McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30F · 33CF MSN 47409

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N917U Universal AL ntu

History

McDonnell Douglas DC-9-33CF, serial number 47409, line number 497. Delivered to ONA-Overseas National Airways on 22 May 1969, registered N937F. N917U Universal Airlines not taken up. Operated by Ozark Airlines on 15 Nov 1976. Owned by GATX/ARMCO/Boothe 15 Nov 1976, Oz. bought May 1984. Merged into TWA on 26 Oct 1986. PolALC Dec 1986, to PAC937 21 Oct 1997 Oct 1997 operated by Twin Hills Airport, PaAC 47409 15 Nov 2000, withdrawn from use 8 Apr 2001 St. Louis Lambert International Airport, returned PaAC 47409 and ferried to Tucson 10 Apr 2001, total time 77088, 71692 l, seen stored 19 Sep 2001, identified seen 16 Dec 2001, seen 19 Jul 2002 Twin Hills Airport colours, PacAC 474409 to Watertown International Airport 47409 Cagayan North International Airport, Lal-lo 6 Nov 2002, seen at Tucson 8 Apr 2004 no engines, seen 15 Sep 2005 faded basic Twin Hills Airport colours, seen Jun 2006, Watertown International Airport to Aircraft Traders Belgium 19 Mar 2007, seen at Tucson International Airport 24 Apr 2008, cancelled 13 May 2008 to S9-. Operated by Tamarind Air in May 2008 as S9-PSG. Seen parked Lanseria 11 Nov 2007 white, cargo cargo cargo titles, seen Kinshasa 16 May 2008 large squares livery, op. not confirmed, seen at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi Feb 2009 with Astral Aviation titles S9-rgd,. Operated by Astral Avtn in Jan 2010 as 5Y-BXM. Seen at Ouagadougou Thomas Sankara International Airport 29 Aug 2010 5Y-rgd, identified and operator confirmed May 2011, not in fleetlist 2014. Operated by Frontera Flight Holdings on 25 Jan 2018 as N598AA. Seen at Las Palmas, Spain 14 Jan 2018 white, 5Y-rgd, ferried Las Palmas, Spain to Keflavik, Iceland 24-25 Jan 2018, registered in the USA 1 Mar 2018, see construction-number 53288, N598AA was doing business as Frontera MD-80 before, cancelled 2 May 2018. Operated by Aeronaves TSM on 2 May 2018 as XA-VBE. Current status: in service.