DC-9-21 at Perris Valley Airport, CA

After 11 years of inactivity, the DC-9-21 jumpship was put back into service at the Skydive Perris facility in California.

This is the only DC-9-20 series flying, of only 10 that were built for Scandinavian Airlines (SAS). This had the short fuselage of the 10 series and the more powerful engines and the wings of the 30 series, which allowed it to operate from shorter airports.

Aircraft History:
SAS SE-DBO, OY-KIC and SE-DBO as Siger Viking - 1969-1995
Spirit Airlines N127NK - 1995
ValueJet Airlines N127NK - 1995-1998
Allegiant Air N127NK - 1998-2002
stored at Victorville N127NK - 2002-2003
Skydive Perris N127NK - 2003-present (inactive 2013-2024)

These flights were in the middle of the day, and I accidentally switched the video on my iPhone to use Apple Log so it required grading, which I'm no expert at, and I had no ND filter which is the reason it's mostly blown out. Being a stills shooter, video is not my strong suit, so I apologize.