• Aircraft:

  Boeing 737-3T0

• Reg: N697SW full info | N697SW photos
• Serial #:

  23838

• Airline: Southwest Airlines
• Photo Date: Nov 28, 2016
• Uploaded: Dec 06, 2016
• Indianapolis Int'l Airport - KIND, USA - Indiana

(1600px) The last non-winglet SWA aircraft. This 1988 built bird boasts quite a history. Delivered to TACA as N75356 in March 1988. In May 1988 while descending for New Orleans as TACA Flight 110, this aircraft suffered a double engine failure (from water ingestion) in which the one-eyed captain made a successful deadstick landing on a grass floodbank next to a river without any serious injuries among the passengers. The plane was subsequently repaired on-site and took off from the grass embankment that it landed on and brought back to service. It was delivered to America West in 1991 as N319AW, went on to Morris Air in 1993, and finally Southwest Airlines in 1995, where it continues service, seen here at the gate in Indy awaiting it's first flight of the day. UPDATE: Retired 3 days after this shot, the last non-winglet Southwest bird.

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Lorenzo Varin N697SW

4,726 0 0 Boeing 737-3T0

Sergey Rimsha N697SW

2,042 0 0 Boeing 737-3T0

Taxing for takeoff RWY10L

Gregory A. Waid N697SW

3,331 0 0 Boeing 737-3T0

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Leo Yang N437YX

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Southwest Airlines' 737 with classic paint taxing in Indianapolis Airport

Leo Yang N786SW

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Leo Yang N311NV

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(1580px) The land left of the wing (behind our flight path) in complete darkness as the shadow of the Moon comes across during the solar eclipse

Hongming Zheng N512DE

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Hongming Zheng N317AS

2,113 69 3 Boeing 737-990

On the ramp during a light snowstorm, with melted snow on the ground providing good reflection photo opportunity

Hongming Zheng N824UA

1,174 24 0 Airbus A319-131