G4 loses out to Frontier 87s done?

[NIKV69]

As of the 7th Allegiant is done in Bullhead. Harrah's got a better deal from Republic so now I get to see Frontier Embraers! Allegiant is sending 945 to IGM.

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAY9945

I think will mean the end of the the couple of 87s Allegiant had active. Sucks! Headed across the river to snag some parting shots.

[megatop412]

Dang, never managed to snag an -87

looking forward to seeing some departure shots if you do get them

[NIKV69]

Dang, never managed to snag an -87

looking forward to seeing some departure shots if you do get them

Just got back, will go through em now. In the meantime here is 948 I shot couple of years ago. I will try to find out when they are parking her. Should be soon.

[Delta777LR]

I did catch in MD-87 once at LGA at least. The only one Ive ever cought was a Vanguard MD-87

[Chris102]

Is there a big difference between the different models? Allegiant flies out of AVP twice a week now and I've seen them with the -80, -83, -87 and -88 and aside from slightly different colors on the tails, they look the same to me.

[NIKV69]

The 87 was a shorter version of the MD-80. It's a bit confusing but the wiki page sums it up.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_MD-80

[stratoduck]

The MD-87, MD-90 and the MD-95(717) share the same tail. The top is parallel with the fuselage, while on the remainder of the DC-9 fleet, the top of the vertical stabilizer slopes down.

The shorter body with the big engines needed the extra stability.

[MarkLawrence]

G4's -87's have been into FLL a lot - 949 used to be a regular visitor here - shot it a lot..

[NIKV69]

Think that's it. G4 is gone. Wow end of an era here. Well Frontier tomorrow. So cool!