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BOEING 737-300 (N137CG) - This Coulson Group B733 "Fireliner" (N137CG, ex-Southwest N617SW) is captured as it sits on the Atlantic Aviation ramp in the shadow of the Reno-Tahoe International control tower.br /The Coulson Group acquired six older model 737s from Southwest Airlines and are converting them into firebombers. This one, Tail #137, arrived at RNO on Saturday afternoon and I was contacted to photograph it. At sunrise the next morning, as the shadow of the control tower was momentarily stretched out far enough to "blanket" this awesome aircraft, I snapped this shot.
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BOEING 737-300 (N137CG)

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This Coulson Group B733 "Fireliner" (N137CG, ex-Southwest N617SW) is captured as it sits on the Atlantic Aviation ramp in the shadow of the Reno-Tahoe International control tower.
The Coulson Group acquired six older model 737s from Southwest Airlines and are converting them into firebombers. This one, Tail #137, arrived at RNO on Saturday afternoon and I was contacted to photograph it. At sunrise the next morning, as the shadow of the control tower was momentarily stretched out far enough to "blanket" this awesome aircraft, I snapped this shot.

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Gary SchenauerPhoto Uploader
On Sunday morning, just as the sun came up, I found myself in an aviation photographer's heaven. I was standing in the midst of four Boeing 737s parked at the south end of Atlantic's ramp: this B733, a Swift Air B734, and two US Navy C-40s. As the sun came up over the Virginia Range Mountains in the east and lit up the blue sky, I was surrounded by fantastic photo opportunities -- Mt Rose was illuminated beautifully in the distance southwest of my location, more than 100 gorgeously colored hot air balloons participating in the mass ascension segment of The Great Reno Balloon Race were rising into the sky beyond the downtown Reno skyline northwest of my location, the RNO control tower was silhouetted northeast of my position, and no matter which direction I faced, I had a Boeing 737 aircraft right in the foreground. And, as every serious aircraft photog knows, the first moments of sunrise don't last for very long, so for the next eight to ten minutes I made use of every single second. Almost 850 clicks of the shutter (843)....
Tom Vance
5 "Shadows".....brilliant pic!
Tom Vance
850? you're slowing down Gman! jk/
Greg Byington
Pretty cool! Nice pic and great job!
Tom Vance
Gman - I caught this jet by surprise at RDD 8/8/2019 - pics later....now has titles under the cockpit window 'GAIA"
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Date Aircraft Origin Destination Departure Arrival Duration
19-May-2026 B733San Bernardino Intl ()General Wm J Fox Airfield () 08:10PM PDT 08:28PM PDT 0:18
19-May-2026 B733San Bernardino Intl ()San Bernardino Intl () 07:28PM PDT 07:46PM PDT 0:18
19-May-2026 B733San Bernardino Intl ()San Bernardino Intl () 06:14PM PDT 06:53PM PDT 0:39
19-May-2026 B733San Bernardino Intl ()San Bernardino Intl () 05:04PM PDT 05:46PM PDT 0:42
19-May-2026 B733San Bernardino Intl ()San Bernardino Intl () 03:39PM PDT 04:33PM PDT 0:54
19-May-2026 B733Santa Maria ()San Bernardino Intl () 02:03PM PDT 03:08PM PDT 1:04
19-May-2026 B733Santa Maria ()Santa Maria () 01:05PM PDT 01:39PM PDT 0:33
19-May-2026 B733General Wm J Fox Airfield ()Santa Maria () 11:11AM PDT 12:05PM PDT 0:54
14-May-2026 B733Grand Junction Rgnl ()General Wm J Fox Airfield () 05:56PM MDT 06:41PM PDT 1:44
14-May-2026 B733Grand Junction Rgnl ()Grand Junction Rgnl () 04:20PM MDT 05:26PM MDT 1:06
14-May-2026 B733Grand Junction Rgnl ()Grand Junction Rgnl () 02:48PM MDT 03:55PM MDT 1:06
14-May-2026 B733General Wm J Fox Airfield ()Grand Junction Rgnl () 11:27AM PDT 02:19PM MDT 1:51
13-May-2026 B733General Wm J Fox Airfield ()General Wm J Fox Airfield () 06:41PM PDT 07:08PM PDT 0:27
13-May-2026 B733General Wm J Fox Airfield ()General Wm J Fox Airfield () 05:49PM PDT 06:16PM PDT 0:26
11-May-2026 B733General Wm J Fox Airfield ()General Wm J Fox Airfield () 02:29PM PDT 03:11PM PDT 0:41
11-May-2026 B733General Wm J Fox Airfield ()General Wm J Fox Airfield () 10:56AM PDT 11:24AM PDT 0:28
11-May-2026 B733General Wm J Fox Airfield ()General Wm J Fox Airfield () 09:18AM PDT 10:11AM PDT 0:53
09-May-2026 B733Porterville Muni ()General Wm J Fox Airfield () 05:01PM PDT 05:26PM PDT 0:25
09-May-2026 B733Porterville Muni ()Porterville Muni () 04:07PM PDT 04:38PM PDT (?) 0:30
09-May-2026 B733General Wm J Fox Airfield ()Porterville Muni () 03:10PM PDT 03:41PM PDT (?) 0:30
07-May-2026 B733General Wm J Fox Airfield ()General Wm J Fox Airfield () 06:58PM PDT 07:26PM PDT 0:27
07-May-2026 B733General Wm J Fox Airfield ()General Wm J Fox Airfield () 06:05PM PDT 06:32PM PDT 0:26
07-May-2026 B733General Wm J Fox Airfield ()General Wm J Fox Airfield () 05:16PM PDT 05:44PM PDT 0:27
07-May-2026 B733General Wm J Fox Airfield ()General Wm J Fox Airfield () 04:28PM PDT 04:55PM PDT 0:26
07-May-2026 B733General Wm J Fox Airfield ()General Wm J Fox Airfield () 02:23PM PDT 02:49PM PDT 0:26
07-May-2026 B733General Wm J Fox Airfield ()General Wm J Fox Airfield () 01:25PM PDT 01:59PM PDT 0:34
07-May-2026 B733General Wm J Fox Airfield ()General Wm J Fox Airfield () 12:35PM PDT 01:04PM PDT 0:29
06-May-2026 B733General Wm J Fox Airfield ()General Wm J Fox Airfield () 06:06PM PDT 06:46PM PDT 0:40
06-May-2026 B733General Wm J Fox Airfield ()General Wm J Fox Airfield () 04:22PM PDT 04:50PM PDT 0:28
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