Photo of the Day 12th April 2023

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Side view of a twin propellor engined high winged air liner taxiing at a quiet airport. The planes body and tail are white, with blue "Air Littoral" titles on the upper forward fuselage. The tail has the blue outline of a circle with 3 stylised flying blue birds. In the background a hill with trees and houses rises up above the airfield.
Photo of the Day 12th April 2023
F-GKOD, ATR72-202, Air Littoral, taxiing at Lyon Satolas, 7th October 1996.

Side view of a single propellor engined light aircraft parked in front of a metal grey building containing some airport vehicles. The planes body is mostly white, with a two-tone blue strip running backwards from the nose before sweeping up into the tail, getting wider as it goes.
G-ATMW, Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee, parked at Blackpool Airport, 30th April 1993.

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner being pushed back from it's stand at an airport. The plane's body is mostly white, with a blue belly and blue stripes on the lower fuselage, with blue "Britannia" titles on the upper forward fuselage. The tail is mostly blue with white stripes at the bottom, with an image of a seated Britannia. In the background, one of the airport piers stretches from one side of the frame to the other, with a large grey hangar on the left, while above, fluffy grey clouds are giving way to blue.

G-BJXJ, Boeing 737-219(A), Britannia Airlines, being pushed back from Gate 7 at Manchester Airport, 12th April 1992, as seen from seat 29F on G-BMRJ, Boeing 757-236, British Airways, operating BAW4463 to London Heathrow.
Not that I was keeping extensive notes because this was my first flight, or anything.

Side view of a twin engined bizjet taxiing from right to left. The planes body is mostly white with a blue line running from nose to tail, rising slightly over the wing to also cross the engines. There is a thick red stripe 2/3rds of the way up the tail with a white cross in the middle. The background
HB-VJJ, LearJet 35A, taxiing past the Queens Building at London Heathrow. 12th April 1992