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Air Canada to
Donate Douglas DC-9 to Canada Aviation Museum
Air Canada and the Canada Aviation Museum today
announced the donation by Air Canada of a vintage 1960s Douglas DC-9
aircraft to the national museum's collection. The aircraft is scheduled
to be delivered to the Ottawa museum in the spring of 2002. Today's
announcement comes as the airline officially marks the retirement of its
DC-9 fleet after almost 36 years of service from coast to coast.
"The Canada
Aviation Museum prides itself in charting not only Canada's rich
aviation heritage but also the important milestones in the history and
technology of flight," said Anthony Smyth, Director General of the
Canada Aviation Museum.
"We appreciate Air
Canada's understanding of the usefulness and significance of this
aircraft which has played an important role in our civil aviation
history and gratefully accept the guardianship of this aircraft for this
and future generations. Undoubtedly, the Museum's wide audience of
Canadian and international visitors will benefit greatly by seeing the
first twin-jet commercial aircraft operated in Canada."
"Air Canada is proud to
help preserve this important piece of Canadian aviation history by
donating a Douglas DC-9 aircraft to the Canada Aviation Museum in our
nation's capital," said Captain Rob Giguere, Air Canada's Executive
Vice President, Operations, at a ceremony today at the carrier's Montréal
headquarters to mark the official retirement of the DC-9 aircraft from
Air Canada's operating fleet. "Today marks an important
milestone in the history of both Air Canada and Canadian aviation."
"With the retirement of
the DC-9 we say farewell to the workhorse of the Air Canada fleet
for almost 36 years. The DC-9 changed the nature of air transportation
in Canada and represented for most Canadians their first experience of
jet travel. It connected Canadians from coast to coast, between most
Canadian cities large and small, with faster, quieter and more
reliable air transportation than ever before," concluded
Captain Giguere who piloted the DC-9 for almost 10 years, as did
his father, Captain René Giguere until his retirement from Air Canada
in 1968.
Air Canada took delivery of
its first DC-9 on January 6, 1966, and thus became the first airline
outside the United States to adopt this aircraft type. It replaced Air
Canada's Vickers Viscount fleet of 44 turbo prop aircraft which Air
Canada had been the first to introduce in North America in 1955. At the
height of the DC-9 deployment, Air Canada had as many as 50 DC-9s
serving most of its destinations throughout North America. While in
service at Air Canada, the DC-9 fleet was constantly updated with the
latest in technological enhancements as well as customer service
amenities. The fleet accumulated a total of more than three million
hours of service and completed more than three million landings and
takeoffs.
The retirement of Air
Canada's DC-9 fleet is part of the carrier's on- going fleet renewal
program to improve operating efficiencies and give Air Canada one of the
youngest, most environmentally friendly fleets in the world.
In 2001, 13 DC-9 aircraft
were removed from the operating fleet and the remaining five were
removed in January 2002. Air Canada's last DC-9 flight was operated from
La Guardia to Montréal by Captain Ken Jones and First Officer
Sylvain Boucher on January 18, 2002.
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