HISTORY :

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Ship 909

McDonnell-Douglas DC-9-31 series

manufacturer serial number - 47255

assembly line number - 310

date of manufacture - 17 April 1968

date of delivery - 13 May 1968

Ninth DC-9 aircraft for North Central Airlines


1 July 1979 - merged with Southern Airways to form Republic Airlines - ship 909

1 October 1986 - merged with Northwest Airlines - ship 9909

1 June 2004 - withdrawn from service

2 June 2004 - ferried for storage at Marana Pinal Airpark, AZ (MZJ)

9 November 2007 - registered as leased to Northwest Airlines from Wells Fargo Bank

1 January 2009 - no longer on Northwest fleet list

6 February 2013 - deregistered and parted out by Clipper Aviation

Total Time: 14,052 hours

Aircraft Cycles: 12,037 (flights)


Aircraft Seen :

31 January 2008 - Marana Pinal Airpark, AZ - storage - old Northwest paint scheme ("bowling shoe")


revision date: June 2014     comments and additions: please email