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Boeing a sponsor of the Seahawks, and the aircraft is a freighter owned by Boeing and used for testing (equipment? possibly used to haul parts?). The livery doe
by chaz 13y ago
Boeing a sponsor of the Seahawks, and the aircraft is a freighter owned by Boeing and used for testing (equipment? possibly used to haul parts?). The livery doesn't appear to be just for the Superbowl, so it's probably a permanent marketing/PR piece for their local city.
http://boeing.mediaroom.com/2014-01-29-Boeing-747-8-Freighter-Painted-in-Seattle-Seahawks-Livery http://boeing.mediaroom.com/2014-01-29-Boeing-747-8-Freighte...
- 001sky 13y agoI'm sure the (many, recent) tax breaks pay for it... The tax breaks the Legislature just passed for Boeing are apparently the largest state-tax subsidy deal for a private company in American history. Local pride, as thet say. http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2022245449_westneat13xml.html http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2022245449_westneat13...
- donavanm 13y ago> The livery doesn't appear to be just for the Superbowl It's new. There's some youtube footage of the same aircraft doing test flights a few months back. Plain white, and weathered, fuselage and tail.
- chaz 13y agoI meant that the livery is evergreen, and isn't "Good luck at Super Bowl XLVIII!" They can fly it for years and it won't be dated. > Plain white, and weathered Maybe it needed a paint job anyway.
- vonmoltke 13y agoThis was the first ever flight of this aircraft, so that is not the same airplane in those videos.
- gertef 13y agoOK but the photograph was taken from another plane, which had no other reason to be in the air.