McDonnell Douglas DC-9-50 · 51 MSN 47651

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History

McDonnell Douglas DC-9-51, serial number 47651, line number 780. Delivered to Douglas, registered N13627. Operated by Austrian Airlines on 25 Aug 1975 as OE-LDK. Operated by Muse Air on 12 Mar 1985 as N675MC. Owned by PIMC Dec 1985. Renamed Transtar Airlines on 17 Feb 1986. PIMC returned Aug 1987. Leased to Eastern Airlines on 1 Sep 1987. Sub-leased to Continental Airlines on 1 Mar 1991. PALC returned 1 Oct 1991, withdrawn from use El Paso Oct 1991. Operated by Northwest Airlines on 11 Mar 1992. Owned by Southwest Airlines 11 Mar 1992, Northwest 11 Mar 1992, withdrawn from use seen at Marana 24 Aug 1993 nw Continental Airlines colours, s18.11.93/is seen 2 Aug 1996, NWAc bought 1 Apr 1994, NWAc to Northwest Airlines 30 Aug 2000, ferried Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field to Pinal Airpark, Marana 6 Apr 2003 (temporary) withdrawn from use, seen 15 Oct 2004, returned in service presum at 2005. Merged into Delta Airlines on 28 Oct 2008. Seen at Frederick W. Smith International Airport, Memphis DL new colours 9 Oct 2009, Delta Airlines 31 Dec 2009, withdrawn from service 26 Nov 2013 std Airlift Trading Ltd, total time 80253, 67910 l, to Delta Air Heritage Museum in hangar 1 due 2014. Current status: stored.