bakejobb_23
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can you talk briefly on those 2-4 DC9s that ended up still flying deep into USAir/US Airways? at least the regs please!
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can you talk briefly on those 2-4 DC9s that ended up still flying deep into USAir/US Airways? at least the regs please!
Yeah no problem. Looks like they were N912VJ (formerly C-FTLK, N902AK, N706PS) and N913VJ (formerly C-FTLI, N901AK and N705PS). Looks like some US DC-9s got a partial repaint too although this is N928VJ:
With the right subject matter even some weak moulds can look ok. The Net Models DC-9 is one I usually avoid and of the 153 DC-9s I own this is the only one I know own using the mould, however the finish on this 2007 is superb and nobody else has made this scheme on the DC-9 in 400 scale. PH-MAN was delivered in July 1968 and named 'Karel de Grote'. She was sold to Hawaiian in November 1973 and in cargo config is still flying with Aeronaves TSM as XA-VFA - 57 years after delivery!!!
She also looks super alongside the 2016 Aeroclassics DC-8 PH-DCD in the same scheme:
She also looks super alongside the 2016 Aeroclassics DC-8 PH-DCD in the same scheme:
bakejobb_23
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i’ve seen 928VJ before, that’s the only one to get this hybrid. It also had a brief period with the “Shuttle” decals on the fuselage too. It would be really cool to get this unique bird in scale someday!
Gazontipede
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I agree with you on the well done subject matter rehabilitating a poor mould. I've got a Net Models TAA 'camel humps' DC-9-31 and I can actually look at it parked between various Aeroclassics offerings without wincing. Sure if you look closely you'll see the flaws but otherwise it works for me just fine. It also helps that this particular livery/airline combo has only been done just this once.
Still more DC-9s to add in to the collection. This pair are in DHL colours. N958AX was a DC-9-41 (a series 30 lengthened by 2m) that had originally been delivered to Toa Domestic as JA8440 in February 1978. She transitioned to the renamed Japan Air System in 1988 and was sold on to ABX Air in May 1996. She remained with them until she was withdrawn in December 2009.
Alongside N958AX I also picked up the DC-9-32 N909AX. This aircraft was delivered new to ONA in 1968 and flew with several airlines prior to joining Airborne Express in 1985. It seems she is still in service operating for DHL, but now with Aeronaves TSM of Mexico. Being a much later release than N958AX, N909AX is not as well finished, but they still make a nice pair.
Alongside N958AX I also picked up the DC-9-32 N909AX. This aircraft was delivered new to ONA in 1968 and flew with several airlines prior to joining Airborne Express in 1985. It seems she is still in service operating for DHL, but now with Aeronaves TSM of Mexico. Being a much later release than N958AX, N909AX is not as well finished, but they still make a nice pair.
I've still got more DC-9s to showcase but this one is actually a VC-9C - an executive transport version of the C-9 (itself a militarised DC-9-30) fitted with long range fuel tanks. Three VC-9Cs were made and this one, 73-1682, flew America's top leadership around from 1975-2011 acting as Air Force Two. It often flew Vice Presidents or First Ladies but sometimes acted as Air Force One for the President when he needed to fly into smaller airports. This aircraft is preserved at the USAF Museum in Delaware. This is a 2008 Aeroclassics release.
Another pair of C-9B Skytrains to join the collection are these examples for the US Marine Corps and US Navy. The C-9B Skytrain II was a militarised combi version of the DC-9-32. 159118 was delivered to the USN in May 1973 and named 'City of Pensacola'. , served with VR-56, and was eventually scrapped in 2022 following retirement in 2010. 160046 was delivered to the USMC in September 1975 and flew with the Marine Transport Squadron (VMR) 1. She was stored in 2014.
Another DC-9 arrival, this week from eBay, is Korean Air DC-9-32 HL7201. This aircraft is important to Korean but also something of an oddity. Korean Air Lines was only a small airline in the 1960s and this single DC-9 was their first jet aircraft and only DC-9-32 (a single DC-9-15 was acquired secondhand in 1970). It was delivered new from Douglas on July 19, 1967 and used on regional routes such as Seoul-Osaka. Both the DC-9s were sold to Hughes Airwest in 1972/73. This wasn't its first livery, but was the 1970s scheme. The aircraft passed through Republic to Northwest and as N9347 served until August 27, 2005. This is an Aeroclassics 2018 release.
