Boeing 737-800 (N560AS)

Up until a few months ago, the midafternoon SEA-RNO-SEA roundtripper was serviced by Horizon (QXE) Dash 8s. When the passenger count on the route rose steadily throughout the year, Alaska made the decision to replace the QXE Dash 8 equipment with an ASA Boeing to handle the increase number of pax flying the route on the midafternoon flight. Thus, RNO now sees one Alaska Boeing 737 arrive here daily. Not only did that mean more seats available on the route, it also meant there was now the possibility that some of Alaska's special livery schemebirds would appear here. And that is what happened a couple of days ago when ASA's "Spirit Of The Islands" Hawaiian paint made its first-ever visit to RNO.

Great snap, Gary. Love the detail, excellent framing, "brilliant" contrasting colours.

Viv ... Thank you much, my friend. Keep an eye open for an e/m from me .... It will be that closeup pic of Tom C as "Mav" when he was waving to me as his Hornet was landing right next to me after a filming session. I won't be posting it to FA or any other public access site (for obvious reasons).