**********burnt orange, high in the sky!**********

[monarch]

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[CCausey11]

Is that real?  If so very cool!

 

[monarch]

Is that real?  If so very cool!

very real!  it's one of southwest's UT themed planes.

 

[J.B. TexasEx]

Maybe, but this particular image is photoshopped.  Look closely at the top of the fuselage.  You can see the rough coloring.

Great concept though!  http://www.southwest.com/html/southwest-difference/specialty-planes.html

 

[BudreauReye]

You beat me to it J.B! 

The Longhorn emblem looks to be photoshopped ... look at the nose of the Longhorn.  It is clearly on the nacelle of the left turbofan.  The emblem then wraps up onto the main body of the jet as if it were on the same surface as the body.  Reference the left quarter-front view of the same jet below to see how far the turbofan nacelle actually is away from the airliner body.   Obviously it is no more photoshopped that some of our nature photographs with outsized moons and such.  I do seem to remember Southwest having some airliners with all orange paint jobs like that though.  I sure wouldn't mind flying on one with a big ol' Longhorn emblem like that.  Like the helmet on the other thread, I sure wouldn't mind them trying a metallic finish in a deeper burnt orange ... that would be kewl! 

 

[monarch]

the plane is real!​

 

[MikeV73]

You beat me to it J.B!

The Longhorn emblem looks to be photoshopped ... look at the nose of the Longhorn. It is clearly on the nacelle of the left turbofan. The emblem then wraps up onto the main body of the jet as if it were on the same surface as the body. Reference the left quarter-front view of the same jet below to see how far the turbofan nacelle actually is away from the airliner body. Obviously it is no more photoshopped that some of our nature photographs with outsized moons and such. I do seem to remember Southwest having some airliners with all orange paint jobs like that though. I sure wouldn't mind flying on one with a big ol' Longhorn emblem like that. Like the helmet on the other thread, I sure wouldn't mind them trying a metallic finish in a deeper burnt orange ... that would be kewl!

Like my comments on the other thread about not changing the UT helmets we should not mess with SWA airplanes classic scheme...wait it's just a plane. Do whatever the hell you want SWA.

 

[BudreauReye]

the plane is real!​

Perhaps, but the paint job on that particular jet is not real.  As J.B. indicated, the easiest way to tell is to open the jpg in photoshop and look closely at the edges of the top of the orange fuselage, or the wings, or the tail ... heck, you don't even need to zoom in, I can see the ragged editing job done with whatever image editing software that was used, even with my foggy eyeballs.  Also, the emblem defies the physics of the surface of the left turbofan nacelle and the surface of the body of the plane.  Zoom in in photoshop for a good close look.

 

[BudreauReye]

Like my comments on the other thread about not changing the UT helmets we should not mess with SWA airplanes classic scheme...wait it's just a plane. Do whatever the hell you want SWA.

You verged on almost getting cranky there for a second, Mike! 

 

[doc longhorn]

One of my old collegues went to the game in Mississippi.  He said he and 4 others chartered a private jet and, after landing, he said the local natives were in awe about how many private aircraft, with Longhorn logos, were landing at their airport.