Southwest Airlines
Scale 1-200 model
Boeing B737-300
Registration: N334SW (MSN 23938/1549) Broken up 2013 at TUS - Scrapped
 
Black flat display stand - Original box
Painted in "Shamu" special colours
 
Aircrat type: Boeing B737-3H4
Configuration: Y137
Engines: 2x CFMI CFM56-3B1
Aircraft name: Sea World of Texas - the original Shamu
 
SWA Retires the first Shamu plane
Thursday, January 3, 2013
 
SWA has retired the original Shamu airframe, N334SW. This 737-300 was the first airplane painted in the now famous whale scheme. It was done as a cross promotion for Sea World of California and the ship entered service in May of 1988.
Over the ensuing years 334 was joined by two additional Shamu painted 737-500s: N507SW and N501SW. They were eventually stripped of their Shamu paint and replaced with two new 737-700s which are still in the fleet and proudly painted as Shamu: N713WN and N715WN.
The last revenue flight was on December 9th and the ship is currently in Tucson where it is to be dismantled and scrapped.
 
IATA: WN
ICAO: SWA
Callsign: SOUTHWEST
Country: United States
Airline Founded: 15 Mar 1967
Headquarters: Dallas Love Field (DAL / KDAL)
Bases:
Houston William P. Hobby (HOU / KHOU)
Las Vegas McCarran (LAS / KLAS)
Denver International (DEN / KDEN)
Oakland International (OAK / KOAK)
Phoenix Sky Harbor (PHX / KPHX)
Baltimore / Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI / KBWI)
Chicago Midway (MDW / KMDW)
Orlando International (MCO / KMCO)
Fleet Size: 744 Aircraft (+ 34 On Order/Planned)
 
Brand: Wooster
Colors: Black - Caramel - Grey - Orange - Red - White
Material: Synthetic
Condition: New
Dimensions (cm): Box: 4,5 x 7 x 24,7 / Model: 18,1 x 16,3 x 13
Weight (g): 114