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Old 26th January 2009, 01:16 PM
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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

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Old 26th January 2009, 01:32 PM
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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

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Old 26th January 2009, 02:47 PM
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Great seeing a DC-9! First I have ever seen at YSSY myself.
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Old 26th January 2009, 02:51 PM
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Whats the story with having the reverse engaged while being parked?

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Old 26th January 2009, 05:51 PM
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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.
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Old 26th January 2009, 05:52 PM
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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!
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Old 26th January 2009, 05:54 PM
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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.
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Old 26th January 2009, 07:44 PM
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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.
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Old 26th January 2009, 08:19 PM
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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.
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Old 26th January 2009, 08:35 PM
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Rego is 160048 and it arrived Saturday night.
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