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Andrew Neil
26th January 2009, 01:16 PM
Was driving around the GA parking at Sydney and saw an old twin engine jet with United States Navy on it. Some kind of ex airliner or something like that. Can someone tell me what it is and what its doing here.

It looks like it is in storage with all the windows blocked out but could be wrong

Andrew
Andrew McLaughlin
26th January 2009, 01:32 PM
Was driving around the GA parking at Sydney and saw an old twin engine jet with United States Navy on it. Some kind of ex airliner or something like that. Can someone tell me what it is and what its doing here.

It looks like it is in storage with all the windows blocked out but could be wrong

Andrew

C-9A Nightingale...Navy medevac version of the DC-9 30F
NickN
26th January 2009, 02:47 PM
http://nicknavarro.smugmug.com/photos/461911498_ZUzJz-M.jpg

http://nicknavarro.smugmug.com/photos/461904044_aNu3f-M.jpg


Great seeing a DC-9! First I have ever seen at YSSY myself.
AdamC
26th January 2009, 02:51 PM
Whats the story with having the reverse engaged while being parked?

Cheers

Adam
Raymond Rowe
26th January 2009, 05:51 PM
DC9's are nothing new to sydney.They were operated by both domestic airlines for many years in this country.Flew in and out many times on a DC9.
Andrew McLaughlin
26th January 2009, 05:52 PM
DC9's are nothing new to sydney.They were operated by both domestic airlines for many years in this country.Flew in and out many times on a DC9.

But most of the members of this board weren't even glints in their fathers' eyes when the last DC-9 service flew Ray!
Raymond Rowe
26th January 2009, 05:54 PM
But most of the members of this board weren't even glints in their fathers' eyes when the last DC-9 service flew Ray!



I know that but search is their best friend at times and they do not do that.
NickN
26th January 2009, 07:44 PM
What would the search function have done apart from give the guy some history on a type he couldn't identify? I found very little information on 0048 myself, it's not even in the Jetphotos database from what I can see or airframes.org.
phil.l
26th January 2009, 08:19 PM
Nick if you try a search on registration web site you would have found it,jetphotos is not the answer. Try rzjets or planespotters.com.
Tim Bowrey
26th January 2009, 08:35 PM
Rego is 160048 and it arrived Saturday night.
Chris Griffiths
26th January 2009, 08:57 PM
C-9A Nightingale...Navy medevac version of the DC-9 30F

Andrew, a slight correction if I may,

160048 c/n 47681 is a C-9B Skytrain II of the USN, the C-9A Nightingale was operated by the USAF and have been replaced by C-40 (a fate not far off for the C-9B fleet of the USN)

Cheers
Brenden S
27th January 2009, 12:52 PM
Rather noisy on take off to. The T/R's are deployed to minimise the amount of wear on the engine (free wheeling) while sitting on the ground for a long duration.
Nigel C
27th January 2009, 02:20 PM
It has been turned around to face north on Bay 99A, so I'd expect a departure sometime soon.
Nigel C
28th January 2009, 09:46 AM
It departed this morning around 0800.
Steve Jones
28th January 2009, 10:26 AM
Now sitting on the ground in Canberra.
Stephen B
29th January 2009, 07:21 AM
Just took off from Canberra at about 8:05am. There's also a KC-10 sittnig in front of the VIP hanger now.
Peter Agatsiotis
29th January 2009, 08:38 AM
Was wondering where the KC-10 was going as I was monitoring this a/c on ADS-B and it was maintaining FL210 then disappeared.

A/c is 79-1710.
David Wilkie
29th January 2009, 09:43 AM
The C9 is on the ground in Adelaide. It is overnighting