Re: Cannibalized Diesel 9s

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TLH, TLJ and TLM should be the last DC-9 at YUL

Cordialement,

Alexandre.
AeroTransport Data Bank
http://www.aerotransport.org


Matthew Sheren wrote:
>
> AC's whole DC-9 fleet has been retired for about a year and a half.  By
> "a few", I'm not sure how many you saw, although at various times, there
> have been between 2 and 8 a/c stored at midfield next to 06R/24L.  If
> they didn't have engine nacelles (or tailcones, I think - I'll have to
> check my pictures), they were probably FTLH and FTLJ, which were taken
> out of service well before the fall of 2000, which was the first time I
> saw those 2 in an inactive state.  Most of the rest of the fleet went to
> North Bay and then onwards to Mojave.  They are now starting to be sold
> off to third-world operators (FTMZ is on its way to Mali, for example)
> Matthew :)
>
> Bahadir Acuner wrote:
>
> >I saw a few DC9s at YUL last Friday as we were taking off close to the Air Canada hangars.
> >Are they here to make parts for other Diesel9s or are they just there
> >because it is cheaper to store them at that location?
> >

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