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Post by Erik Ingram - HJG on Oct 28, 2023 4:32:51 GMT
I figured I'd give these their own thread just because there are comparatively more than some of the sets I've done...hope you enjoy the nature-watching! Frontier, of course, is famous for the wildlife photography it uses on its aircraft, which started out as a way to differentiate itself from its competitors. The 737-200s and -300s mostly featured different animals on each side, which later became one animal when the first A319s were introduced in 2001. The majority of these were reused on newer aircraft and given official names (noted here), a tradition that has continued through the airline's most recent rebranding. To help celebrate the introduction of the 737-200 at HJG, here's the Frontier collection! N205AU, featuring a raccoon and a red fox. Said fox later reappeared on a Republic Airlines ERJ-190. N207AU, with a wolf and black bear cub. N212US, with a bighorn sheep and American bison. Later became "Stanley" and "Humphrey" on Airbuses (Humphrey also appeared on an ERJ-190 much later). N214AU, featuring a white-tailed deer fawn and mountain goat. The mountain goat was reused as "Fritz". N217US, with a cougar and bald eagle. The cougar reappeared as "Lola" (and her kitten, Max), and was also featured on the right side of N234TR. The eagle became "Sarge". N1PC, featuring two different elk images. The one pictured here was reused as "Montana," and a Horizon Air CRJ-700 got the one on the other side. The plane itself was named "Charlotte Ruth," though I haven't been able to figure out who that might have been. N118RW featured a pair of mountain goats. This was the same one that became "Fritz," while the one on the other side became "Cliff." N234TR featured cougars; the one seen here later became "Sal." N237TR was the only one to feature a single image, with this hummingbird. Later became "Hamilton" an A319 and an ERJ-190. N270FL had this snowy owl and a mule deer on its tail. The owl became "Doc," and the deer "Mel." N271FL featured this great blue heron (later "Holly") and a Canada goose ("Lucy," who also appeared on an ERJ-190). Last but not least, N921WA featured a pair of raccoons. This one became "Rudy", while the right-side image went unnamed on a Horizon CRJ. There you have it!
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Post by aerofoto - HJG Admin on Oct 28, 2023 8:30:29 GMT
That's "THE SPIRIT" Those animals are what I call "one hell of a flight line" Mark C AKL/NZ
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Post by Herman on Oct 28, 2023 13:17:13 GMT
Beautiful.....Wonderful. Thank you Eric for doing those. Love the Spirit of Frontier Airlines for those wildlife representations.
Cheers.....Herman
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Post by Nathan Ford - HJG on Nov 3, 2023 7:19:32 GMT
Have always loved the Frontier tails.
Nathan
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Post by aerofoto - HJG Admin on Nov 7, 2023 2:52:03 GMT
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Post by Erik Ingram - HJG on Nov 9, 2023 5:37:54 GMT
I'm keeping this open to showcase other western-themed 737s from the US (and Canada, eventually)...here are the next three! First, here's 2Pac and Dr. Dre to help set the mood Air California was one of several notable airlines serving the intra-state market, alongside PSA, Golden West, and other smaller ones. Initially equipped with Lockheed Electras cast off from a variety of major airlines, the first jets arrived in 1968 in the form of leased DC-9s, while the first 737s came a few months later. Most of the newly-delivered ones were built for San Francisco-based Pacific Air Lines, but the order was cancelled when they merged with Bonanza and West Coast to form Air West. This is N461GB, circa 1970: By the mid-'70s, the paint job had been simplified somewhat, but the colorful nose cone design remained, as seen on N463GB circa 1977. The final scheme under the Air California name was generally similar; N467GB shows some of the differences in its 1980 variant: The airline re-branded as AirCal in 1981, eventually expanding its operations beyond California. Ultimately it was taken over by American in July 1987, though its legacy survives in a limited capacity through an American 737-800 painted in their final livery. Due to the limitations of the model, the nose cone artwork will show some distortion on the top and bottom, but hopefully that won't detract from anyone's enjoyment of them!
