Photo of the Day 8th July 2023

Posted on by
Low side view of a twin engined jet airliner flying at low level with it's undercarriage retracted and flaps extended behind the wings, and the nose raised, suggersting it has just taken off. The plane is mostly white, with blue "Air Explore" titles on the forward fuselage, partially obscured by the wing. There is a red squiggle with 3 points on the rear fusleage, and the outline ogf a blue globe on the tail. Behind, the sky is a bright blue.
OM-CEX, Boeing 737-436, Air Explore, crossing the perimeter fence after taking off from Runway 08L at London Gatwick, 12th September 2014.

Side view of a single engined light aircraft parked on yellowing grass facing to the left. The plane is mostly white, with a dark and light blue stripe running along the body and up into the tail. The cockpit has a massive, over-sized glazed canopy, in front of the blue registration "G-BPJD". Behind, there are a couple of other light aircraft visible over the rear fuselage, while the grass leads off to trees and bushes in the distance, under a grey sky.
G-BPJD, Socata Rallye 110ST Galopin, parked at Manchester Barton, 8th July 1995.
Close up of the tail of a twin engined jet airliner taxiing from left to right. The body and tail are mostly white, with dark blue "SAS" titles with a gold drop shadow on the tail. Behind, a grey airbridge is visible, not attached to anything, with a grey building with and angled blue roof in the far distance, in fron t of some trees.
SE-DGU, Fokker F28-4000 Fellowship, Scandinavian Air Lines, at Geneva Cointrin, either 1993 or 1996.