McDonnell-Douglas DC9 series 32 YU-AJM of JAT Yugoslav Airlines on taxi to the runway at Manston Airport. Scan from a Kodachrome 64 slide taken using a Pentax SFXn SLR fitted with a manual focus Sigma 400mm prime lens.
This DC-9-32F operated from the beginning in the cargo role, so it has not been converted from a passenger version. It started its service with Alitalia in 1969 and after 54 years still plies the skies, now mainly between Mexico and USA.
Another carrier operating from Willow Run Airport that pleases the heart of old aircraft lovers is Ameristar. On the apron I discovered their two "baby" DC-9s and sole B737-200.
"Baby" DC-9s were rare even in my youngster years, but to see them active today is a true rarity. The rising sun shone on this one at Willow Run Airport only for a while from the hole in the clouds, before another aircraft of the same company blocked the view.