Diesel Nine Arrivals

[YesterAirlines]

I have been lucky to have recently picked up over 20 DC-9s from Ryan Dunning for very reasonable prices. Gradually I'm introducing them to the collection with the usual admin (update central list, take photos, update MADb etc) and I thought I'd start a thread to chart the progress.

Mostly they are Aeroclassics but there are a couple from other brands and I'll start with one of those. This THY DC-9-30 was released under the Sovereign brand name in 2005 and uses the SMA mould. Named 'Anadolu' the aircraft was delivered new in August 1969 and served until sale to ValuJet as N923VV in December 1994. It was finally retired with AirTran in July 2003.

 

[YesterAirlines]

This TAESA DC-9 was the only series 30 operated by the private Mexican airline and would prove to be a disastrous addition as on November 9, 1999 it would be destroyed in a crash on the last leg of a multi-part route between Tijuana and Mexico City. Fortunately, it only had 13 passengers and 5 crew aboard at the time, but all were killed. Even though the aircraft only served with the airline for just over a year it seems to have been wearing the yellow top livery at the time of the crash and not this scheme. This is an Aeroclassics releases from 2017.

Incidentally I wrote about TAESA in a three part series in 2017 at the avhistory blog: https://www.yesterdaysairlines.com/airline-history-blog/taesa-pt3-dc-9-disaster

 

[YesterAirlines]

As you probably know Thai Airways International was setup as a joint venture between the Thai Government and Scandinavian Airlines in 1959 and in the 60s and 70s operated a lot of SAS equipment on lease. This included a pair of Douglas DC-9-41s leased from January 1970. HS-TGM was OY-KGG 'Sune Viking' before and after her lease, which lasted only until October 1971. She joined Northwest as N762NW in May 1991 and flew her last revenue service with Delta in January 2011. This is an Aeroclassics release from 2007.

 

[LeoMuse747]

Aeroclassics DC-9 mould have a much better nose section than Sovereign, which is too Snoopy for my taste

 

[YesterAirlines]

Next up is OE-LDA, the first of 9 DC-9-32s Austrian received in 1971/72. The first 3 only served with Austrian until December 1980 when they were sold to the Texas Air Corp. LDA became N521TX with Texas Air Int and then Continental where she was re-registered as N16521 in 1991. Sold to Sun Jet International in 1999, as N930BB, and then Southeast Airlines in 2001 her career ended in 2003.

 

[YesterAirlines]

In 2010, three years after Aeroclassics made the Austrian, they also made her sistership OE-LDC, which was leased to Air Malta for a 5 month period from December 1979-May 1980. I already owned this one but it looks great paired with its fleetmate: