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John Schmidt (dc8schmidt@twc.com) | Home > Browse:The Fabulous DC-10 Europe, Africa, AsiaThe Fabulous DC-10 Pt 1 The AmericasRemembering Trans Brasil July 2024Canadian Pacific in Postcards June 2024Remembering Dan Air May, 2024A Postcard history of Ansett. April 2024The SE-210 Caravelle Part 1 Air France Remembering the IL-62 Feb. 2024The Route of The Stars Jan 2024Remembering Mexicana 12/ 2023Postcard treasures from Japan Nov 2023Revisiting the Jaeger Cards. 10/23The Golden Falcons of Gulf Air 9/23 The "Mystery" (Peter Black) issues 8/23A Look at Southwest Airlines July 2023Remembering the Pocket Rocket (BAC-111)Amphibious Airliners. May, 2023California's Airlines. April 2023The Last of the Great Douglas Airliners The Evolution of Icelandair Feb. 2023A look at Ethiopian Airlines 1/ 2023The Great Silver Fleet Pt. 2 Dec. 2022The GREAT silver Fleet. Pt 1. Nov. 2022The National Airlines of Central AmericaA Look at Aerolineas Argentinas 9/2022Remembering the Handley Page Herald 8/22Philippine Airlines. July 2022A look at Parcel Airlines May-June 22Taiwan's intercontinental Airline 4 /22The Regional Airlines of Taiwan Mar 2022Aer Lingus. February 2022Rare and Collectible pt 5. Jan. 2022Japan Air System December 2021Toa Airways, and its descendants 11/21Remembering Alitalia October, 2021The Airlines of Pakistan Sept. 2021Collecting the rare ones pt. 4Collecting the Rare ones Pt 3Collecting the rare ones pt 2 June 2021Collecting the Rare Ones Pt. 1 May 2021DeHavilland’s Pioneering Commuters 4/21Alia The Royal Jordanian AirlineA Look at Corporate Airliners March 2021Remembering Air Afrique February 2021The Ultimate STOL DHC-7 January 2021A Postcard History of Hawaiian AirlinesRemembering Sabena Pt 2. Nov. 2020Remembering Sabena pt 1 Oct. 2020LOT 90 years and counting Sept 2020The Fairchild Turboprops August 2020The Elegant Vickers VC-10 July, 2020Remembering Varig 1927-2006Remembering South African AirwaysA Selection of Korean Air Cards 4-2020The Vickers Vanguard. March, 2020Post Deregulation startupsCelebrating the Super 80 jan. 2020Remembering Northeast December 2019Boeing's mighty mini, The 747 SP 11/2019The ATRs Part 2, October 2019The ATRS Part 1 Sept. 2019A Postcard History of Air India 8/2019The Accidental Airliner July 20191933, Birth Of The Modern Airliner 6/19The Jaeger Airliner Cards May 2019Remembering Northwest April 2019 Enell & Hoff Airliner Cards Mar 2019Airliners Nobody Wanted part 2 Feb 2019Airliners nobody wanted part 1 Jan/2019The Revolutionary Caravelle 12 / 2018Mystery cards, a numbered set 11/18Remembering Capital Airlines 10/18The Turboprop Convairs 9 / 2018Vintage Convair Props 8 / 2018The Embraer Jets July 2018Flying Colors - Braniff Airways 6 / 2018The Amazing Comets May 201860 years of Western airlines, April 2018Remembering TWA Mar. 2018A Look at Alaskan Airliners 2 / 2018Remembering the Avro/HS 748 1/2018Christmas & New Years Cards 12 / 2017Stratocruiser, Queen of the props 11-17The Commuters, pt 2 Oct 2017 The Rise of the Commuters Oct. 2017The Star-Crossed Martin Airliners 9 / 17The Vickers Issued Postcards. 8 / 2017The Convair Jets 7 / 2017The Canadian Regionals 6 / 2017Flying Boxes, The Shorts Airliners 5 /17The Supplemental Airlines 4/2017The Universal Airliner. 3 / 2017The Whispering Giant 2 / 2017The Skies of France Editions PI 1 / 17The Jumbo Postcards 12 / 16The Beechcraft Airliners 11/2016Pan American, The Flying Clippers 10/16The Fabulous Electras 9/2016Remembering Trans Australia 8/2016The Air Travel Clubs 7/2016The Super Great DC-8 6/2016The IAWP Historical Cards 5/2016Warbirds, The Mighty C-46 4/2016The Local Service Airlines 3/2016The Super Saabs 2/2016The 1st Intercontinental Airliner 1/2016The World of British Airliners 12/2015Airline Postcard Collection/
A Look at Southwest Airlines July 2023 Southwest Airlines took off, so to speak, in 1971, as an intra-state carrier, connecting Dallas, Houston and San Antonio. From the start, there was a focus on making flights an entertaining experience, and to say the least, the concept was well received. Deregulation opened the door to expansion beyond Texas in 1979, and the   growth was phenomenal, aided by the acquisition of other airlines. Following are postcard views of Southwest's 737s, plus some of the airlines integrated into Southwest. Album by John Schmidt. 1 - 38 of 38 Total. 1271 Visits.
