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BOEING 737-300 (N137CG) - This Coulson Group B733 "Fireliner" (N137CG, ex-Southwest N617SW) is captured as it sits on the Atlantic Aviation ramp in the shadow of the Reno-Tahoe International control tower.br /The Coulson Group acquired six older model 737s from Southwest Airlines and are converting them into firebombers. This one, Tail #137, arrived at RNO on Saturday afternoon and I was contacted to photograph it. At sunrise the next morning, as the shadow of the control tower was momentarily stretched out far enough to "blanket" this awesome aircraft, I snapped this shot.
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BOEING 737-300 (N137CG)

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This Coulson Group B733 "Fireliner" (N137CG, ex-Southwest N617SW) is captured as it sits on the Atlantic Aviation ramp in the shadow of the Reno-Tahoe International control tower.
The Coulson Group acquired six older model 737s from Southwest Airlines and are converting them into firebombers. This one, Tail #137, arrived at RNO on Saturday afternoon and I was contacted to photograph it. At sunrise the next morning, as the shadow of the control tower was momentarily stretched out far enough to "blanket" this awesome aircraft, I snapped this shot.

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Gary SchenauerPhoto Uploader
On Sunday morning, just as the sun came up, I found myself in an aviation photographer's heaven. I was standing in the midst of four Boeing 737s parked at the south end of Atlantic's ramp: this B733, a Swift Air B734, and two US Navy C-40s. As the sun came up over the Virginia Range Mountains in the east and lit up the blue sky, I was surrounded by fantastic photo opportunities -- Mt Rose was illuminated beautifully in the distance southwest of my location, more than 100 gorgeously colored hot air balloons participating in the mass ascension segment of The Great Reno Balloon Race were rising into the sky beyond the downtown Reno skyline northwest of my location, the RNO control tower was silhouetted northeast of my position, and no matter which direction I faced, I had a Boeing 737 aircraft right in the foreground. And, as every serious aircraft photog knows, the first moments of sunrise don't last for very long, so for the next eight to ten minutes I made use of every single second. Almost 850 clicks of the shutter (843)....
Tom Vance
5 "Shadows".....brilliant pic!
Tom Vance
850? you're slowing down Gman! jk/
Greg Byington
Pretty cool! Nice pic and great job!
Tom Vance
Gman - I caught this jet by surprise at RDD 8/8/2019 - pics later....now has titles under the cockpit window 'GAIA"
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Date Aircraft Origin Destination Departure Arrival Duration
03-May-2025 B733Palm Springs Intl ()Palm Springs Intl () 11:14AM PDT 11:49AM PDT 0:35
02-May-2025 B733Palm Springs Intl ()Palm Springs Intl () 03:31PM PDT 04:18PM PDT 0:46
02-May-2025 B733Palm Springs Intl ()Palm Springs Intl () 01:23PM PDT 02:24PM PDT 1:00
02-May-2025 B733Palm Springs Intl ()Palm Springs Intl () 11:36AM PDT 12:22PM PDT 0:45
02-May-2025 B733Palm Springs Intl ()Palm Springs Intl () 09:37AM PDT 10:34AM PDT 0:57
01-May-2025 B733Palm Springs Intl ()Palm Springs Intl () 03:10PM PDT 04:01PM PDT 0:50
01-May-2025 B733Palm Springs Intl ()Palm Springs Intl () 01:02PM PDT 02:03PM PDT 1:01
01-May-2025 B733Near Palm Springs, CAPalm Springs Intl () 11:09AM PDT 12:10PM PDT 1:00
01-May-2025 B733Palm Springs Intl ()Palm Springs Intl () 08:40AM PDT 09:33AM PDT 0:52
30-Apr-2025 B733Palm Springs Intl ()Palm Springs Intl () 04:03PM PDT 05:06PM PDT 1:02
30-Apr-2025 B733Palm Springs Intl ()Palm Springs Intl () 02:07PM PDT 03:07PM PDT 1:00
30-Apr-2025 B733Palm Springs Intl ()Palm Springs Intl () 11:57AM PDT 01:12PM PDT 1:14
30-Apr-2025 B733Palm Springs Intl ()Palm Springs Intl () 09:30AM PDT 10:21AM PDT 0:50
29-Apr-2025 B733Palm Springs Intl ()Palm Springs Intl () 04:42PM PDT 05:50PM PDT 1:08
29-Apr-2025 B733Palm Springs Intl ()Palm Springs Intl () 02:22PM PDT 03:35PM PDT 1:12
29-Apr-2025 B733Palm Springs Intl ()Palm Springs Intl () 12:10PM PDT 01:05PM PDT 0:54
29-Apr-2025 B733Palm Springs Intl ()Palm Springs Intl () 09:41AM PDT 10:35AM PDT 0:54
28-Apr-2025 B733Jacqueline Cochran Rgnl ()Palm Springs Intl () 06:32PM PDT 07:00PM PDT 0:27
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