06/16/2026
N629SW - Boeing 737-3H4(WL) - Eastern Air Express - KMSY - 6-14-2026
Upon first glance this just appears to be just your average 737 Classic flying charter. Don't let its appearance fool you as where it's not painted in Eastern Air Express, this was once the original Southwest Airlines "Silver One"!
Delivered to the airline in June of 1996 it once wore a bare metal, later a silver paint in place of the metal, scheme for the airline's 25th anniversary. It flew with this scheme until around the late-2000s when it was then painted into the airline's "Canyon Blue" livery with a sticker "Silver One" on the nose, similarly to how the current one is.
I missed the chance to snap some photos of this aircraft in the past, so I'm happy to finally have had the chance to get it even though it's long since retired from its original operator and wonderful silver scheme.