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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-9-31
    Construction Number:48139
    Last Civil Registration:HI937
    Compressed ID:Douglas DC-9-31 cn 48139 cr HI937
    Latest Owner or Location:PAWA Dominicana

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    Dates

    Event

    1981

    Constructed as a DC-9-31.

    20 October 1981

    Certificate of airworthiness for N919VJ (DC-9-31, 48139) issued.

    21 October 1981

    Certificate of airworthiness for N919VJ (DC-9-31, 48139) issued.

    21 October 1981

    To US Air with new c/r N919VJ.

    27 February 1997

    To US Airways keeping c/r N919VJ.

    28 March 2001

    Withdrawn from use.
    Stored at Mojave Airport, CA.

    From 1 May 2002 to 30 January 2003

    To Alameda Corp Trustee, San Antonio, TX with new c/r N919VJ.

    10 November 2002

    To Dutch Caribbean Airlines with new c/r PJ-SNM.

    30 January 2003

    Civil registration, N919VJ, cancelled.
    Exported to Netherlands Anti.

    2004


    Photographer: Reinhard Zinab
    Notes: at St. Maarten Princess Juliana International Airport (SXM)

    October 2005

    To Aserca Airlines with new c/r YV114T.

    July 2006

    To Aserca Airlines with new c/r YV1879.

    2011


    Photographer: David Osborn
    Notes: At Caracas - Simon Bolivar International

    Circa 2015

    To PAWA Dominicana with new c/r HI937.
    Never used in service - donated to IDAC for crew training.
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