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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-9/MD-81/MD-82/MD-83/MD-87/MD-88/MD-89 / C-9
    Latest Model:C-9B
    Last Military Serial:163511 USN
    Construction Number:47431
    Last Civil Registration:N506MD
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-9B sn 163511 USN cn 47431...
    Latest Owner or Location:National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, Florida

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    Dates

    Event

    June 1969

    Constructed as a DC-9-32.

    26 June 1969

    First flight.

    July 1969

    Civil registration I-DIZI reserved but not taken up.
    Societa Aerea Italiana (Alitalia), Rome.

    24 July 1969

    To Aero Trasporti Italiani (ATI), Naples with new c/r I-ATIA.


    Photographer: EX/ZX Collection
    Notes: At Dusseldorf Airport, Germany

    August 1985

    To McDonnell Douglas with new c/r N506MD.

    23 September 1985

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 163511.
    Aircraft logged 56,284 flight hours before purchased by Navy.

    1985

    Transferred to Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 62 (VR-62), NAS South Weymouth, MA.
    Operated with markings: City of Mt. Clemens, JW-511

    25 September 1985

    Civil registration, N506MD, cancelled.

    August 1990

    Converted to a C-9B.

    By May 1994

    Transferred to Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 46 (VR-46), NAS Atlanta, GA.
    Operated with markings: City of Marietta, JS-511

    11 September 2001

    First aircraft to land in New York City after terrorist attacks.

    December 2001

    Withdrawn from use.

    23 January 2002

    Ferry flight. Delivered to National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, FL.
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    11 September 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    11 September 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    19 April 2010


    Photographer: Matt Maranto

    27 March 2011


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: National Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola NAS, Pensacola, Florida, United States

    27 March 2011


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: National Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola NAS, Pensacola, Florida, United States
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     Military Aircraft Serials of North America by S. Mitchell and A Eastwood
    Internet Sources
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    National Naval Aviation Museum
    Plane Spotters by Thomas Noack
    RZJets
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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