Dates

Event

January 1970

Constructed as a DC-9-33RC.

15 January 1970

First flight.

6 February 1970

To KLM Royal Dutch Airlines with new c/r PH-DNZ.
Operated with markings: City of Rome

11 December 1981

To McDonnell Douglas Finance Corporation with new c/r N2679T.

27 January 1982

Leased to VIASA-Venezolana Internacional de Aviacion.

June 1982

Assigned civil registration: YV-139C

12 February 1983

Returned from lease.

12 February 1983

Assigned civil registration: N907DC

17 March 1983

To McDonnell Douglas, Yuma, AZ keeping c/r N907DC.

17 March 1983

To McDonnell Douglas Corp, Yuma, AZ with new c/r N907DC.

From March 1983 to June 1983

Converted to a C-9B.

12 June 1983

Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 162754.

From 27 June 1983 to After June 1991

Transferred to Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 51 (VR-51).
Operated with markings: RV-754, Windy City
Leet Logistics Support Squadron 51 (VR-51), USNR, NAS Glenview, IL.

24 September 1983

Civil registration, N907DC, cancelled.

29 August 1987

Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: At Glenview Naval Air Station, Illinois

23 June 1990

Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: At Glenview Naval Air Station, Illinois

By June 1998

Transferred to Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 52 (VR-52), NAS Willow Grove, PA.
Operated with markings: JT-754

By August 2002

Transferred to Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 61 (VR-61), NAS Whidbey Island, WA.
Operated with markings: City of Anacortes, RS-754

9 August 2003

Transferred to NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (JSC), Ellington Field, TX.

January 2004

Taken on Strength/Charge with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration with s/n 162754.

The primary mission of the NASA C-9 was to provide NASA and government microgravity researchers the platform to perform their research in a reduced gravity environment. The aircraft was also utilized for Heavy Aircraft Training (HAT) for astronaut pilots, support the movement of the shuttle from landing sites in California and New Mexico back to Kennedy Space Center, Trans-Atlantic Landing support and the Emergency Mission Control Move mission.(JBaugher).

16 June 2004

To National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Houston, TX with new c/r N932NA.

By 2013

Withdrawn from use.
In storage with NASA.

25 February 2016

Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC).
On Celebrity Row.

25 February 2016

In the inventory of Celebrity Row, Davis-Monthan AFB (North Side), Tucson, AZ.
View the Location Dossier

13 March 2017

Photographer: Robert Nichols
Notes: Celebrity Row, AMARC (taken through window of tour bus)

13 August 2019

To National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Houston, TX with new c/r N932NA.

3 December 2022

Civil registration, N932NA, cancelled.