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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-9-34F
    Construction Number:47707
    Last Civil Registration:5Y-UAE
    Compressed ID:Douglas DC-9-34F cn 47707 cr 5Y-UAE...
    Latest Owner or Location:Astral Aviation

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    Dates

    Event

    1976

    Constructed as a DC-9-34F.
    MCDONNELL DOUGLAS DC-9-34F 47707

    13 July 1976

    To Aviaco with new c/r EC-CTU.

    September 1999

    To Iberia keeping c/r EC-CTU.

    April 2001

    Withdrawn from use.
    And stored at Madrid.

    22 August 2002

    To Comtran International with new c/r N787CT.

    From 21 June 2007 to 7 January 2009

    To Jetran Llc, San Antonio, TX keeping c/r N787CT.

    7 January 2009

    Civil registration, N787CT, cancelled.
    Exported to Sao Tome andprinci.

    Civil registration S9-PSS reserved but not taken up.
    Was intended for Tamarind Air.

    6 May 2011

    To Astral Aviation with new c/r 5Y-UAE.
    Dedicated freighter.

    27 December 2016


    Photographer: Michael Ward
    Notes: A nice array of freighters on a typical night in Nairobi, including this 40 year old DC-19
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