• Aircraft:

  McDonnell Douglas C-9B Skytrain II

• Reg: 164607 full info | 164607 photos
• Serial #:

  47428

• Airline: United States - US Navy (USN)
• Photo Date: Jan 18, 2006
• Uploaded: Mar 06, 2006
• Other Location - Tucson Pima Air and Space Museum, USA - Arizona

Current Markings: Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 57 (VR-57,) U.S. Navy, North Island NAS, California One of the most successful twin-engine jet airliners ever the Douglas DC-9 has been in continuous production since 1965. Over time the design has evolved considerably, growing steadily longer and with increasing wingspans. The DC-9 and its descendants the MD-80 and MD-90 have been so popular that they survived the demise of McDonnell-Douglas and reemerged as the Boeing 717 in the late 1990s. The U.S. Air Force adopted the DC-9 as the C-9A Nightingale in 1967 for use as a medical evacuation aircraft. The Air Force also adopted the VC-9C as a VIP transport. The U.S. Navy adopted the C-9B for general cargo and personnel transport duties.

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Aircraft

The aircraft was manufactured in 1972 as the DC-9-33 (RC) and flew for Iberia as the EC-BYK until 1990

Milan Cibulka 164607

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Johannes Reichert 164607

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Parked freely for a side one shot, this was possible during renovations [1600 pix]

R Skywalker 164607

1,107 0 0 McDonnell Douglas C-9B Skytrain II

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Gilles ASTRE 141017

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Radek Oneksiak N605UP

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