First flight at Long Beach January 12th 1976 and delivered new to Finnair January 23rd 1976. Finnair used DC-9-51s from 1977 until the final day in October 1998. The BU 737-205 seen behind is KN-SUZ which was reather new at this date. June 1999 HP-1388ALV for Aeropostal, rr YV-44C in 2000. rr again October 2005 to YV140T for Aerpostal wfy August 2006 after 40 years of flying :)