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Alaska Airlines lands 120-foot king salmon
The Associated Press ^ | Sunday, October 2, 2005 | By Elizabeth M. Gillespie

Posted on 10/02/2005 8:09:02 AM PDT by Saynotosocialism

Alaska Airlines' "Salmon-Thirty-Salmon" is shown in flight Friday. The freshly repainted Boeing 737 was scheduled to make its first flight to Anchorage today.

Air-brush artist Chris Coakley sprays a special mix of salmon pink as he works Sept. 23 at Goodrich Aviation Technical Services in Everett painting an Alaska Airlines 737, now called the "Salmon-Thirty-Salmon," to look like a giant king salmon. A team of 30 painters worked 24 days adorning the jet with the shimmering image. The average 737 takes about a week to paint.

(Excerpt) Read more at seattletimes.nwsource.com ...


TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Travel
KEYWORDS: airlines; alaska; flyingfish
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..Love the punsters today/everyday. :D
21 posted on 10/02/2005 9:48:47 PM PDT by skinkinthegrass (Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get you :^)
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To: mikrofon; martin_fierro; Charles Henrickson

I used to think of myself as a punster, but you've humboldt me.


22 posted on 10/20/2005 7:50:25 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Down with Dhimmicrats! I last updated by FR profile on Sunday, August 14, 2005.)
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