Originally Posted by
Geezers of Nazareth
I have a recollection of reading somewhere that a few SAS DC-9s/MD80 series were equipped with a braking 'chute, for use on snowy northern airfields with short-ish runways.
I have never heard that and no DC-9 variant had a brake chute. They all had reverse thrust. The DC-9-21 was a high-performance short-fuselage DC-9 with the wing of the DC-9-30 and SAS was the only customer for this variant. Perhaps this is what you are thinking of.