This will be the oddest TR you've ever read.Depart from gate 111 in a MD-80-something. Take off, look out my window, I see the world's tallest Skycoaster, far far below us. Then, I see Univseral Stuidos, and Islands of Adventure.There you go, my TR of Orlando yesterday.
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I just know it wasn't an 88 or 90. Honestly, I am horrible at telling apart airplanes. I can tell which are Boeings, MD, and Airbus, but rarely can I tell the model (especially with Airbus. Boeing I'm usually good at, but if I saw a 717, I would very likely confuse it with a MD craft.)And maybe you'll know this, maybe not, but how common is it for a set of wheels to lock up durring landing on rough runways?
Locking the wheels on a landing is not too uncommon. It happend if there is a strong tailwind on landing, too much lift (spoilers not deployed on landing), or lack of reverse thrust.Hard braking is tested quite often on new aircraft. Often on 747's they hit the brakes so hard that the rotors glow red and often start fires. Worn out tires or bad runway conditions (wet, dusty, loose material, snow/ice) can cause the wheels to lock up pretty quickly.I have trouble telling the difference between the Boeing 717, MD 80's, and the MD-90. The MD-87 is a newer shortned version of the MD-90. The MD-90 is a lot longer than the 80's. It is used for longer range hauls further than the 80's can safely reach. A bit more complicated, the 717 is closely related to the MD-80/90 series (Boeing merged with McDonnell Douglass) but is a bit longer and has a bigger powerplant.I used to be good at spotting the differences in all the airliners, but I have gotten rusty. Airbus are easy to spot from the Boeings. The A320 (competition to the 737) have winglets on the tips and votex generators on the wings. Most boeings don't have winglets (although the 747 & 777 ER series have been fitted).
