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The popular MD-80 series is a stretched and improved development of the famous McDonnell Douglas DC-9, which were racing with Boeings 707 in the early years of jet airliners era.

The origins of the MD-80 lie in 1975 testing where a standard DC-9 was fitted with improved, more efficient, higher bypass ratio turbofans. MDC has developed the DC-9 Super 80 (or DC-9-80), combining the new engines with a further stretched fuselage, increased span wing and other improvements. Launched in October 1977, the Super 80 first flew on October 18 1979.

McDonnell Douglas renamed the DC-9-80 the MD-80 in 1983. The specific MD-80 models are the initial MD-81, the MD-82 with more powerful engines, the extended range MD-83 with extra fuel and more efficient JT8D-219s turbofans.

The aircraft was made by SGA in Gmax.