Photo of the Day 21st May 2023

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Side view of a 4 propellor-engined, high winged airliner flying from left to right with it's nose raised as it climbs away from an airport. The plane is mostly white, with "Brymon European" titles on the lower fuselage, while the rear fuselage and tail have a thick yellow band and smaller dark and light blue bands, with "Brymosn" titles on the yellow band. In the background, the sky is a rather dirty grey.
G-BRYC, De Haviland Canada, DHC-7-102, Brymon European, taking off from Runway 28L at London Heathrow, some time in the early 1990s.

Rear view of a large twin engined jet airliner parked outside a large grey hangar. The plane is mostly white, with large purple "Thai" titles on the upper forward fuselage, while the rear fuselage and tail is purple, with gold, pink, and white bands on the body, and a gold, purple, and pink stylised lotus blossom on the tail, the same logo also appearing on the forward fuselage. There is a large strip of metallic grey tape across most of the cabin windows. In the foreground, the upturned wingtips of 2 other planes can be seen, in front of a yellow metal fence/gate, seperating them from the other plane besides the hangar, there are trees and grey fuel tanks in the background.
2-STBA, Airbus A330-343, in full Thai Airways colours, in storage in the STS compound at Manchester Airport, after being withdrawn from use by the airline as part of it’s financial restructuring, 18th May 2023.

 

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner with a T-tail and the engines mounted on the rear fuselage, taxiing from right to left. The plane is mostly white, with a thin red and blue line runnning along the body, with large "CSA" titles on the forward fuselage, with smaller "Czechslovak Airlines" underneath. The tail is white, with what appear to be red, blu, and red pennants pointing backwards. There are a couple of airport vehicles behind and below the tail, while in the background, several parked planes vanish into grey haze in the distance.
OK-EFK, Tupolev Tu134A, CSA Czechslovak Airlines, taxiing out to the runway at Frankfurt Airport, either 1993 or 1996.

 

Side voiew of a very large 4 engined jet airliner being towed from right to left by a small tug attached to the nose wheel. The plane is almost entirely white, with large blue "Air France" titles on the upper forward fuselage, And a series of blue diagonal lines and a red line on the tail. In the lower right corner of the frame, another planes wing is just poking in to view, while in the background, ranks of airport buses and buildings leed off into the distance.
F-BPVP, Boeing, 747-128, Air France, being towed at Paris Orly, either 1993 or 1996.

 

Side view of a single engined biplane with a black and red torpedo slung underneath the fuselage taxiing from left to right. The plane is mostly grey, with the engine cowling and top of the nose being black. There is a yelow stripe running along the mddle of the body under the cockpit to just under the tail, with a blue, white, and red roundel , belu/red/blue diagonal bands with "A2A" titles overlaid, and the serial ""5856" all lying on top of this stripe. The front section of the tail has a series of black and white stripes , while the serial "W5856" appears again on the rear part. On the top of the fuselage, 2 people are visible in the planes twin open cockpits, both looking forwards. Grass fills the foreground, with the background being longer grass leading up to bushes and trees in the sidtance, with grey skies overhead.
W5856/G-BMGC, Fairey Swordfish Mk. 1, Royal navy Historic Flight, taxiing in after performing a flying display at Barton Air Show, some time in the 1990s.

 

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner with a T-tail and the engines mounted on the rear fuselage, facing to the right. The plane is mostly white, with red "Austrian" titles on the forward upper fuselage, behind a large red arrow-head, with a pair of thick red stripes on the tail. Behind on the left, a couple of similar aircraft are poking in to frame, both connected up to a large terminal building on the right.
OE-LDX, McDonnellDouglas MD82, Austrian Airlines, parked on it’s gate at Dusseldorf Airport, either 1993 or 1996.

 

Side view of a single engined light aircraft being manually pushed in to a hangar containing several other aircraft. The plane is mostly white, withblue leading edges of the wing, as well as 2 blue stripes running along the body and sweeping up in to the tail, where it becomes the handle of an axe. This axe handle is overlaid by an image of a red bird standing upright with wings raised. The registration "G-BLYC" is displayed prominently on the rear fuselage in the same blue as the stripes, while above this in smaller type there are "Liverpool Flying School" titles. At the front, there are 2 men pushing on the planes propellor, trying to get it in to the hangar.
G-BLYC, Piper PA-38-112 Tomahawk, Liverpool Flying School, being pushed back in to a hangar at Liverpool Speke airport, some time in the early 1990s.

 

Side view of a twin engined bizjet taxiing from right to left. The plane is mostly white, with a blue stripe running the full length of the body, and on the lower section of the engine pods. The tail is blank apart from the reistration "I-GOBZ". The foreground is all tarmac, while the background is yellowy-green grass leading off into the distance, whgere it meets the gluffy grey sky on the horizon.
I-GOBZ, Dassault Falcon20E-5, taxiing at Luton Airport, some time in the late 1990s.

 

Side view of a 4 propellor-engined transport aircraft flying from right to left at low level, with it's left wing dipped, giving a good view of the body. The plane is mostly in a bare metal finish, with "Military Air Transpoort Service" titles on the upper fuselage, and "MATS" titles on the top of the right wing. There is a stylised winged arrow visible on the forward fuselage, with the usual USAF logo, a dark blue circle with a white star in the middle, and white, red, and white bars on each side, on the rear fuselage and the top of the left wing. Behind it, the sky is a flat grey.
48-0609/N494TW, Lockheed C-121A Constellation in United States Air Force Military Air Transport Service colours, performing a spirited flypast at Woodford Air Show, 6th June 1998.

 

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner with a T-tail and the engines mounted on the rear fuselage, facing to the right. The plane is mostly white, with a blue stripe running along the body, before running up in to the lower part of the tail. There is a the outline of a blue circle containing 3 birds flying to the right on the tail. There are some baggage carts in the foreground, along with some KLM branded steps, while the background is mostly made up of a terminal building with some white air bridges waiting for planes to get to.
PH-KLD, Fokker F100, KLM, in basic Air Littoral colours, parked on a gate at Amsterdam Schipol, 1993.