Taxies on "Delta" towards a Rwy 30 departure.
Sporting "A-Liner" titles on the tail.
Rolling for take-off on Rwy 30.
Sky Way Enterprises Inc. DC-9-15(F) (47013/129) N112PS arrived at Long Beach Airport (LGB/KLGB) from El Paso International Airport (ELP/KELP) at 09:15 pst as "SkywayN112PS" on February 5, 2014 and parked at Signature.
In the above photos, she is caught departing to Salina Regional Airport (SLN/KSLN), Kansas at 11:25 pst as "SkywayN112PS."
This 47 year old "Baby9" was originally delivered to Continental Air Lines as a DC-9-15(RC) registered as N8905 on June 26, 1967. In 1972 the DC-9 was bought by Air Canada and registered CF-TOR then changed to C-FTOR in 1974. In 1981, the aircraft was bought by Air Florida and registered N73AF. On November 30 30, 1981 it was bought by Emerald Air and operated as N73AF but was later reprocessed by Air Florida for non-payment.
On September 13, 1982 All Star Airlines bought the aircraft and operated it as N73AF until re-registering it as N557AS on September 8, 1985. On December 16, 1985 the "Baby9" was sold to CIS Corporation and leased to Hawaiian Airlines who operated it until being WFU and stored at Honolulu in September 1990. The aircraft was reprocessed from the CIS Corporation in April 1991 then bought by Aircraft Leasing Inc. on March 17, 1992 and immediately leased to Kitty Hawk Aircargo and converted to a DC-9-15(F). In June 1992 the registration was again changed to its current registration N112PS.
The aircraft served with Kitty Hawk Aircargo until July 30, 2001 when it was bought by current owner Sky Way Enterprises Inc.
(Photos by Michael Carter)
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