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VH-IPC. Douglas DC-9-33F. c/n 47193-311.
This aircraft was ordered new by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines - March 1967 Construction complete at the Douglas Long Beach plant - April 1968 Powered by two Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 engines First flown as PH-DNO at Long Beach - April 1968 Accepted by K.L.M. at Long Beach - May 21, 1968 Entered onto the Dutch Aircraft Register as PH-DNO - ? Aircraft was named 'City of Oslo' Withdrawn from K.L.M. service - October 30, 1988 Sold to United Aviation Services Inc - ? Sold to Evergreed International Airlines Inc - January 11, 1989 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N941F - January 11, 1989 Registered to Evergreen International Airlines Observed at Miami in the standard Unifly Express livery as N941F - July 14, 1989 The intended sale / lease to Unifly Express was not taken up Sold to Mayne Nickless (Australia) t/a Ipec Aviation - November 09, 1989 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-IPC - January 13, 1990 Registered to Mayne Nickless Ltd Leased to IPEC Aviation as the registered operator Arrived Melbourne (Essendon) Airporton completion of the ferry flight as N941F - February 01, 1990 Aircraft was named 'Spirit of Enterprise' Operated first revenue service Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Launceston - Hobart - February 21, 1990 Sold to Independent Air Freighter - April 05, 1993 Wet leased to Ansett Air Freight - ? Registered to Independent Air Freighters Pty Ltd - June 03, 1993 Aircraft was hushkitted with Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9A engines at Auckland - February 1994 Final revenue service Melbourne - Launceston - Hobart - Melbourne as IP6121/6122 - February 08, 1999 This was the last DC-9 freight service operated in Australia Sold by Pel-Air Aviation Pty Ltd to Ventures Acquisition Company LLC - February 08, 1999 Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - February 08, 1999 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N941F - February 09, 1999 Registered to Ventures Acquisition Company LLC, McMinnville, Oregon Leased to Evergreen International Airlines as the registered operator Departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on the ferry flight to the United States as N941F - February 15, 1999 Ferry route: Melbourne - Brisbane - Nadi - Pago Pago - Christmas Island - Honolulu - Marana Entered service with Evergreen International - ? Observed stored at Marana, Arizona - March 14, 2005 Aircraft had flown 48,764 hours with 48,240 cycles Observed stored at Marana, Arizona without engines - February 20, 2006 Sold to Evergreen International Airlines - May 04, 2006 Registered to Evergreen International Airlines - June 07, 2006 Observed stored at Marana, Arizona - June 13, 2007 Registered to Frontera Flight Holdings, Inc. - December 14, 2010 Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - June 30, 2011 Aircraft was shown as having been exported to Mexico Current status? |
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PH-DNO. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines - 'City of Oslo' in the original livery at an unknown airport, date unknown. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1135-641.) |
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N941F. Evergreen - in the basic KLM livery at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, January 1989. (N. Roozen Copyright Image 1135-239.) |
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N941F. Unifly Express - in the standard livery at Miami Airport, July 1989. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1135-284.) |
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N941F. Ipec - in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, January 1990. (G. Bennett Copyright Image 1135-558.) |
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VH-IPC. Ipec - in the standard livery at Melbourne Essendon Airport, February 1990. (G. Bennett Copyright Image 1135-559.) |
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VH-IPC. Ipec - 'Spirit of Enterprise' in the standard livery at Melbourne Essendon Airport, March 1990. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1135-236.) |
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VH-IPC. Ipec - 'Spirit of Enterprise' in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, April 18, 1992. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1135-237.) |
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VH-IPC. Ipec - 'Spirit of Enterprise' in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, April 1994. (G. Bennett Copyright Image 1135-560.) |
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N941F. IAF Independent Air Freighters Ipec - 'Spirit of Enterprise' in the standard livery at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, January 1999. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1135-240.) |