Photo of the Day 13th June 2023

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Side view of a high-winged, T-tailed twin propellor-engined airliner facing to the right and slightly away from the camera. The plane is mostly white, with a sandy brown belly, and a thin golden stripe, with blue "Continental Express". There is a white patch on the lower rear fuselage with the registration "F-WWLH". The tail is a deep blue, with a white and golden wireframe globe. Below the tail and behind the tail are other propellor airliners on static display, with occasional people walking around. Above it all, the sky is a flat grey.
F-WWLH/ N14451, ATR 42-500, Continental Express, on static display at Farnborough Air Show, 7th September 1996.

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner taxiing from right to left. the plane is mostly white, with blue "Turkish Airlines" titles on the upper forward fuselage, behind a small red flag with a white crescent and star. There are also red "THY" titles on the upper rear fuselage, fust forward of the tail. The tail is red, with a white circle containing a stylised red bird with outstretched wings. In the background, yellow metal frames are contained behind a red metal fence, in front of a series of pale blue tanks and black hangars.
TC-JDY, Boeing 737-4Y0, Turkish Airlines, taxiing out to the active runway at Manchester Airport, 1th June 2023.

 

Side view of a Delta-winged, 4 engined jet bomber aircraft parked facing to the right. The plane is covered in an olive green and brown camoflage pattern, with blue and red roundels on the forward fuselage underneath the cockpit, and a half blue/half red flag on the tail. The plane is parked on concrete hardstandings in a grass field, with some metal frames underneath it. Above, the sky is filled with moody grey and white clouds.
XM575, Avro 698 Vulcan B.2.a, Royal Air Force, on external display at East Midlands Aero Park, 29th April 1992.

 

Side view of a helicopter parked on a a large grassed area facing to the left. The body is a sandy brown, with a black body and tail boom, with a blue "British Gas" sticker on the bottom of the rear door. In the background , a large tarmac apron gives way to a grassed parking area filled with several parked light aircraft. Beyond that is a couple of grey hangars on the left of the frame, with a tree covered with hills fading in to the hazy grey sky.
G-SHCC, Bell 206B JetRanger III parked at Dundee Airport, 13th January 1995.

 

Side view of a T-tailed, three engined jet airliner, taxiing from left to right. The plane is mostly white, with black "MALEV" titles on the upper forward fuselage, just ahead of smaller "Hungarian Airlines" titles. The tail and rear fuselage is dark blue, with diagonal red, white, and green stripes, representing the Hungarian flag. In the background, large areas of grass lead tu to bushes and trees on the airfields perimeter, with more trees leding off in to the distance. all under a grey sky.
HA-LCR, Tupolev, Tu-154B-2, MALEV Hungarian Airlines, taxiing at Budapest Ferihegy, 1st October 1996.