Photo of the Day 3rd June 2023

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Underside view of a twin engined jet airliner flying from left to right at low altitude almost directly overhead. The plane has a white belly, with a dark green upper fuselage and tail, with a light green shamrock on the tail. The registration "EI-DVI" is visible under the left wing, outboard of the engine. Above, the sky is an intense blue.
EI-DVI, Airbus A320-214, Aer Lingus, seconds after leaving Runway 08R at London Gatwick, 12th September 2014.

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner facing to the left with a tow bar attached to it's nose. The plane has a grey belly, with a light blue upper section, seperated with thick white and dark blue stripes running along the body. There are white "KLM" titles under a white crown un the upper forward fuselage, with similar light blue titles and crown on the white tail. In the foreground is a black chainlink fence, , while thebackground has one of the terminal piers, with a large grey hangar further back looming over it. The sky above it all is a bright light blue tinged with white and grey.
PH-BDT, Boeing 737-406, KLM, being pushed back from it’s gate at Manchester Airport, 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, taxiing from right to left. The plane is mostly white, with a thick blue line running along the fuselage, covering the passenger cabin windows, with a diagonal dark and light blue stripe running under the forward body, and a blue cross on the tail. Immediately behind the plane is a tall metal tower, with red and white stripes at the base. In the background, a mix of grass and tarmac lead off into the hazy distance.
OH-LYU, DC9-51, Finnair, at Amsterdam Schipol, either 1992, 1993, or 1996.

 

Side view of a large twin-engined jet airliner parked facing to the right. the plane is mostly white, with large !Airbus Industrie" titles on the forward fuselage, with a large number 1 on the nose above the cockpit and on the tail-plane endplates. There is a thick dark blue line over the tail and rear fuselage, with thin red, orange, and yellow below that. The dark blue stripe has white "Skylink" titles on it. There is a layer of show along the roof of the plane. In the foreground, snow covers most of the ground, with cleared areas for planes to taxi on, one of which has a small white car driving on it. In the background are a number of airport buildings, under a leaden sky.
F-GSTA/1, Airbus A300B4-608SAT, Airbus Transport International, parked at a slightly snow-covered Manchester Airport, 6th February 1996.

 

Side view of a high-winged, twin propellor engined airliner taxiing from left to right. The plane is mostly white with a grey belly, and a thick blue stripe running along the body, covering the passenger cabin windows. In the background, 3 airport vehicles are parked together, with some portable yellow airstairs behind them.
LX-LGD, Fokker F50, Luxair, taxiing at Frankfurt Airport, either 1993 or 1996.

 

Rear view of a high-winged, T-tailed twin propellor-engined airliner taxiing from right to left and turning away from the camera. The body is mostly white, with a dark blue belly, and a thin red stripe running along the body. The tail is mostly red, with white and blue stripes at the base. There are white "Gill Airways" titles in the middle of the tail, with smaller white "ATR42" titles right at the top. In the foreground, several people are watching through a chain-link fence, while in the background, houses and other buildings are nestled in trees, under a grey sky.
G-BXBV, ATR42-300, Gill Air, taxiing on to Runway 24 by the Airport Hotel at Manchester Airport, some time after May 1997.

 

Side view of a high-winged, t-tailed, twin propellor-engined airliner taxiing from left to right. The plane is mostly white, with a thinck dark blue and thin red line along the body, with dark blue and red "Hamburg Airlines" titles. The tail is dark blue with a thin red line along the base, with the white outline of a circle containing a stylised flying aircraft. in the background, a variety of airport vehicles are clustered around a white twin jet airliner.
D-BOBA, De Haviland Canada DHC8-311 Dash8, Hamburg Airlines, at Frankfurt Airport, 1996

 

Side view of a T-tailed, twin propellor-engined airliner flying from left to right at a low altitude. The plane is mostly white, with thick red and blue diagonal stripes in the middle of the fuselage over the wings, and large diagonal "base" titles on the tail. behind, the sky is a vivid blue, with some grey clouds towards the bottom.
PH-***, Embraer EMB120 brasilia, BASE Business Airlines, on final approach to Runway 24 at Manchester Airport, some time in the 1990s.

 

Side view of a rather futuristic looking business aircraft, with the wings nounted at the rear, with twin tails mounted on the wingtips, and the propellor engined mounted backwards over the wings, so the propellor is at the rear. The plane is mostly white, with several darkb blue stripes running the length of the body , as well as over the engine cowling and the wing tips.
OY-GEA, Beechcraft 2000 Starship, at Geneva Cointrin, 15th October 1993

 

Side view of a three engined jet airliner parked facing to the left behind a tall lighting pole and some sort of blue fuel tank. The plane is mostly white, with a grey belly, and a red and black stripe running along the fuselage.
N832LA, Douglas DC10-30, in basic Laker Airways colours, in long term storage at Manchester Airport, some time after the airlines collapse in the late 1990s.