| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | N9208V |
| Aircraft Original Type: | McDonnell Douglas MD-900 Explorer |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | McDonnell Douglas MD-900 Explorer |
| Aircraft Version: | McDonnell Douglas MD-900 Explorer |
| C/n (msn): | 900-00010 |
| Location | |
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| City / Area: | Anaheim / Anaheim Convention Center [ Off-Airport ]Map |
| Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Event: | HAI Heli-Expo 1994 |
| Photo Date: | 28 January 1994 |
| Photo by: | Kenneth I. Swartz |
| Photo ID: | 538696 |
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McDonnell Douglas MD900, N9080V, was built in 1993 and the third airframe to fly, since seven prior MD900s were ground test vehicles. Displayed at HAI Heli-Expo 1994 at the Anaheim Convention Center with "Experimental" marks, 2 years after first MD900 flight in Dec 1992 and 11 months before FAA certification in Dec 1994. N9080V was demonstrated in Europe in 1997 and later leased to the USCG for the Hitron anti-drug smuggling program based at NAS Cecil Field, FL, 1998-2000. To UK as N9208V & N55WA, 2005-2012? To Mexico as XA-FAA in 2012. Sold to Dodson Int'l Parts as N883ND in February 2020. This photo is copyright © Kenneth I. Swartz, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 13 January 2023, and has since been viewed 138 times. |