McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 · 31 MSN 47547

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History

McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31, serial number 47547, line number 622. Delivered to Ansett Airlines on 29 Mar 1971, registered VH-CZJ. Operated by Midway Airlines in Oct 1981 as N932ML. Stored 14.11.91? owned by Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois, Marion Holdings 20 Mar 1992. Operated by Spirit Airlines on 4 Jun 1992. Purchased 14 Mar 1994, Spirit Ac1Tr 29 Dec 1994, seen at Holloman Air Force Base 2 Oct 1997 fitted with large radome, sublsd to other comp??. Operated by US Navy on 1 May 1998 as 168277. 13 Jul 1999 USofA, flew Mojave-Amarillo 27 Mar 2002, believed still operated for US Navy, seen at Mojave 27 May 2002 white/purple colours, named 'Firebird 2', special antenna's and radome, seen Nov 2002 in BAe hangar, still worked on, seen 5 Oct 2003 stored, seen 30 Jun 2004, ferried Mojave-Tucson 25 Oct 2004, airtest Tucson International Airport 7 Feb 2005, ferried to Mojave 6 May 2005, Mojave Air & Space Port to Holloman Air Force Base, Alamogordo 19 Jul 2005, Holloman Air Force Base, Alamogordo to Ivanovo South Airport 22 Jul 2005, seen at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport 23 Jul 2005, airtest Mojave Air & Space Port 9 Sep 2006, ferried Southern California Logistics Airport, Victorville to Meadows Field, Bakersfield 15 Nov 2006, ferried Tucson International Airport to Mojave Air & Space Port 26 Jun 2008, ferried Mojave Air & Space Port to Tucson International Airport 7 Dec 2009, seen at Mojave Air & Space Port 4 Mar 2012, registration expired 31 Mar 2012, US Air Force registered in the USA cancelled 28 Oct 2013. Operated by Raytheon as N879AD. Modified (*NC-9D). Withdrawn from use seen 25 Jan 2014, seen in service Tucson 16 Jan 2015, 21 Feb 2015 with modified nose, executive style blue/white colour scheme, first report of serial, operated for Raytheon as testbed, now designated doing business as NC-9D, seen at Mojave Air & Space Port 22 May 2016 no titles, seen at Tucson International Airport 24 Sep 2018 operational, s23 operational, while officially not registered in the USA and still with US Navy. Current status: in service.