Unidentifed aircraft in Maxton, NC

nwa757 · Post by **nwa757** » 19 Aug 2003, 18:02

Any idea who this aircraft in the foreground used to belong to? It looks like it may have been an old Midwest Express aircraft but I am not sure.

liebensd · Post by **liebensd** » 19 Aug 2003, 18:27

NWA757,

Maybe can help you this

Scrapped at Mojave,US.CA (fuselage sections to El Mirage,CA)

private operator in USA N8015U DC-8-21 45589 27
Fiesta Air Travel Club N8015U DC-8-21 45589 27
Jadepoint USA N8015U DC-8-21 45589 27
Sundance Travel Club N8015U DC-8-21 45589 27
Trans Anatolian Airlines N8015U DC-8-21 45589 27
United Airlines N8015U DC-8-21 45589 27

Greetz,

Dave

nwa757 · Post by **nwa757** » 19 Aug 2003, 20:31

I was talking about this aircraft not the Fiesta Air one. But thanks anyway.

liebensd · Post by **liebensd** » 19 Aug 2003, 21:11

NWA757,

That will be difficult without any other info.

Greetz,

Dave

Fiero · Post by **Fiero** » 19 Aug 2003, 22:55

And US-airways isn't that an option????

OO-VEX · Post by **OO-VEX** » 27 Aug 2003, 14:57

nwa757,

what do you think about the previous Federal Express colorsheme?

OO-VEX

nwa757 · Post by **nwa757** » 27 Aug 2003, 21:34

OO-VEX wrote:what do you think about the previous Federal Express colorsheme?

I don't belive Federal Express operated DC-9s.

PS: Thanks for all your help guys

777 · Post by **777** » 28 Aug 2003, 00:44

The plane looks like a DC-9 or MD-80, but on 'Airliners.net' I haven't found a singel picture of these types in the latest US Airways c/s.

Note the built-in front stairs like on the B737.

Andre

777 · Post by **777** » 28 Aug 2003, 00:48

The previous Federal Express scheme was dark blue not darl grey.

I still think there is a connection with US Airways.

Andre

Lyulka · Post by **Lyulka** » 04 Sep 2003, 17:17

I can't find any pictures of a dc-9 operating for FedEX. Still, aren't windows replaced in cargo aircraft. Perhaps a Midwest (express)?

OO-VEX · Post by **OO-VEX** » 04 Sep 2003, 18:11

Hi Lyulka,

I came up with the Federal Express colours because i thought this cockpit was from a DC-8. The other cockpit on the pic was a DC-8.

BTW how do you see this is a DC-9? What are the cockpit differences?

FedEx operated DC-8s, like this http://www.airliners.net/open.file/169019/L/
so i thought the plane which we are looking for was a repainted DC-8. (without repainting the belly offcourse)

If you compare the coloursheme of the unidentified cockpit with this pic http://www.airliners.net/open.file/214405/L/ you see how similar the colours are.
I know my idea is based on a few suppositions, but i was just giving my thought.

The previous Federal Express scheme was dark blue not darl grey.

Sorry Andre but i'm colour-blind and than things like this can happen.

OO-VEX

nwa757 · Post by **nwa757** » 10 Sep 2003, 01:13

OO-VEX wrote: BTW how do you see this is a DC-9? What are the cockpit differences?

The DC-8 has little air intakes in the nose of the aircraft. The DC-9 doesn't.

See,

Air intake: http://www.airliners.net/open.file/409782/L/

No air intake: http://www.airliners.net/open.file/369073/L/

That's the only difference I could find.

meerkat · Post by **meerkat** » 10 Sep 2003, 14:32

OO-VEX wrote

BTW how do you see this is a DC-9? What are the cockpit differences?

In addition to NWA757's reply, the DC-9 passenger door is closer to the cockpit than on the DC-8 and has the airstair door below(don't remember DC-8's having this).

The picture certainly looks like Air Midwest c/s to me and they have replaced Dc-9's with 717's recently.

Meerkat