General Information

Serial #

47021

Part Number

1

Total Parts

76

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

aluminum, plexiglass windows, rubber tires, steel & plastic components

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

36.4 m

Width

28.5 m

Height

8.4 m

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Aviation

Category

Aircraft

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

McDonnell Douglas

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Worldwide

State/Province

Unknown

Period

FIRST DC9 ACQUIRED BY AIR CANADA 1966; REMOVED FROM SERVICE BY 2002

Canada

The DC-9 was the first twin-jet airliner to be operated in Canada and was no doubt the aircraft on which countless Canadians made their first jet flight. In 1966, Air Canada became the first airline outside of the United States to operate the type. Many of the aircraft’s larger components such as wings, rear fuselage and tail unit assemblies were manufactured in Canada. The Museum’s aircraft was the fourth of this series acquired by Air Canada in 1968. It accumulated the highest airframe time in the fleet with a total time of 81,558 hours and 72,464 landings. Air Canada constantly updated their fleet with the latest technological enhancements and customer service amenities. The fleet accumulated a total of more than three million hours of service and completed more than three million landings and takeoffs. Air Canada’s last DC-9 flight took place on January 18, 2002, from New York to Montreal.

Function

USED MOSTLY FOR SHORT-HAUL PASSENGER SERVICE.

Technical

During the 1950s, Air Canada’s predecessor company, Trans-Canada Air Lines, had pioneered turbine powered passenger travel in North America with Vickers Viscount propeller-driven airliners. These turbo-props were then replaced in turn by fan-jet DC-9s. At the height of their deployment, Air Canada had a fleet of fifty DC-9s serving most of its destinations in North America. For over thirty years these easily recognized jet transports, with their aft mounted turbofan engines, gave outstanding service as the mainstay of the airline’s short-haul routes.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

SIGNIFICANT MARKINGS:.1 LETTERING ON BOTH SIDES OF FUSELAGE READS: "AIR CANADA"; LETTERING ON BOTH SIDES OF RUDDER READS: "711/CF-TLL/DC-9"; LETTERING ON UNDERSIDE OF PORT WING READS: "CF-TLL: LETTERING ON FORWARD WHEEL WELL HATCH: "711".

Missing

Unknown

Finish

EXTERIOR PAINTED PREDOMINATELY WHITE; BLACK TRIANGULAR FIELD ON NOSE; RED STRIPE ALONG EITHER SIDE OF FUSELAGE; RED RUDDER, BLACK LETTERING; BLACK WHEELS.

Decoration

AIR CANADA LOGO BOTH SIDES OF FUSELAGE BEHIND COCKPIT & BOTH SIDES OF RUDDER.