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ID 32149 Views: 408 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Untitled (Continental Airlines) Boeing 737-824	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, January 3, 2012	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	N37255 (cn 30610) Another aircraft stubbornly hanging on to its Continental roots is pushed back from the C concourse on a late January afternoon.

ID 17264 Views: 501 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Untitled (Continental Airlines) Boeing 737-3TO	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, October 25, 2009	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	N69311 / N14308 (cn 23362) (Best at 1152 size.) Say goodbye to old ship 311, as it leaves tomorrow as flight 9970 for retirement in Victorville, California. Obtained during the New York Air acquisition in 1987, it has served Continental well during the last 22 years. Behind it, is ship 308 (N14308, cn 23359) another New York Air bird preparing for retirement. Both were withdrawn from use on August 31, 2009.

ID 16820 Views: 504 Photo Comments: 1	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Untitled (Continental Airlines) Boeing 737-3TO	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, September 24, 2009	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	N17328 / N14308 (cn 23458) (Best at 1152 size.) Two of Continental's next retirees (N14308, cn 23359 in the rear) sit outside the maintenance hangar undergoing exit preparations and getting their identities painted out. Of all the exit birds so far, this is the only one I've seen painted in this shade of blue on the tail.

ID 16769 Views: 528 Photo Comments: 1	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Untitled (Continental Airlines) Boeing 737-3TO	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, September 19, 2009	Doug McElroy Contact
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	N69311 / N12313 (cn 23362) 2 planes (ship 311 c/n 23362 and ship 313 c/n 22364) that were only 1 apart on the production line back in 1985 now sit quietly at south cargo next to each other waiting to head to the desert for their retirement.

ID 16767 Views: 431 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Untitled (Continental Airlines) Boeing 737-3TO	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, September 17, 2009	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	N17328 / N69311 (cn 23458) (View at 1152 size.) Bye bye birdies... Two more of Continental's 737-3TO's are being prepped for retirement by the Cleveland maintenance crews. Interesting to note that the blue used to paint out the logo on the near aircraft is brighter than I've seen on any of the other exit birds, such as ship 311 (cn 23362) in the distance.

ID 16763 Views: 424 Photo Comments: 1	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Untitled (Continental Airlines) Boeing 737-3TO	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, September 17, 2009	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	N17328 (cn 23458) (View at 1152 size.) After 23 years of service with Continental, ship 328 makes a final trip to the maintenance hangar for final preparations for its retirement from the fleet while Cleveland's very own Iron Chef Michael Symon watches from the IX-Center marquee.

ID 15534 Views: 499 Photo Comments: 0	Airline / Aircraft Type	Location and Date	Photographer
	Untitled (Continental Airlines) Boeing 737-3TO	Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE) USA - Ohio, September 6, 2008	Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. Contact
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	N12327 (cn 23457) (Best at 1152 size.) Looking lonely and just a little sad as it is prepped for retirement from the fleet after twenty-three years of service.