Perris Valley Aviation Service (Perris) has hinted on its Facebook page that it will be resuming skydiving from its DC-9-20 by September this year. The forty-eight year old twin-jet N127NK (msn 47361) has been out of operation since at least 2014 and has been in storage for refit ever since.
Responding to comments on their Facebook page, Perris said that "We don't have specific dates to give you guys yet, but we will let you know soon! September at the latest, hopefully before that!"
The Perris DC9 was the first passenger jet approved by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for skydiving. According to a report in Aviation Pros, the aircraft was bought in 2003 as scrap and it took Perris owners three years to modify it and attain approvals for parachuting use. Perris claims that it is "the only privately owned commercial transport category Twin Jet aircraft that you can jump from in the world".
