Northwest Airlines-NWA McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 N8926E (msn 45863) BWI (Tony Storck) (Delta retires the last DC-9-31/32), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Delta Air Lines (Atlanta) has retired the last McDonnell Douglas DC-9 Series 30 (DC-9-31s and DC-9-32s).
Copyright Photo: Tony Storck. Please click on the photo for the full story.
First flight of the series 30 DC-9 ocurred in February of 1967. That is a service life of 43 year. What a great design. Congradulations!