Finding visuals...
  • The Locator
  • Airframes Database

    Social media...
    Follow AV on facebook
    Follow AV on Twitter @aerial_visuals
    Follow the AV YouTube Channel

    Site navigation...
  • Home
  • Desktop Calendar
  • The Racers
  • FAQs
  • About Aerial Visuals
  • Comment on this Dossier

  • Search For Airframes Now
    Search - Index - Gallery - Reports - Lists - AV Needs You!

    This page documents a history of a specific aircraft. The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database.

    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
    Latest Owner or Location:Celebrity Row, Davis-Monthan AFB (North Side), Tucson, Arizona

    EDIT THE HISTORY HERE
    If you can add to the history or would like to submit a correction please use the editor to do so.

    UPLOAD A PHOTO
    If you have a photo of this airframe to share then use the photo upload tool.

    The Airframes Database depends on user contributions to stay current.
    If you have any news about this airframe or photos which you would like to share please do so
    by using the links above.
    The more you and others share the better the database becomes!

    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    Withdrawn from use.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


    This dossier is waiting for review by an editor.This airframe dossier is based on
    unreviewed imported data.
    If you can verify the documented history or add to it with additional text and/or photos please feel free to do so by using the upload tool and the history editor.

    Credits
    Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

    Internet Sources
    Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    MASDC III, AMARC, Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona by Bonny, Swann and Fryer
    The AMARC Experience

    Individual Contributors
    Robert Nichols
    francois olivier

    Tell Others About this Airframe Dossier
    Forum Link: [URL=https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=62425][IMG]/home/users/web/b1393/nf.aerialvisuals/public_html/AV/Support/Logo_20x20.jpg[/IMG]Aerial Visuals - Airframe Dossier - Douglas C-9B, s/n 163208 USN, c/n 47639, c/r N4549V[/URL]
    Direct Link: https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=62425

    Copyright 1993-2024 www.AerialVisuals.ca
    The Aerial Visuals pages are best viewed with a screen at least 800 pixels wide.
    In case you are wondering Aerial Visuals is a huge fan Google Chrome. If you do not have Chrome installed why not?
    Aerial Visuals requires cookies and Javascript to function correctly. Please ensure these features are enabled in your browser.
    Aerial Visuals is powered by Netfirms.