John: If it was a freighter, then it might have been one of the three ex Varig, ex Atlas, 747-300Fs that are currently being operated by Polar. There's photos of them on airliners.net. Dan Gradwohl NRT Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 19:46:07 -0700 From: "John Eric Conner (AOL IM: jec9) (Fax: 978 231 6366)" <nostep@attbi.com> Subject: Differnt plane @ SEA Today I saw a Boeing 742 take off around Noon with only the back 1/4 of the plane including the tail panted purple. No reg, sorry... the front was white. Any ideas as to who it was? John Conner/SEA