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This Day in Aviation: "At 11:26 a.m., Pacific Standard Time, the first Douglas DC-9 ... N9DC, took off from Long Beach Airport" on 25 February 1965 (PST, UTC-8).
Series 10 seating, variants, production total and the slat-less wing.[1]
Delta's account of the first DC-9 service and its Delta Prince delivery.[1]
Closing context: Delta flew the last scheduled DC-9 flight on 6 January 2014.[1]
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Today’s jets almost fly themselves, but the DC-9 definitely does not. Delta Captain Scott Woolfrey will fly the airline’s final DC-9 flight. He said because pilots have to always be “hands-on,” most enjoy the plane more than other commercial aircraft.
"The DC-9 is a workhorse," he said. Woolfrey knows how these planes perform. He's flown them since 1997
| After four decades, Delta’s DC-9 jets make final landing · Jan 6, 2014 | -0.20 |
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| McDonnell Douglas DC-9 Flies Into Retirement · Jan 11, 2014 | 0.50 |
Seating limit 89-119 depending on variant - rear-engine short-haul jet - in service since 1965 (British United Airways)
Source102 passengers in two classes (115 one-class) - range about 2,600 nmi - two JT8D-15A engines - first flight April 1967, in service since February 1968 (Lufthansa)
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