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Spirit Airlines Collection.
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1998 Md82/83 Safety Card
Md-82 Postcard N801NK
Md-87 Postcard N750RA
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#SpiritAirlines #Airplanes #avgeek #Travel #Md80 #DeregulationKnockout #SafetyCard #Postcards #md87 #md82

Spirit Airlines Collection.
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1998 Md82/83 Safety Card
Md-82 Postcard N801NK
Md-87 Postcard N750RA
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#SpiritAirlines #Airplanes #avgeek #Travel #Md80 #DeregulationKnockout #SafetyCard #Postcards #md87 #md82

Spirit Airlines Collection.
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1998 Md82/83 Safety Card
Md-82 Postcard N801NK
Md-87 Postcard N750RA
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#SpiritAirlines #Airplanes #avgeek #Travel #Md80 #DeregulationKnockout #SafetyCard #Postcards #md87 #md82

Spirit Airlines Collection.
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1998 Md82/83 Safety Card
Md-82 Postcard N801NK
Md-87 Postcard N750RA
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#SpiritAirlines #Airplanes #avgeek #Travel #Md80 #DeregulationKnockout #SafetyCard #Postcards #md87 #md82

Spirit Airlines Collection.
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1998 Md82/83 Safety Card
Md-82 Postcard N801NK
Md-87 Postcard N750RA
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#SpiritAirlines #Airplanes #avgeek #Travel #Md80 #DeregulationKnockout #SafetyCard #Postcards #md87 #md82

Goodnight~
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Alaska Airlines MD-83 Postcard
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#AlaskaAirlines #MD80 #MD83 #Postcard #Avgeek #Aviation #NighttimePhotography

Goodnight~
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Alaska Airlines MD-83 Postcard
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#AlaskaAirlines #MD80 #MD83 #Postcard #Avgeek #Aviation #NighttimePhotography

Goodnight~
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Alaska Airlines MD-83 Postcard
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#AlaskaAirlines #MD80 #MD83 #Postcard #Avgeek #Aviation #NighttimePhotography

Goodnight~
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Alaska Airlines MD-83 Postcard
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#AlaskaAirlines #MD80 #MD83 #Postcard #Avgeek #Aviation #NighttimePhotography

Goodnight~
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Alaska Airlines MD-83 Postcard
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#AlaskaAirlines #MD80 #MD83 #Postcard #Avgeek #Aviation #NighttimePhotography

McDonnell Douglas Super 80 – American Airlines Seating Chart (1986)
Boeing 727-100 – American Airlines Seating Chart (1986)
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#B727 #AmericanAirlines #AircraftSeatingCharts #avgeek #aviation #AirlineCabinLayouts #TrijetAircraft #McDonnellDouglasSuper80 #MD80

Alaska Airlines MD-80 Postcard
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#Avgeek #Postcard #AlaskaAirlines #MD80 #McDonnellDouglas #Aviation #AviationHistory #Airplanes

Alaska Airlines MD-80 Postcard
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#Avgeek #Postcard #AlaskaAirlines #MD80 #McDonnellDouglas #Aviation #AviationHistory #Airplanes

Alaska Airlines MD-80 Postcard
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#Avgeek #Postcard #AlaskaAirlines #MD80 #McDonnellDouglas #Aviation #AviationHistory #Airplanes

Alaska Airlines MD-80 Postcard
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#Avgeek #Postcard #AlaskaAirlines #MD80 #McDonnellDouglas #Aviation #AviationHistory #Airplanes

Let's write a basic skeleton driver for MAME and see what happens...

#reverseengineering #mame #flightsim #md80 #hacking #emulation

Time to analyze these even/odd roms. After some bit fiddling with Python, I have a single "interleaved.bin" that can be loaded into Ghidra.
After loading it into Ghidra we can immediately see a first hint - address $0x04 contains a number: 0x7c8.

Beginning of the MC68k memory (first 0x100 bytes) contain a vector table and address 0x04 points to the "entry point".

And if we scroll to the address 0x7c8, we can see valid MC86k code.

#reverseengineering #flightsim #ghidra #hacking #m68k #md80

Bottom board is labelled as "WICAT INC. CORE CPU" and features a 32-bit MC68HC000 microprocessor. On the bottom there are two 40pin flat ribbon cable connectors which connect to the FCU extender board. Board also features two connectors (possibly serial) which are labelled as HOST and DMD (?). There are also two empty EEPROM sockets which share pins with the CAT28C16AP EEPROM on the right. On the bottom left, there is also a jumper labelled as "ON BRD ROM".
#reverseengineering #md80 #flightsim

Lets take a look at the "computer" inside the FCP. It consists of a stack of two PCBs. The top one is called "FCU EXTENDER". Board features 3 40pin flat ribbon cable connectors for interfacing with other boards (2 for CPU board and one to the front panel). 6 connectors for interfacing with rotary encoders and serial port which is used as "main" control interface. It also has two interleaved EEPROM chips labelled as "FINNAIR FCP 12/5/97 1.6".
#reverseengineering #flightsim #md80

Sneak peek inside the FCP which apparently might stand for Flight Control Panel. On the top right is a stack of two PCBs. On the bottom is power supply and on the left there is a "glue" PCB for various knobs, switches and segment displays on the front of the unit.
#reverseengineering #flightsim #md80

Managed to figure out basic communication settings for the CDU (4800 baud) and FCP (9600 baud), but still somewhat confused how to hook it up properly with the computer.
FCP seems to be the main "processor", while CDU seems to be just semi-dumb display that takes data in and forwards keypresses over serial.
#reverseengineering #flightsim #md80 #hacking

I had a good time with X-Plane 12 last weekend

I have been getting back into civil flight simulation again. It doesn't look as stunning as Microsoft Flight Simulator, but with Orthophotos it's still pretty good. And it runs natively on Linux!

