N8751R, a Boeing 737-8 MAX, unloads at Oakland International Airport after an early morning nonstop flight from Dallas Love Field. Scattered rain showers were moving through the Bay Area and it lent a wonderful atmospheric mood to the morning. Southwest began service to Oakland on 15 May 1989 with fourteen daily departures to Phoenix, Ontario, and San Diego. It was the 28th station to join the airline's network. On 26 November 1998, Southwest’s first transcontinental flight traveled roundtrip between Oakland and Baltimore/Washington. This one-day flight experiment was conducted to formally evaluate Southwest’s operations on long-haul flights. Each passenger onboard completed a survey, and the results were overwhelmingly positive. To celebrate the landmark Thanksgiving Day flight, each passenger was given a choice between a smoked turkey or a bottle of Wild Turkey. For an airline that began its days in 1971 flying short hops between the "Texas Triangle" of Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio, that first transcon flight on Thanksgiving in 1998 was a watershed moment that would not only redefine Southwest Airlines, but also that of the Boeing 737 family as the first 737-700s were delivered to Southwest just a year prior. What was once conceived as a short-haul jetliner was now capable of transcon flights with trans-oceanic flights around the corner. Happy New Year to all my friends and followers. My wish for everyone is that 2022 offers the chance to redefine your lives in positive ways that we may not have had the opportunity to do in 2020 and 2021! #avgeek #aviation #aircraft #planeporn #KOAK #OAK #Oakland #California #airport #planespotting #instaplane #Boeing #737 #N8751R #Southwest #SWApic #instagramaviation #splendid_transport #instaaviation #aviationlovers #aviationphotography #flight #AvGeeksAero #AvgeekSchoolofKnowledge #AvGeekNation #TeamAvGeek (at Oakland International Airport) https://www.instagram.com/p/CYLj-23rYjW/?utm_medium=tumblr