Whadday mean, last DC-9? It has 717s. Boeing can call it whatever it wants, it's still a DC-9... Mike Gammon ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Mueller" <davidm@smail.info> To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 4:35 AM Subject: Hawaiian Airlines Turns Over DC-9 Aircraft to Honolulu Community College's Pacific Aerospace Training Center > SOURCE: Hawaiian Airlines > http://www.corporate- > = > ir.net/ireye/ir_site.zhtml?ticker=3Dha&script=3D410&layout=3D-11&item_id=3D= > 348995 > > Hawaiian Airlines Turns Over DC-9 Aircraft to Honolulu Community=20 > College's Pacific Aerospace Training Center > > Aircraft Is Last DC-9 in Hawaiian Airlines Interisland Fleet > > HONOLULU, October 23, 2002 -- Today Hawaiian Airlines decommissioned its=20= > > last DC-9 aircraft, marking the end of an era for the company, with a=20 > special ceremony for Hawaiian Airlines employees before turning the=20 > aircraft over to the University of Hawaii and Honolulu Community=20 > College's (HCC) Pacific Aerospace Training Center (PATC). Hawaiian=20 > Airlines chose to generously offer the historical aircraft to the=20 > aviation and aeronautics maintenance training program at HCC in an=20 > effort to support the training of future aviation technicians from=20 > Hawaii and the Pacific. > > =93This plane's record service in Hawaii is a testament to the expertise=20= > > of the crews at Hawaiian Airlines who maintained and flew it. It's only=20= > > fitting, then, that Aircraft 69 will now be used to train a new=20 > generation of aviation professionals right here in Hawaii,=94 said John = > W.=20 > Adams, Hawaiian Airlines chairman, chief executive officer and = > president. > > After serving Hawaii residents and visitors from around the world for=20 > over 20 years, the aircraft will now serve future aviation technicians=20= > > as an educational tool at PATC, a HCC program which offers professional=20= > > training in the aviation fields of flight training, aircraft=20 > maintenance, aviation safety, air traffic management and aviation=20 > management operations. PATC plans to incorporate the DC-9 into its=20 > curriculum as the aircraft offers a complete package for which to teach=20= > > students about hydraulics, pneumatics, structures, warning systems,=20 > engines, inspection, wheels, brakes, landing gears, electrical systems,=20= > > avionics, doors and windows, and system pressurization. > > =93This is an excellent example of the tremendous impact on student=20 > development that can be achieved when the university and the business=20 > community work together to educate and prepare our students for their=20 > future careers,=94 said Evan S. Dobelle, University of Hawaii president.=20= > > =93Hawaiian Airline's generosity is an investment in the success of our=20= > > students and our program, as well as the success of their company as we=20= > > train the aviation technicians of today and tomorrow.=94 > > This particular aircraft was delivered to Hawaiian Airlines from the=20 > factory on July 11, 1978, and its last flight was on October 27, 2001.=20= > > It holds the record for the most cycles (one take-off + one landing =3D=20= > > one cycle) of any aircraft in the airline's interisland fleet with=20 > 95,132 cycles. A total of 33 DC-9s of various models have been used by=20= > > Hawaiian Airlines since 1966. It has since replaced its entire=20 > interisland fleet with 13 Boeing 717-200 aircraft. > > The aircraft is also presenting itself as a learning tool for the UH=20 > College of Engineering. With its record number of cycles, the airframe=20= > > provides tremendous insight for engineering students into fatigue=20 > factors, metallurgy stress and the effects of corrosion. The College of=20= > > Engineering is presently conducting research in metal corrosion at=20 > various locations in Hawaii, and the DC-9 will be an excellent test bed=20= > > for research on the impact of high cycles in the corrosive salt air of=20= > > the islands on aircraft structures. > > PATC is comprised of two programs =96 the Aeronautics Maintenance=20 > Technology Program and the Commercial Aviation Program. In cooperation=20= > > with state and federal agencies and foreign governments and commercial=20= > > air carriers, PATC provides essential aviation training to foster safe=20= > > aviation practices throughout the Pacific. The program has trained over=20= > > 5,000 aviation technicians with students coming from Hawaii and the=20 > mainland as well as Japan, Korea and China. Several of Hawaiian=20 > Airlines' current employees were also trained and certified through the=20= > > Honolulu Community College program. > > Founded in Honolulu 72 years ago, Hawaiian Airlines is Hawaii's=20 > longest-serving and largest airline. The nation's 12th largest airline,=20= > > it is also the second-largest provider of passenger service between the=20= > > West Coast and Hawaii. Hawaiian connects more U.S. cities to Hawaii with=20= > > daily nonstop service than any other airline. > > "Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform=20= > > Act of 1995: Statements in this press release regarding Hawaiian=20 > Airlines' business which are not historical facts are "forward-looking=20= > > statements" that involve risks and uncertainties. For a discussion of=20 > such risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ=20= > > from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see "Risk=20 > Factors" in the Company's Annual Report or Form 10-K for the most=20 > recently ended fiscal year.