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Post by aerofoto - HJG Admin on Nov 9, 2023 5:43:13 GMT
What can I say .... other than "OH WOW" ! Mark C AKL/NZ
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Post by hornit - HJG on Nov 9, 2023 16:12:20 GMT
Those are really nice, but I NEVER liked these, nor did I understand the ideas behind those liveries. Very busy, kinda gross colors.....and they look kinda "pyschadelic"
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Post by aerofoto - HJG Admin on Nov 9, 2023 19:12:47 GMT
"To me" (at least) that particular livery captures the "sunny substance" of the US west coast .... which "the foreign world" (outside the USA) mostly associates California with. Beauty's always in the eye of the beholder and everyone to their own .... "of course" .... but I've always quite liked that livery on both the B732 and L-188 and which I regard as "a US classic" Feel "it" (along with the early 70's introduced PSA livery) was "one of" the more bold/colourful expressions of the late 60's era .... and before everything started going truly psychedelic or otherwise more fancy and complex by the late 1970's and into the 80's. Just "my own" 10 cents worth Mark C AKL/NZ
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Post by Erik Ingram - HJG on Nov 11, 2023 21:16:51 GMT
I'll admit I'm of two minds on those...I don't love the nose decoration, but on the other hand, I can appreciate fearlessly wacky touches like that This one's a little more sedate, from north of the border. While the majority of Pacific Western's 737-200s were Advanced models, they also took delivery of three early models (one of which was a combi) between 1968 and 1970. CF-PWD served with PWA until 1980, but the type as a whole lasted well beyond the mergers with CP Air and Air Canada.
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Post by hornit - HJG on Nov 12, 2023 5:23:56 GMT
ive got a CP air in the works along with the later version of Pac Western coming shortly
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Post by aerofoto - HJG Admin on Nov 16, 2023 4:45:26 GMT
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Post by Erik Ingram - HJG on Nov 18, 2023 19:31:34 GMT
And now we're moving from Pacific Western to Regular Western! Western was an early customer for the 737, using it on everything from its multi-stop routes throughout the Intermountain West and California to its eventual expansion into the Midwest in the 1980s (often going as far afield as Omaha and Kansas City from its Salt Lake City hub). Originally they had planned to start small jet service with the BAC 111, but like Frontier, Bonanza, and Ozark, they were threatened with the loss of subsidies on many of their routes unless they used American-built aircraft. As they were an established Boeing customer with 707s and 720s, they decided not to pursue the DC-9, and received their first 737 in June 1968. Here's N4523W circa 1970, once it had received the better-performing extended thrust reversers in place of the original style. In the mid-'70s, Western updated its branding to this radical-for-the-time design, which earned the nickname of "Swizzle Stick." N4510W is seen in this scheme around 1977. In the early '80s, it was updated once again with blue shadowing on the W and cheatline, over a bare metal base. This was popularly referred to as the "Bud Lite" scheme for its perceived resemblance to the beer cans of the time. The majority of 737-200s to wear it were newly-built Advanced models such as N239WA. As the order was completed shortly before the merger with Delta became official in April 1987, a small number were delivered in these colors with Delta registrations, and the last few went to Delta directly. Several of the former Western aircraft flew right up until the end of service in 2006.
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Post by Herman on Nov 18, 2023 21:09:56 GMT
I love them ALL. Thank you Eric Herman
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Post by aerofoto - HJG Admin on Nov 28, 2023 0:59:17 GMT
Erik's latest representing operators from the western USA and in the form of B732 aircraft .... these subjects each covering WESTERN AIRLINES liveries from early 1970's until mid 1980's era .... WESTERN AIRLINES B737-247 N4523W (1971)WESTERN AIRLINES B737-247 N4510W (1977)Both of the above texture subjects are for the (early/pre-1970 production) B737-200 P&W JT8D-9 base pack .... whilst the following texture subject is for the (later/post 1970 production) B737-200 ADV P&W JT8D-15 base pack. WESTERN AIRLINES B737-247 ADV N29WA (1985)Engine thrust and weight assignments, along with FDE editing/flight tuning too, is what stand each of the HJG offered B737-200 aircraft/engine type simulations apart. Provided one "loads" and "flies" each of these simulations "as we recommend" (which essentially means adjusting payload and/or fuel then setting and adjusting power as advised per tutorials/procedures stated within our forum based B732 manual) .... then .... one will have a relatively good impression of the varying performances of each B737-200 type, BUT, if one simply loads each simulation into FS, pushes power up to the maximum, and then goes "balls-to-the-wall" .... then .... one will only be denying oneself an appreciation of of most this hard worked performance variation "THANKS" Erik ! Mark C AKL/NZ
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