Rocketing off of 21L as AJI9586 for KMEM. Charter for the Xavier University men's basketball team, heading out for a game against the University of Memphis. Converted to a freighter in 2021, this aircraft now flies cargo for Aeronaves TSM as XA-TSM.

Sitting at the Propeller FBO is this lovely 56 year old DC-9. Delivered to Continental in 1967, this aircraft ended up flying with Air Canada for a couple of years in the 1970s. Ameristar operates a fleet of DC-9s and Falcon 20s for cargo charters.

Del 08 September 1965 Former Continental Airlines as N8907,Air Canada as CF-TOT,C-FTOT,Air Florida,Emerald Air,IAL as N72AF,Unifly Express,Spey Leasing,Fortune Aviation,Norman Aviation,Air One,Vincenza Sorfdellini Aeroitalia as I-TIAR,Aeromanagement,Reliant Airlines as N415AM,Reliant Airlines,Ameristar Airways as N917R,Ameristar Airways as N785TW

Ameristar Jet Charter began in 1991 as an air-taxi carrier with a Lear Jet and a Beech King Air. They acquired more aircraft, including Falcon jets before expanding into Cargo , passenger and charter operations with lager aircraft (737s and DC-9s) after 2000. This Lear Jet was with the company from January 1996 until reportedly withdrawn a couple of weeks after this photo was taken. The aircraft went to West-MEC (Western Maricopa Education Center) in Glendale, AZ as an instructional airframe by 2017.

Flew up to ANC to bring parts for AOG aircraft.

This was delivered to Avianca as EI-CEQ (GPA Group aircraft) in May1992. It went to Ameristar in December, but, unfortunately, it was w/o on 8th March, 2017 during an aborted take-off at YIP when it overran the runway by 350m, hit approach lighting and the perimeter fence, slid over a road and a ditch before coming to a stop. Fortunately, there were no fatalities.