I've been wanting to catch the Qantas World Cup B747 for some time now, so even though it was really hazy last week, I grabbed this photo from the catwalk. I believe the Virgin America Airbus in the lower shot is the same one that sported a mustache last season:
Hey Cap'n,
ReplyDeleteYes, N849VA IS the Redwood aircraft dedicated to SF Giants paint schemes. The 1st incarnation was more 'beard' than mustache, in honor of the Brian Wilson/Sergio Romo 'Fear the Beard' meme from 2010. Now that Wilson is a, well, NON-Giant, they removed the beard from the plane and started using the 'Fly Together' slogan (parallel to the Giants 'Giant Together' marketing campaign). Last bit of paint scheme trivia-- the 'Fly Together' is actually a photo mosaic made up of thousands of smaller pictures submitted by Giants fans.
Probably more than you needed to know but I am a 4th generation San Franciscan who bleeds orange and black.