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The Saints confirmed on their special media that they will be wearing white jerseys and gold pants on Monday night at home against the Falcons. Obviously this is a nod to the uniform combo we wore 20 years ago for the “Rebirth” game and Superdome reopening after Hurricane Katrina which feature the famous Steve Gleason blocked punt.

It makes me happy to see the Saints attention to detail with this uniform decision, but man I really wish we wore the gold pants more often. Unpopular opinion here, but it’s the Saints best look. I’m quite tired of black leggings every week, especially at home. Gold pants just feel like the classic Saints so I’m pretty excited. We really need to embrace the gold pants more in the regular season and not just wear them in the preseason.

On a side note, we also wore this same combo on Thursday night at home against the Falcons in 2015. That game honored the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and also featured a very similar blocked punt touchdown by Michael Mauti.

As the title says, can someone remove the lens reflection from the background? Took this screenshot on my flight leaving LAX the other day and want to use it as the thumbnail of my video, but don’t like the lens reflection. Thanks.

One of the best liveries out there imo! Such a beautiful plane!

I’ve seen it once before and a few times on the -800 (original Freedom One), but was able to get some great up close shots of it last night and even some cabin shots as a bonus! One of my favorite liveries out there!

Also bonus for my matching lanyard!

I feel like the white jerseys is a nod to the 20th anniversary of the Superdome reopening after Katrina when we hosted the Falcons on MNF, like we’re doing in week four. The white jerseys on the uniform schedule seems like a big coincidence, but it will only be perfect with gold pants. We better not blow the opportunity…

Was a RON here at ATL last night. This aircraft, N9021F, is only two weeks old! Pretty sure it’s the newest aircraft I’ve seen so far! Gotta say, it was really shiny! If only I could’ve smelled the new plane smell inside the cabin…

Shows up two nights in a row last week here in Atlanta! Also one of my favorite liveries to ever exist!

I’ve seen it a few times in person before, but it’s been a while since it’s flown into ATL on my night shift. Pretty neat to see up close.

Also found it a bit fitting and special to see it one week before the 25th anniversary of 9/11.

These aren’t my photos, but were just uploaded to JetPhotos this morning as it departed TPA! This Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft is a brand new delivery from Boeing and today marks only its second day of revenue service. Be on the lookout for it, tail N9019R!

These two photos were just uploaded to JetPhotos. Not my photos though, but it’s good to finally see some high quality photos of the new Florida One on a brand new 737 MAX 8 (N9019R)! Be on the lookout for it now flying around the Southwest network!

This is for any of you planespotters and AvGeeks out there, but Florida One, which was very recently repainted onto a brand new delivery 737 MAX 8 (N9019R), is scheduled to fly its first revenue flights with passengers today.

FR24 has it listed flying PHX-DAL, DAL-LAS, and LAS-CMH today. I wouldn’t pay attention to the ATL-DCA flight as it’s likely a FR24 error. Hopefully anybody out there can snag some photos of this brand new bird and updated Florida One livery!

This past weekend I decided to fly east coast to the west coast to NYC and San Francisco. I’d been to NYC three times already, twice last October. However, I hadn’t been to San Francisco in 11 years and had been really wanting to visit again. Three of my personal favorite skyscrapers currently are One World Trade Center, the Empire State Building, and Transamerica Pyramid! Enjoy the pics!

As the title states, N9019R has just departed Spokane and is headed to Phoenix. It has been rumored that this brand new Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft has likely been painted into the Florida One livery! Hopefully any of you planespotters can catch it coming into Phoenix later or as it begins its journey through the Southwest network in the coming days!

Looks like N9017L was flown from PHX-VCV. Knowing that the flight number was WN8501, I know it was some sort of ferry or charter flight. Also, N9017L in particular is a brand new Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft just recently delivered to Southwest a few days ago. No idea why it was flown to Victorville, CA though. I know that it’s typically where retired aircraft are stored for parts, but can’t imagine why a brand new aircraft would’ve been flown there.

Ever since Southwest has started to update the special liveries by repainting them from the 737-700’s to 737-800’s and MAX 8’s, I’ve seen a lot of people go back and forth whether they think they look better on the -700’s or not. Personally, I think most of the updated special liveries look better on the longer fuselage of the -800 and MAX 8. Most recently, Florida One (N945WN, a -700) was repainted into the standard Heart livery. It has been rumored to be returning soon on a brand new delivery MAX 8, N9019R.

I just thought this would be a fun and different post and give an idea as to how the special liveries compare on their different airframes. Obviously, all special liveries are not represented here as Maryland One, Missouri One, Florida One, and Arizona One have not been repainted yet.

Yesterday, N9019R, a brand new delivery Boeing 737 MAX 8 was ferried from BFI-GEG. Recent internet rumors have stated that this particular aircraft will likely become the updated Florida One special livery, replacing the previous Boeing 737-700 (N945WN).

So any planespotters out there, keep an eye out to the skies soon for this aircraft! If I had to guess, it will likely be headed to PHX once it leaves GEG in roughly two weeks for make-ready prior to entering revenue service.

Vanderbilt football just recently announced new all-gold uniforms for this upcoming season. Their uniforms are Nike, just like the Saints and NFL currently. I just wish we could wear whatever shade of gold Vandy uses because it’s darker and more similar to our Color Rush gold. I wouldn’t really call our current shade gold, because it’s so pale and closer to khaki. Plus, Vandy’s gold is clearly darker which is why they’re able to use white numbers where our gold jerseys have black numbers.

Why is it so hard for us to simply adapt to a darker shade of gold like Vandy? Our uniform template doesn’t even have to change, but we could just adjust the shade of gold. Of course, I’m all for new uniforms as long as they’re similar to our Color Rush.

I just hate seeing a CFB team using a better shade of gold than us. And I know I’m gonna get a lot of comments saying it still isn’t shiny, but we’ve got to accept that shiny fabric isn’t happening in this era of football, so get used to it. The least we could to is use a darker shade of gold to start.

Thoughts?

I booked myself to be on Southwest’s inaugural LAS-ITO and ITO-LAS flights on Thursday and both flights were flown by Imua One! One of my favorite Southwest special liveries and one I’ve always dreamed of flying on! Definitely a dream come true moment for me especially because I got to fly on it twice!

The inaugural flights were great! Lots of fun, with games, trivia, prizes, snacks, treats, lei greetings, live Hawaiian music and dancing! Another special treat was receiving a printed poster of Imua One during the flight!

I’ve now flown on five Southwest special liveries: New Mexico One, Nevada One (twice), Tennessee One, California One, and now Imua One (twice)!

Thanks for the great flights and memories Southwest and Imua One!

Looks like Florida One (N945WN) arrived in Spokane last night with no future flights scheduled according to FlightRadar24. I’ve seen it a few times lately in person and in photos and it’s been starting to look rough, with faded and chipping paint all over. So it would appear and be safe to assume that it’s getting repainted, most likely into the standard Heart livery since it’s a 737-700 (which Southwest is actively retiring).

Really hope to see it return soon on a newer MAX 8! And on that note, anyone here have any info when it will return?