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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.
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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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)....
5 "Shadows".....brilliant pic!
850? you're slowing down Gman! jk/
Pretty cool! Nice pic and great job!
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 |
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03-May-2025 | B733 | Palm Springs Intl (KPSP) | Palm Springs Intl (KPSP) | 11:14AM PDT | 11:49AM PDT | 0:35 |
02-May-2025 | B733 | Palm Springs Intl (KPSP) | Palm Springs Intl (KPSP) | 03:31PM PDT | 04:18PM PDT | 0:46 |
02-May-2025 | B733 | Palm Springs Intl (KPSP) | Palm Springs Intl (KPSP) | 01:23PM PDT | 02:24PM PDT | 1:00 |
02-May-2025 | B733 | Palm Springs Intl (KPSP) | Palm Springs Intl (KPSP) | 11:36AM PDT | 12:22PM PDT | 0:45 |
02-May-2025 | B733 | Palm Springs Intl (KPSP) | Palm Springs Intl (KPSP) | 09:37AM PDT | 10:34AM PDT | 0:57 |
01-May-2025 | B733 | Palm Springs Intl (KPSP) | Palm Springs Intl (KPSP) | 03:10PM PDT | 04:01PM PDT | 0:50 |
01-May-2025 | B733 | Palm Springs Intl (KPSP) | Palm Springs Intl (KPSP) | 01:02PM PDT | 02:03PM PDT | 1:01 |
01-May-2025 | B733 | Near Palm Springs, CA | Palm Springs Intl (KPSP) | 11:09AM PDT | 12:10PM PDT | 1:00 |
01-May-2025 | B733 | Palm Springs Intl (KPSP) | Palm Springs Intl (KPSP) | 08:40AM PDT | 09:33AM PDT | 0:52 |
30-Apr-2025 | B733 | Palm Springs Intl (KPSP) | Palm Springs Intl (KPSP) | 04:03PM PDT | 05:06PM PDT | 1:02 |
30-Apr-2025 | B733 | Palm Springs Intl (KPSP) | Palm Springs Intl (KPSP) | 02:07PM PDT | 03:07PM PDT | 1:00 |
30-Apr-2025 | B733 | Palm Springs Intl (KPSP) | Palm Springs Intl (KPSP) | 11:57AM PDT | 01:12PM PDT | 1:14 |
30-Apr-2025 | B733 | Palm Springs Intl (KPSP) | Palm Springs Intl (KPSP) | 09:30AM PDT | 10:21AM PDT | 0:50 |
29-Apr-2025 | B733 | Palm Springs Intl (KPSP) | Palm Springs Intl (KPSP) | 04:42PM PDT | 05:50PM PDT | 1:08 |
29-Apr-2025 | B733 | Palm Springs Intl (KPSP) | Palm Springs Intl (KPSP) | 02:22PM PDT | 03:35PM PDT | 1:12 |
29-Apr-2025 | B733 | Palm Springs Intl (KPSP) | Palm Springs Intl (KPSP) | 12:10PM PDT | 01:05PM PDT | 0:54 |
29-Apr-2025 | B733 | Palm Springs Intl (KPSP) | Palm Springs Intl (KPSP) | 09:41AM PDT | 10:35AM PDT | 0:54 |
28-Apr-2025 | B733 | Jacqueline Cochran Rgnl (KTRM) | Palm Springs Intl (KPSP) | 06:32PM PDT | 07:00PM PDT | 0:27 |
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