WORDS & WINGS: January 2013

1944 Grumman G-21A Goose, c/n B-101, CF-VFU, FIFT. Dockside somewhere up Knight Inlet, B.C., Canada in spring 1969.

[1959 Kodak Retina IIIS (Type 027) rangefinder 35-mm roll film camera, s/n 86125, with Schneider-Kreuznach Retina-Xenon 50-mm f/1.9 Synchro Compur lens, s/n 6841319; Kodak Plus-X Pan (ISO 125/22°) 36-exposure black & white negative film]

“The whole history of the Canadian North can be divided into two periods—before and after the aeroplane.”

Hugh L. Keenleyside, Deputy Canadian Minister of Mines and Resources, October 1949

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

1968 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32, c/n 47235/436, I-DIBJ, Isola della Capraia, Alitalia

1968 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32, c/n 47235/436, I-DIBJ, Isola della Capraia, Alitalia with unidentified British Airways Boeing 737-236(A) and unidentified British Caledonian BAC One-Eleven in background at Aéroport international de Genève (GVA/LSGG), Meyrin/Grand-Saconnex, Genève, Suisse on Wednesday, April 15, 1987

1968 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32, c/n 47235/436, I-DIBJ, Isola della Capraia, Alitalia (Alitalia—Linee Aeree Italiane SpA), Roma, Lazio, Italia

powered by two 14,500-lbs thrust Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9A low-bypass turbofan engines
crew of two (pilot and co-pilot), seating configuration CY107, short- to medium-range mid-size narrow-body airliner
full-span leading edge slats
built by McDonnell Douglas Corporation, Douglas Aircraft Company Division, Long Beach, California, USA at Long Beach, California
completed on December 9, 1968
delivered to Alitalia on January 9, 1969
re-registered as I-RIBJ on July 15, 1988
name Isola della Capraia retained
seating configuration CY107
leased from Società United Leasing Nord
re-registered as I-RIFJ on December 3, 1992
name Isola della Capraia retained
seating configuration CY107
leased from ATASCO Leasing Inc. (Aircraft Trading and Services Co.), Tel Aviv, Israel
N617NW, “9617”, Northwest Airlines (Northwest Airlines Inc.), Eagan, Minnesota, USA on May 15, 1997
re-engined with JT8D-9A(HK3) low-bypass turbofan engines
seating configuration F16Y84
withdrawn from use on March 2, 2007
stored at Pinal Airpark (MZJ/KMZJ), Marana, Arizona, USA on March 15, 2007
ferried for maintenance from Pinal Airpark (MZJ/KMZJ) via San Antonio International Airport (SAT/KSAT), San Antonio, Texas, USA to Aeropuerto Internacional Ernesto Cortissoz (BAQ/SKBQ), Soledad, near Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia on November 15, 2007
YV371T, Aserca Airlines (Aero Servicios Carabobo), Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela on September 10, 2008
seating configuration Y110
ferried for delivery from Aeropuerto Internacional Ernesto Cortissoz (BAQ/SKBQ) to Aeropuerto Internacional de Maiquetía Simón Bolívar (CCS/SVMI), Maiquetía, near Caracas, Venezuela on September 10, 2008
active

[1984 Nikon FE2 SLR 35-mm roll film camera, s/n 1816483, with Nikkor AI 50-mm f/1.8 lens, s/n 2336591, and 52-mm polarizing filter; Kodak Gold Super 200 (Kodak GB 200 5096) 36-exposure colour negative film]