2022 Boeing 737-8

N872CB (MSN 67780) is a Southwest Airlines 737-8 delivered in 2022, registered to Southwest Airlines Co from 2022. Rather than the standard Heart livery, the jet is named The Colleen Barrett and painted as a tribute scheme nicknamed Heroine of the Heart, honoring Colleen Barrett, former Southwest President and the first woman to serve as president of a major airline. The aircraft was spotted at Renton in primer on August 31, 2022, and flight-tracking records show it departed Boeing Field for Phoenix on November 23, 2022, operating as Southwest flight SWA8500. Southwest's registry confirms continuous ownership by the airline since that time. Stabilator's observed data shows a heavy recent flying schedule, with a 15-day stop at Paine Field standing out as a likely maintenance visit, though no source confirms its purpose. A sister aircraft, N871HK, delivered in 2022, carries a similar tribute scheme honoring Southwest co-founder Herbert D. Kelleher.

Livery guess: Southwest Airlines heritage tribute livery, The Colleen Barrett / Heroine of the Heart. Named and described as a tribute scheme to Colleen Barrett in cited snippets about this tail number

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