MD80 Reverses Thrust in the air!

[ahmedhassan]

That Pepsi aluminum can looks so pretty.

[mikeyosullivan]

Who else gets satisfied when the thrust reverser open

[philipbyrnes]

Absolutely stunning photography, clear, still, in focus right through and oh so steady. Finally someone that knows how to use a camera, brilliant, well done 12 out of 10 👍😎

[johndee]

That was a bounce. So the squat switch had already activated allowing the reversers to be deployed. The initial picture was click-bait of a 1 second freeze frame!

[avor]

the pilot thought they were down, after they bounced, and pulled the thrusters back. nobody got hurt, but the pilot will live forever in the youtube world

[obsoleteprofessor]

I knew a girl who could do that! God I miss her..

[skytrainii]

I know this comment is late but. The DC-9 has a ground shift mechanism on the Nose gear that tells the a/c systems when it is on the ground. So the a/c does not think it's on the ground until the nose strut compresses to a certain point. Our standard landing was to touch down on the mains, reduce the throttles to idle and hold the nose in the air for aero braking. We would not wait to pop the reversers. It was one smooth motion to pull the throttles back and pop the reverser. There was an interlock system that would not allow the reversers to deploy until the engines were actually at idle. This prevented a fwd push from the engines if the reverser levers were demanding power from the engines before the reversers were completely deployed.
Notice the interlock has nothing to do with any gear being on the ground. And notice the reversers can deploy even if the nose is in the air. In fact, every landing we did just that. Even if the mains were on the ground, the reversers were deploying while the system thought it was in the air.

The only connection between the reverser system and the ground shift mechanism was a hydraulic isolation valve. The hydraulics system pressure would be isolated from the reverser system while in the air. But, this isolation valve was upstream from the reverser accumulators. So the reversers could and did deploy with the accumulator pressure while landing and the a/c still in the air mode. This was a favorite check ride question I would give a new Crew chief in the Navy flying the C-9B's.

[kaitspolitsinik]

Epic camera panning there ;) What a shot! The plane is sexy as well.

[MCHFacts]

Captain: Let's show the ATC What skill is all about... You ready?
First Officer: Say no more sir >:)
*Deploys thrust reversers*

[khymaaren]

"While the title is technically true, it suggests something entirely different from what actually happened." -Captain Obvious

[Esteb]

Awesome seeing the reverse thrust hit in air. You can really see it slow and sink the plane to the runway.

[sup]

Md80 is such a beautiful aircraft. Shame its disappearing so quickly.

[adammccarthy]

The thrust reverser can be deployed when either radio altimeter senses less than 10ft altitude, or when the air/ground safety sensor is in the ground mode.

[coldpizzasoda]

I wish American still had this livery.

[canadianplanespotter]

They say you can't teach an old "Mad Dog" new tricks, but I've *NEVER* seen this before! 10/10 JustPlanes, massive like :)

[kquttersanford]

I'm going to miss MD 80 they have so amazing takeoff noise

[stein]

I love this aircraft. This one looks awesome in AA's scheme.

[billybobjoe]

I don't get why people act like its something serious. The guy was 3 feet from the ground on landing. Nothing bad could occur from this. So stop freaking out.

[redstoyotarunnerwithstri-hpgm]

the reflection of the runway on the bottom is just AMAZING!

[billr]

Only a seasoned highly experienced pilot can do this. Good for him!