I saw the name on the side but looking at for 30 mins before on the apron i would have sworn it was a md 80 or dc -9