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...DOES IT HAVE A CHEETAH PAINTED ON IT?

Miraj Plane raises awareness of the Asiatic Cheetah by painting it on one of it's planes.

Asiatic cheetah-themed airliner takes to Iranian skies » Iran Front Page

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A Meraj Airlines Airbus A320 on whose nose the image of an Asiatic cheetah has been painted has taken to the sky for the first time.


The director of the Iranian Cheetah Society said that a Meraj Airlines Airbus A320 on whose nose the image of an Asiatic cheetah has been painted has taken to the sky for the first time.

Morteza Eslami further said, “The aircraft belonging to Meraj Airlines left Tehran for Mashhad at 8 a.m. on Sunday,” adding that planes bearing images of the endangered big cat are to be used on domestic flights.

He thanked the airlines for its valuable measure and said, “Since winter, Meraj Airlines has launched cultural and educational cooperation with the society in a bid to honor its social obligations.

Meraj Airlines has also published articles and photos of Asiatic cheetahs and Iran’s wildlife in a number of its in-flight magazines to raise public awareness.”


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No Cheetah, but we got a white tiger!

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We had tigers too! Our tigers were a close relative of the Siberian tigers.... so they were large beasts...

But we killed them all.... same with our Lions..

Next on the list is our Leopards and then the Cheetah, the wolves, the bears... and then hopefully we'll get to those pesky hyenas....
 
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We had tigers too! Our tigers were a close relative of the Siberian tigers.... so they were large beasts...

But we killed them all.... same with our Lions..

Next on the list is our Leopards and then the Cheetah, the wolves, the bears... and then hopefully we'll get to those pesky hyenas....

And we had Cheetahs, unfortunately all gone now.
 
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I can't wait for Iran Air/Aseman Airlines/Mahan Air to upgrade their fleets now that things have become easier. Having said that, it will be a sad day when Iran Air's beautiful 747 SPs are taken out of service.
 
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There were some talks with Iran few years back, an Asiatic lion- cheetah swap deal. I guess it has been put on back burner for now.

Rajasthan to be home for cheetahs - The Times of India

That would be great if it ever happened. Lions in particular have special place in our iconography. The good news is I've heard our Lions and Cheetahs were/are of the same or very close subspecies. Not so with the tigers, unfortunately..
 
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A capture of a rare Iran Air 747 SP (preparing for departure to Tehran) and an El Al Israel 767 (coming in from Tel Aviv), both in a single frame, only at Bombay CSIA ...
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