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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:C-9B
    Last Military Serial:164607 USN
    Construction Number:47428
    Last Civil Registration:N934NA
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-9B sn 164607 USN cn 47428...
    Latest Owner or Location:National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Houston, TX

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    Dates

    Event

    27 June 1972

    Constructed as a DC-9-33RC.

    August 1972

    To Iberia Airlines with new c/r EC-BYK.

    April 1990

    To McDonnell Douglas with new c/r N521MD.

    August 1990

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 164607 as a C-9B.

    August 1990

    Transferred to VR-57 Fleet Logistics Support Sqadron, NAS North Island, CA.

    July 1992

    Transferred to VR-61 Transport Squadron, NAS Whidbey Island, WA.
    Operated with markings: RS-607 City of Seattle

    May 2005

    To NASA with new c/r N934NA.

    August 2005

    To Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ.
    On loan from NASA.
    View the Location Dossier

    Markings Applied: 607, CITY OF DUBLIN, UNITED STATES NAVY, VR-57, C-9B SKYTRAIN II, 4607, RX

    1 September 2005

    To National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Houston, TX with new c/r N934NA.

    9 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    17 October 2017


    Photographer: Johnny Comstedt
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    Mike Henniger
    Peter Nicholson
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