N9346, Take-off, DC-9-32, Hughes Airwest, Twin Engine, Photo

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Code Number:

TAFV49P10_15

Title:

N9346, Take-off, DC-9-32, Hughes Airwest

CN: 47376
LN: 517
First flight: 17/06/1969
Seats: 85
Engines: 2x Pratt & Whitney JT8D-5

History:
22/07/1969 Purdue Airlines N394PA
17/04/1971 Hughes Airwest N394PA
01/10/1980 Republic Airlines N394PA
01/10/1986 Northwest Airlines N9346
29/10/2008 Delta Air Lines DAL N9346
ferried MZJ-DHN-MSP 09 - 28/04/2009 for return to service
wfu and stored at MZJ 09/01/2010

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Even as a kid, I have always been amazed with flight - and yet as magical as flying seems to be - The burning of fossil fuels by the aviation industry is not sustainable! The industry (and each of us) are in fervent denial, even though the industry espouses their green credentials. This charade will be one of the many atrocities that destroys a human habitable world. Though the Earth does not care, WE as the dominant species should! To fly is to massively pollute! . . . and will hasten our own demise. The Sixth great extinction is presently underway. ... --- ...

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