Hushkit specialist Comtran has brought its Stage 4-compliant Super Q MD-80 family demonstrator to Farnborough in the UK ahead of the Farnborough air show next week (pictured below).
The MD-82, fitted with Super 27 aero engine mufflers fitted on the Pratt & Whitney JT8D-200-series turbofans, will be displayed at the show alongside a VIP-configured 727. The Stage 4 (Chapter 4 in Europe) kits allow the MD-80s to be used by freight operators in Europe and cost $895,000 installed.
The Super Q 727-4 also features the Quiet Wing winglet modifications and follows on from a similar Stage 3 conversion.
Comtran owner Doug Jaffe plans to lease the 93 former US Airways MD-80s once made Stage 4 compliant, through his Jetran International venture.
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Source: Flight International
