HISTORY:

N953N

Ship 903

McDonnell-Douglas DC-9-31 series

manufacturer serial number - 47083

assembly line number - 177

date of manufacture - 21 August 1967

date of delivery - 5 October 1967

Third DC-9 aircraft for North Central Airlines

24 February 1968 - Flown in formation over The Twin Cities, Minnesota with North Central Convair 440, Convair 580, DC-3 and Lockheed 10A to celebrate the airline's 20th anniversary

1 July 1979 - merged with Southern Airways to form Republic Airlines - ship 903

1 October 1986 - merged with Northwest Airlines - ship 9903

17 January 2005 - to storage at Marana Pinal Airpark, Arizona (MZJ) - deregistered and parted out / derelict

Total Time on aircraft : 86,812 hours

Total Cycles (Flights) : 103,950

Aircraft Seen:

February 2008 - Marana, AZ (MZJ) - derelict in older Northwest Airlines scheme ("bowling shoe")

revision date: June 2014             for comments or updates : email