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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:DC-9-15
    Construction Number:47048
    Last Civil Registration:HK-3827X
    Compressed ID:Douglas DC-9-15 cn 47048 cr HK-3827...
    Latest Owner or Location:Restaurante del Avion, Manizales, Antioquia

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a DC-9-15.

    3 July 1966

    To Continental Airlines with new c/r N8964.

    From August 1967 to March 1973

    To Turkish Airlines with new c/r TC-JAA.

    21 June 1968


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: Turkish DC-9-10 TC-JAA at Amsterdam Schiphol, on 21st June 1968

    May 1973

    To AeroMexico with new c/r XA-DEV.

    April 1975

    To Avensa with new c/r YV-C-AVC.

    July 1975

    To Avensa with new c/r YV-52C.

    From 23 June 1976 to 7 April 1978

    To McDonnell Douglas Corp, Yuma, AZ with new c/r N65358.
    Leased to British Midland.

    April 1978

    To British Midland Airways with new c/r G-BFIH.

    7 April 1978

    Civil registration, N65358, cancelled.
    Exported to United Kingdom.

    From March 1980 to January 1990

    To British Midland Airways with new c/r G-BMAA.

    16 August 1981


    Photographer: Lewis Grant
    Notes: At Gatwick Airport UK

    March 1993

    To Intercontinental de Aviacion with new c/r HK-3827X.

    17 April 2003


    Photographer: Guido Allieri
    Notes: at Panama City Airport

    June 2004

    Permanently withdrawn from use.
    At Bogata.

    2015

    Preserved Manizales, Colombia - As Restaurant Mayday.

    To Restaurante del Avion, Manizales, Antioquia.
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