Would you like to see something interesting? Have you ever seen just how an airplane is built from the ground up?
There is a fast-time version of how one of our Southwest Boeing 737 airplanes was made. It happens to be one of the theme (just click on the little arrow to see Shamu) planes that we are known for. By theme, I mean that the exterior paint jobs have a special design on them. For example, Shamu, which honors the Sea World cities that we fly to. There is a picture of Shamu across the entire airplane. We have several that are dedicated to either a state that we serve or individuals within the company. Our latest dedicated planes honors Illinois. It's called "Illinois One." We serve the Midway Airport in Chicago and because it's one of our busier airports, we now have a plane dedicated to our large "family" in Chicago.
Just click on http://www.blogsouthwest.com/ and scroll to the bottom left corner. There you will see a box entitled "Southwest Media Center." Click on the airplane with an eagle on it. You will first, have to agree to not copying info, etc., before you can view the video.
Just thought you might be interested!
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Took long enough for that video to load! But it's very impressive. I've occasionally wondered how planes are made (when sitting inside one, feeling it shake, and hoping that everyone involved in the process of bolting, welding, gluing, etc., reported for work the day that plane was made), and now I know!
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