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Flashback Fridays--Interim Liveries Part One
Fri, 02/05/2010 - 13:56 — Brian LuskI’ve always been interested in what I call interim color schemes. These are when one airline acquires an aircraft from another and then operates the airplane while it is wearing the original livery with only a few changes. Enthusiast photographers value shots of aircraft in interim liveries because they are so temporary. My own intrigue with the subject began as a child when I flew on
Flashback Fridays--A Final Flight
Fri, 01/22/2010 - 08:25 — Brian LuskUnlike the past few “Flashback Fridays” post, this one is a bit more current—like today or maybe next week. However, it still has historical value. Today we say goodbye to a trusted member of our fleet as N680AA heads off on its final flight. The
A "Huge" Milestone
Thu, 01/21/2010 - 08:16 — Brian LuskThe aviation world celebrates a huge milestone today. Pan American introduced the Boeing 747 into commercial service 40 years ago on January 21/22, 1970. PanAm Flight #2 from New York JFK to London Heathrow was scheduled to have left at 7:30 pm on January 21, but an engine problem forced an aircraft change. N736PA, Clipper Victor, finally departed at 1:52 am on January 22.
Flashback Fridays: Interior Photos From The Archive Vault
Fri, 01/15/2010 - 08:06 — Brian LuskFirst a bit of housekeeping: Regular Nuts About Southwest readers will know that I posted some photos last Friday from our archives. We are planning to make this a regular feature, and we are going to call these posts “Flashback Fridays” and tag them ac
Photos from the Archives Vault
Fri, 01/08/2010 - 08:47 — Brian LuskIt’s been awhile since we opened the Southwest archives vault, but we have some goodies for you today. We found these large format black and white air-to-air photos of our very first aircraft, N20SW.
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