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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:163208 USN
    Construction Number:47639
    Last Civil Registration:N4549V
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-9B sn 163208 USN cn 47639...
    Latest Owner or Location:Celebrity Row, Davis-Monthan AFB (North Side), Tucson, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a DC-9-32.

    28 June 1974

    To Air Jamaica with new c/r 6Y-JIJ.

    To Antillean Airlines (ALM) with new c/r PJ-SND.
    Leased from Air Jamaica.

    October 1978

    To Air Jamaica with new c/r 6Y-JIJ.
    Returned to Air Jamaica after the lease.

    28 April 1980

    To Antillean Airlines (ALM) with new c/r PJ-SND.
    Leased from Air Jamaica.

    7 June 1980

    To Air Jamaica with new c/r 6Y-JIJ.
    Returned to Air Jamaica after the lease.

    February 1983

    To Aero Lloyd with new c/r D-ALLD.

    May 1983

    To Air Canada with new c/r C-GWBO.

    To GPA.

    6 October 1983

    To Spantax with new c/r EC-DTI.
    Leased from GPA.

    1 November 1983

    To American International Airways with new c/r N4549V.

    February 1984

    To CIT.

    February 1984

    Leased to American International Airways.

    14 September 1984

    Withdrawn from use.
    Retired when returned to lessor.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 163208.

    Converted to a C-9B.

    By April 1990

    Transferred to VR-46, NAS Atlanta, GA.

    By April 1990

    Markings Applied: 208, JS

    1 April 1990


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at Dobbins AFB, Ga (NAS Atlanta)

    1 April 1990


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    By August 1992

    Markings Applied: City of Marietta, 208

    19 December 2001

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number 4C0001.

    30 April 2002


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: After last being flown by VR-56, NAS Norfolk, this former Air Canada DC-9-32 ended at the Celebrity Row at AMARC, Tucson, AZ

    31 May 2002

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Navy.

    By 2017

    Placed on display with Celebrity Row, Davis-Monthan AFB (North Side), Tucson, AZ.
    View the Location Dossier

    13 March 2017


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
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    MASDC III, AMARC, Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona by Bonny, Swann and Fryer
    The AMARC Experience
    Individual Contributors
     Robert Nichols
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