Photo of the Day 22nd June 2023

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Side view of a twin engined jet airliner taxiing from right to left, turning away from the left of the camera. The plane is mostly white, with a thick pale blue line running along the body, with green "Cathay Pacific" titles on the upper forward fuselage. The tail is green, with a stylised white flying bird, looking as if it has been drawn with a single brush stroke. The same bird is just behind the cockpit in green, as well as on the green upturned wingtips. In the background, are several terminal buildings, the one under the planes tail is rather blurry because of the hot exhaust coming out of the engines. Above, the sky is blue with streaks of grey cloud.
B-LXD, Airbus A350-1041, Cathay Pacific, turning on to Runway 23L at Manchester Airport, 15th May 2019.

Side view of a high-winged, twin propellor-engined airliner moving from left to right of a runway. The plane has it's fixed main wheels under the wing, coming down from from the engine pods, and a wheel under the tail. The tail itself has 3 upright surfaces, one on top of the fuselage as normal, the others on the ends of the horizontal stabiliser. There is also a stub wing connecting the lower fuselage with the leg of the landing gear. the plane is mostly white, with a green stripe seperating that from the grey lower body. The inner tailplane, and the inner surfaces of the outer tailplanes, are green, the outer surfaces being green with a thick white stripe. That white stripe has a black and white image of a stooping eagle, over the word "Atlantic". In the background, large grasseed areas lead off to trees i the distance, behind which are rolling hills, above which is a grey sky.
G-APRS, Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer 3, Atlantic Aviation/Air Atlantique, during it’s take off roll at Woodford Air Show,22nd June 1996.
Side view of a twin engined jet airliner facing to the right being pushed back from it's stand by a small white truck. The plane is mostly in a natural metal finish, with a blue, white, and red stripe running along the body, the uppoer blue stripe covering the passenger cabin windows. There are large red "American" titles on the forward upper fuselage, with smaller "767 Luxury Liner"titles in red and blue on the lower forward fuselage, below the nose. There is a large "AA" logo in red and blue on the tail, with a blue stooping eagle between the letters. In the background is a large terminal building, the lower levels being fully glazed with grey trim, the upper levels in various shades of brown and white. Above the planes nose, one of the brown upper levels has a large sign with the word "Zürich" in white.
N338AA, Boeing 767-223ER, American Airlines, being pushed back from it’s gate at Zurich Kloten Airport, either 1993 or 1996.