md88The MD-88 taxied to runway 17 and was cleared for takeoff at 14:23. The first officer, who was the pilot flying, advanced the throttles and called for the autothrottles to be set when the engineTitle: McDonnell-Douglas MD-88 MD-90 The MD-80 series of airrs was a development of the DC-9 and initially known as the DC-9 Series 80. It had a stretched fuselage, enlarged wings