@microsoftflightsim

#FlightSim #FlightSimulation #MD80 #XPlane12 #XPlane #Lufthansa #RotateSim #Bulgaria #Sofia #AutoOrtho #Ortho4XP #Linux #GamingOnLinux #LinuxGaming #VATSIM

https://mancavgeek.co.uk/2024/08/27/tails-tuesday-27th-august-2024/

#a310 #a320 #a330 #AeroLloyd #airbus #atr42 #avgeek #aviation #Avinova #b737 #boeing #cointrin #dus #dusseldorf #easyjet #eddl #eddm #egcc #egkk #egll #gatwick #geneva #gva #heathrow #lgw #lhr #london #lsgg #man #manchester #McDonnellDouglas #MD80 #MEA #MiddleEastAirlines #muc #munich #photography #planespotting #tunisair #USAir

T-tail Tuesday
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Alaska Airlines - McDonnell Douglas MD-83 Postcard
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#AlaskaAirlines #MD83 #MD80 #aviation #airplanes #avgeek #planes #postcards #postcard #travel #planespotting #aviación #aviacion #avión #avion #Luftfahrt #Flugzeuge

T-tail Tuesday
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Alaska Airlines MD-83 Postcard
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#AlaskaAirlines #MD80 #MD83 #aviation #airplanes #avgeek #planes #postcards #postcard #travel #planespotting #aviación #aviacion #avión #avion #Luftfahrt #Flugzeuge

T-tail Tuesday - ALM airline of the Dutch Caribbean Super 80 Postcard
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#ALM #MD80 #aviation #airplanes #avgeek #planes #postcards #postcard #travel #planespotting #aviación #aviacion #avión #avion #Luftfahrt #Flugzeuge

Something Special In the Air.
1991 American Airlines Commercial.
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#AmericanAirlines #MD80 #aviation #aviationlovers #aviationdaily #TvCommercial #Retro #Avgeek #Travel #Airplanes #Planes

Happy Luna New Years!
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4 CAAC postcards
733
732
747SP
Md-80
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#CAAC #China #LunaNewYears #b737 #b747sp #md80 #aviation #airplanes #avgeek #planes #ftcco #postcards #postcard #travel #planespotting #aviación #aviacion #avión #avion #Luftfahrt #Flugzeuge

Heliopolis Airlines MD-83 Postcard
SU-ZCA
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My friend has put out a new video on the airline. Give it a look...
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li3j5XXnOs0
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#HeliopolisAirlines #MD83 #md80 #aviation #airplanes #avgeek #planes #ftcco #postcards #postcard #travel #planespotting #aviación #aviacion #avión #avion #Luftfahrt #Flugzeuge

T-tail Tuesday
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VIASA Venezuela Douglas DC-9-82 Postcard
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#VIASA #DC9 #md80 #md82 #aviation #airplanes #avgeek #planes #postcards #postcard #travel #planespotting #aviación #aviacion #avión #avion #Luftfahrt #Flugzeuge

Goodnight!
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Reno Air - Airline Timetable - 5/22/1997 Cover
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#RenoAir #Md80 #aviation #airplanes #avgeek #planes #ftcco #timetable #nighttimevibes #travel #planespotting #aviación #aviacion #avión #avion #Luftfahrt #Flugzeuge

T-tail Tuesday
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2007 Alaska Airlines - McDonnell Douglas MD-83 Postcard
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#aviation #airplanes #avgeek #planes #postcards #postcard #travel #planespotting #aviación #aviacion #avión #avion #Luftfahrt #Flugzeuge #AlaskaAirlines #MD80 #md83

Ending the day with a T-tail Tuesday
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Japan Air System Postcard
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#aviation #airplanes #avgeek #planes #postcards #postcard #travel #planespotting #aviación #aviacion #avión #avion #Luftfahrt #Flugzeuge #MD80 #JAS #JapanAirSystem

Ending the day with a T-tail Tuesday
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Japan Air System Postcard
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#aviation #airplanes #avgeek #planes #postcards #postcard #travel #planespotting #aviación #aviacion #avión #avion #Luftfahrt #Flugzeuge #MD80 #JAS #JapanAirSystem

Ending the day with a T-tail Tuesday
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Japan Air System Postcard
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#aviation #airplanes #avgeek #planes #postcards #postcard #travel #planespotting #aviación #aviacion #avión #avion #Luftfahrt #Flugzeuge #MD80 #JAS #JapanAirSystem

American MD-80 collection.
2x Postcards and one California schedule.
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#AmericanAirlines #md80 #aviation #airplanes #avgeek #planes #postcards #postcard #travel #planespotting #aviación #aviacion #avión #avion

T-tail Tuesday with this Alaska Airlines Md-80 Postcard.
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#aviation #airplanes #avgeek #planes #postcards #postcard #travel #planespotting #alaskaairlines #md80

Swissair Postcard Fleet, 747, DC-10, Airbus A310, MD-80
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#SwissAir #Aviation #Airplane #Postcard #Airline #Travel #Switzerland #Swiss #B747 #DC10 #A310 #MD80

This is one of my all-time favorite photos from back in the day. Shot in 2015 with my old reliable D90.

Remember when the AA Mad Dogs were everywhere and then suddenly they weren't? I can't believe I'm saying this, but I kinda sorta miss 'em.

#AmericanAirlines #MD80 #MadDog #AvGeek #PlaneSpotting

American Airlines MD-80 Postcard
#md80 #AmericanAirlines #avgeek #aviation #postcard