AA donates MD-80 to Baker Aviation School in MIA

[FWAAA]

The MD-80, delivered in 1983, made its last passenger flight late last year. On Monday night, a 500 ton crane will swing the plane across State Road 112 expressway and place it on Le Jeune Road. It will be towed a couple hundred feet to the school. Even without engines, the plane is worth about $6 million, according to AA:

http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/05/13/1628667/planes-road-trip-jet-faces-tricky.html

 

[The Goose]

The MD-80, delivered in 1983, made its last passenger flight late last year. On Monday night, a 500 ton crane will swing the plane across State Road 112 expressway and place it on Le Jeune Road. It will be towed a couple hundred feet to the school. Even without engines, the plane is worth about $6 million, according to AA:

http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/05/13/1628667/planes-road-trip-jet-faces-tricky.html

$6MM is a helluva lot of beer can material.

Maybe if we give it to Arpey as a bonus he'll go away.

 

[MCI transplant]

$6MM is a helluva lot of beer can material.

Maybe if we give it to Arpey as a bonus he'll go away.

🙄 -------Dreamer!!!!

 

[Skymess]

The MD-80, delivered in 1983, made its last passenger flight late last year. On Monday night, a 500 ton crane will swing the plane across State Road 112 expressway and place it on Le Jeune Road. It will be towed a couple hundred feet to the school. Even without engines, the plane is worth about $6 million, according to AA:

http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/05/13/1628667/planes-road-trip-jet-faces-tricky.html

cool. Thanks for posting. I've been meaning to look it up since I heard about it last week but forgot.

 

[eolesen]

That's the second aircraft I know of that AA's donated to an aviation school. In the 90's, a 727-100 was given to a training school at MDW which was a JV somehow associated with AMR which was later spun off. It was one of the two that they painted grey before retiring that fleet.

 

[Large Grey]

The MD-80, delivered in 1983, made its last passenger flight late last year. On Monday night, a 500 ton crane will swing the plane across State Road 112 expressway and place it on Le Jeune Road. It will be towed a couple hundred feet to the school. Even without engines, the plane is worth about $6 million, according to AA:

http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/05/13/1628667/planes-road-trip-jet-faces-tricky.html

$ 6 MILLION? ROFLMAO! AA takes the write - down but is it really market value?

Averages:
See this MD83 for instance: $2.5 Million and time remaining. Fresh C Check




AMSI
855-12-890-692

Price: $2,500,000
Registration No: XU-U4E
Serial No: 49395
1986 MD-83
Total Time: 45459 Aircraft Location: Other Listed On: 02/14/10
Engine Information
-219 Engines, excellent limiters left, Corrosion inspections not due until 2013
Avionics Information
Full avionic package
Paint and Exterior Information
Exterior, White with red/ blue stripes, paint is only 2 years old
Interior Information
165 Y class, very clean very nice
Other Information and Equipment
Delivering from C check right now! Everything fresh and plenty of time left on Engines, Gear, and now has fresh check! Very good Aircraft and at a very good bargain. Located in Asia.
Inspection Status
Fresh C check as of now!

MORE MD 80 - 83 Available

 

[FWAAA]

Jet's flight across expressway faces weather delay:

http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/05/17/1634235/retired-jets-trip-over-expressway.html

Probably want to wait for perfect weather before swinging a 69 ton jet on a crane with a 400 foot telescoping boom across an expressway.

 

[TIME FOR CHANGE]

I will try to get some video of the lift and post a link ...when it happens of course

 

[FWAAA]

Apparently, Wednesday night's weather was satisfactory, as the plane was swung across the expressway overnight:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/American-Airlines-Donates-prnews-408162152.html?x=0&.v=1

 

[Hopeful]

The students don't know how lucky they are to get an actual commercial jet for hands on training.
When i went to school, it was a real eye opener when I made it to the real world of airline aircraft maintenance.

AA did as good thing here.

 

[1AA]

Watch it on YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLIxcSjS2cQ

 

[FA Mikey]

The students don't know how lucky they are to get an actual commercial jet for hands on training.
When i went to school, it was a real eye opener when I made it to the real world of airline aircraft maintenance.

AA did as good thing here.

I agree. They had up until summer of 2002 an old UAL 720 parked in the hangar area of the school.

 

[The Goose]

The students don't know how lucky they are to get an actual commercial jet for hands on training.
When i went to school, it was a real eye opener when I made it to the real world of airline aircraft maintenance.

In Navy "A" and "B" School (ADJ), we had aircraft to work on but they were F-86s. Even though these poor kids are training for what's turned into a bad career field, I do agree with you - they're rather lucky that AMR had to throw away some money for tax purposes and even luckier the aircraft they received is relatively modern - not a totally obsolete POS.

 

[Bob Owens]

The students don't know how lucky they are to get an actual commercial jet for hands on training.
When i went to school, it was a real eye opener when I made it to the real world of airline aircraft maintenance.

AA did as good thing here.

Now what they need to do is tell them to come to class at 10pm on Saturday night, have them replace a dump valve, and then splash a little Skydrol in their eyes. Then tell them how the airline that sent them this plane has over the last seven years gotten rid of over one third of their mechanics and cut the pay of those who remain by 40% and is coming back for more!.

Then I would say those kids are lucky!

$6 million for something worth less than $2 million, AA did something good for AA.

 

[Hopeful]

Now what they need to do is tell them to come to class at 10pm on Saturday night, have them replace a dump valve, and then splash a little Skydrol in their eyes. Then tell them how the airline that sent them this plane has over the last seven years gotten rid of over one third of their mechanics and cut the pay of those who remain by 40% and is coming back for more!.

Then I would say those kids are lucky!

$6 million for something worth less than $2 million, AA did something good for AA.

That's their choice. Very hard trying to tell young people what to do. They will find out the hard way that aircraft mechanics are going the way of the dinosaur.

You're preaching to the choir.