1975 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-51, c/n 47658/790, HB-ISO, “ISO”, Biel/Bienne, Swissair

1975 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-51, c/n 47658/790, HB-ISO, “ISO”, Biel/Bienne, Swissair at Aéroport international de Genève (GVA/LSGG), Meyrin/Le Grand-Saconnex, Genève, Suisse on Wednesday, April 15, 1987.

1975 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-51, c/n 47658/790, HB-ISO, “ISO”, Biel/Bienne, Swissair (Schweizerische Luftverkehr AG), Zürich, Schweiz, based at Flughafen Zürich (ZRH/LSZH), Kloten, Rümlang, und Oberglatt, Zürich

• titled swissair on upper forward fuselage; in Swissair colour scheme (1981)
• powered by two 16,000-lbs static thrust Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17 low-bypass turbofan engines with angled thrust reversers
• crew of two (pilot and co-pilot), three flight attendants, seating configuration F8C71Y35, medium-range mid-size narrow-body jet airliner
• 24.5° at quarter-chord swept low-wing cantilever monoplane, swept horizontal tailplane, swept vertical stabilizer, nose strake on lower forward fuselage on each side; vortillon under, five leading-edge slats along full span, two spoilers forward of flap used as flight spoilers for roll control in the air and as ground spoilers for lift dumping on the ground, outboard aileron, and inboard double-slotted trailing-edge flap on each wing; rear fuselage-mounted engines, T-tail
• “double-bubble” fuselage (inverted “figure 8”), eyebrow window above pilot and co-pilot positions each, forward passenger door with integral retractable stairs on port side, forward service door on starboard side, two emergency exits over wing on each side, forward underfloor cargo hold with cargo door on starboard side, aft underfloor cargo hold with cargo door on starboard side, rear ventral passenger door with integral drop-down airstair, pressurized cabin
• retractable landing gear of steerable twin-wheel nose gear with spray deflector and two twin-wheel main gear with rock deflectors

History:

• built by McDonnell Douglas Corporation, Douglas Aircraft Company Division, Long Beach Airport (LGB/KLGB), Long Beach, California, USA at Long Beach Airport (LGB/KLGB) for final assembly
• completed on August 15, 1975
• delivered as HB-ISO, “ISO”, Biel/Bienne to Swissair (Schweizerische Luftverkehr AG), Zürich, Schweiz on September 29, 1975
• based at Flughafen Zürich (ZRH/LSZH), Kloten, Rümlang, und Oberglatt, Zürich
• titled SWISSAIR on upper forward fuselage; in Swissair colour scheme (1956)
• seating configuration F12Y108
• titled swissair on upper forward fuselage; in Swissair colour scheme (1981)
• seating configuration F8C71Y35
• sold to Salenia AB, Stockholm, Sweden on August 30, 1985 
• leased back to Swissair on same day
• returned to Salenia AB on February 29, 1988
• SE-DFO, “DFO”, Stavar Viking to SAS (Scandinavian Airlines System), Frösundavik, Solna Municipality, near Stockholm, Sweden on February 29, 1988
• based at Stockholm Arlanda Airport (ARN/ESSA), Sigtuna Municipality, Sweden
• titled SCANDINAVIAN on upper forward fuselage; in SAS colour scheme (1983)
• seating configuration ?
• leased as OY-CTD, “CTD”, Stavar Viking to SAS (Scandinavian Airlines System), Frösundavik, Solna Municipality, near Stockholm, Sweden on March 30, 1988
• based at Copenhagen Airport, Kastrup (CPH/EKCH), Kastrup, Tårnby, Denmark
• titled SCANDINAVIAN on upper forward fuselage; in SAS colour scheme (1983)
• sold to IAHC (Investors Asset Holding Corporation) on April 11, 1988 
• leased back to SAS on same day
• sold to Aircraft Income Partners Ltd., Boston, Massachusetts, USA on November 28, 1988 
• leased back to SAS on same day
• returned to Aircraft Income Partners Ltd. on October 18, 1990
• leased as N601AP, “59”, Hana to Hawaiian Airlines (Hawaiian Airlines Inc./Subsidiary of Airline Investor Partnership), Honolulu International Airport (HNL/PHNL), Honolulu, Hawaii, USA on December 14, 1990
• based at Honolulu International Airport (HNL/PHNL)
• titled HAWAIIAN on upper forward fuselage; in Hawaiian Airlines “Pualani” colour scheme (1975)
• seating configuration F8Y125
• seating configuration Y139
• sold to Hawaiian Airlines in January 1997
• N959HA reserved but not taken up
• withdrawn from use on August 19, 2001
• stored at Mojave Airport (MHV/KMHV), Mojave, California, USA on September 4, 2001
• major desert storage site (“Boneyard”) for commercial and military aircraft, aircraft heavy maintenance, flight testing, and space industry development
• sold to AeroTurbine Inc., Miami, Florida, USA on November 29, 2002
• scrapped at Mojave Airport (MHV/KMHV) in 2004

1975 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-51, c/n 47658/790, HB-ISO, “ISO”, Biel/Bienne, Swissair and unidentified Crossair Saab-Fairchild SF340A Cityliner/Saab 340A Cityliner.

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

© Copyright words and photographs by Stephan Alexander Scharnberg, April 1987