1 Southwest 737-200 #1 Southwest took off with three new 737-200s, the first of which was N20SW a 214 model built for but not delivered to PSA. It was later sold to Frontier in 1972. The first Southwest Airlines issue. 2 Southwest 737-200 #2 Shortly thereafter, the “Airlines” was removed from the fuselage, resulting in this cleaner appearance. 3 Southwest 737-200 #3w This Southwest issue from the want list features N27SW in flight. Delivered in 1976, it helped to launch another great airline 20 years later, WestJet. 4 Southwest 737-200 #4 KCF A beautiful image of N24SW, shared by Kuo-Ching Fu.. Delivered new to Southwest in 1974, it went to Orient Eagle of Kazakhstan in 1997. Five months later it was written off in a crash at Almaty. A WGA issue 5 Southwest 737-300 #1 In 1984 Southwest was the launch customer for the 300 model 737. N-301 SW, shown on this Southwest issue was the 2nd 3H4 model received. 6 Southwest 737-300 #2 Another outstanding view of 301SW on an Editions PI issue 7 Southwest 737-300 #3 This outstanding card features N647SW, (Triple Crown One) delivered in 1997.  It was equipped with winglets in 2009, serving until 2017. An Avimage issue 8 Southwest 737-300 #4 An unusual perspective of the 737-3H4 on a nice Southwest issue. 9 Southwest 737-300 #5 RG This rare Southwest issue, shared by Robert Glowka, is a clever image of their 737-3H4 10 Southwest 737-300 #6 KCF A great perspective of N352 SW at take off, shared by Kuo-Ching Fu. A Love Field issue produced by John Hinde 11 Southwest 737-300 #7 KCF Another nice view of Lone Star 1, shared by Kuo-Ching Fu. Delivered in 1990, it was equipped with winglets in 2010, but retired in 2016. Unidentified (Fred Erdman?) issue. 12 Southwest 737-300 #8 KCF Southwest flew 3 737s wearing a special Shamu livery in a marketing arrangement with Sea World in Orlando. This outstanding Frontier Productions issue is shared by Kuo-Ching Fu. 13 Southwest 737-300 #9 KCF A spectacular postcard view of N383SW, Arizona One, delivered in 1994. Card by courtesy of Kuo-Ching Fu, from an Airliners International set 14 Southwest 737-300 #11 KCF An unusual oversized Southwest issue, shared by Kuo-Ching Fu. 15 Southwest 737-300 #10 KCF This nice Christmas issue is also shared by Kuo-Ching Fu 16 Southwest 737-700 #1 A beautiful Southwest issue of N-794SW, delivered in Jan. 2001. Served until wfu in March 2021 17 Southwest 737-700 #2 A remarkable postcard view of a Southwest 737-700 from the Oshkosh Air Show, shared by Kuo-Ching Fu 18 Southwest 737-700 #3 KCF Southwest added this 700 in the Coco One livery in 2014. A leased aircraft retired in 2022. A Flying Books issue shared by Kuo-Ching Fu 19 Southwest 737-700 #4 KCF This awesome view of N-241WN is an unidentified publisher card, shared by Kuo-Ching Fu. It was delivered new with winglets in June of 2006. 20 Southwest 737-700 #5 KCF One more view of the 700 on a NBA/Southwest produced card, shared by Kuo-Ching Fu 21 Southwest 737-800 #1 KCF The latest Southwest issue, featuring the 737-8H4 with split Scimitar winglets, this gem kindly shared by Kuo-Ching Fu 22 Muse Air MD-80 #1 Former Southwest president Lamar Muse launched a serious competitor to Southwest , Muse Air, equipped with MD-80s and reserved seats.  Card is a splendid Muse Air issue 23 Muse Air MD-80 #2 A final Muse Air issue. Southwest eliminated the competition by buying Muse Air in 1985 24 TranStar  MD-80 #1KCF Southwest attempted to rebrand Muse Air as Transtar Airlines, but a 1987 shut-down and assimilation into Southwest was the most practical option. 25 Morris 737-300 Photo A more consequential acquisition for Southwest was the new and growing Morris Air In Utah. Shown is the first of three beautiful oversized issues of N-775MA in flight 26 Morris 737-300 Photo #2KCF The airliner was an ex VASP aircraft, which continued to operate after the merger. This beauty shared by Kuo-Ching Fu 27 Morris 737-300 Photo #3KCF A final outstanding oversized view of N775MA 28 Morris Air 737-300 #1 This IAWP Historical issue features N-744 MA landing. It was acquired from Britannia in December of 1992 29 Morris Air 737-300 #2 Another IAWP issue features N785MA, delivered new to America West in 1988. Acquired by Morris in 1993 30 Morris Air 737-300 #3 N-778 MA was another ex America West aircraft, acquired by Morris. A Mary Jayne's issue 31 AirTran DC-9-30 The Media Frenzy about the Valu-Jet crash ultimately led to the  rebranding of the Airline as Air Tran (a subsidiary of Valu Jet), This nice AirTran issue features one of their DC-9-30 Aircraft in its new livery 32 AirTran 717 #1 As AirTran rebuilt around its Atlanta hub, it began to acquire new Boeing 717 airliners. Shown on this AirTran issue is N949AT delivered in January of 2000. 33 AirTran 717 #2 This later AirTran issue features N991AT, delivered in August of 2002. It, and the rest of AirTran's 717 fleet were acquired by Delta, after acquisition by Southwest. 34 AirTran 717 #3 KCF An awesome postcard view of N-983AT, delivered to AirTran in 2005, kindly shared by Kuo-Ching Fu 35 AirTran 717 #4 KCF N-922AT, also delivered in 2005, is shown on this outstanding AirTran issue, shared by Kuo-Ching Fu. 36 AirTran 717 #5 An unusual  blank back card featuring the 717. 37 AirTran 737-700 By 2004 AirTran was taking delivery of new 727-700s, like this one, N149AT. It was quicky equipped with winglets 38 AirTran 737-700 #2 KCF The last AirTran issue, (I believe) is this splendid view shared by Kuo-Ching Fu. N354AT, winglet equipped was delivered to AirTran in Sept. of 2009.
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