{"id":3130,"date":"2023-02-26T09:26:41","date_gmt":"2023-02-26T09:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/?p=3130"},"modified":"2023-02-26T09:26:41","modified_gmt":"2023-02-26T09:26:41","slug":"salmon-thirty-salmon-ii-petition-launched-to-save-alaska-airlines-special-livery-boeing-737","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/?p=3130","title":{"rendered":"Salmon Thirty Salmon II: Petition Launched To Save Alaska Airlines Special Livery Boeing 737"},"content":{"rendered":"

You’ve probably heard of petitions being started within the aviation industry to save jobs, call for better work contracts, or to salvage a beloved aircraft. And now, a petition has been created to protect a special livery from being repainted, as aviation enthusiasts are asking\u00a0Alaska Airlines\u00a0to keep the Salmon Thirty Salmon livery flying.<\/p>\n

The Salmon Thirty Salmon livery: A flying salmon<\/h2>\n

Imagine a\u00a0Boeing 737\u00a0painted to look like a fish – because that’s essentially what the Salmon Thirty Salmon livery is. Alaska Airlines first revealed the original rendition of the Salmon Thirty Salmon livery on its Boeing 737-400 registered N792AS in October 2005, when the narrowbody aircraft sported a giant Alaska King Salmon covering its fuselage and tail.<\/p>\n

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The special\u00a0livery<\/a>\u00a0became one of the world’s most intricate paintings on an aircraft. It resulted from a dedicated team of approximately 30 painters working nearly non-stop for 24 days on the Boeing 737-400. Alaska Airlines then got the name Salmon Thirty Salmon in reference to a fluke incident in 1987, when one of its Boeing 737-200 got hit by a fish dropped by a passing Bald Eagle.<\/p>\n

However, N792AS and the original Salmon Thirty Salmon livery were subsequently painted over in 2011. Knowing that aviation enthusiasts were big fans of the\u00a0special livery, Alaska Airlines went on to paint one of its Boeing 737-800s in a second rendition, known as the Salmon Thirty Salmon II livery.<\/p>\n