Photo of the Day 20th August 2023

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner with it's undercarriage lowered, flaps extended from the rear of the wings, and nose raised sharply, suggesting it has just taken off. The plane's body is mostly white, with the section in front of the wings being a golden colour, with a lighter gold and pruple band around the fuselage directly in front of the wings. There are purple "Gulf Air" titles on the forward fuselage, ain an Arabic script above the cabin windows, and in English below them.there are large red "F1" titles on the lower rear fuselage, advertising the Formula 2 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix race. The tail is more or less filled with a large, golden, stooping eagle, an image which also appears in smaller form on the upturned wingtips. The engine pods are mostly purple, with a golden band around the air intakes. The sky in the background is an intense blue, with scatterings of fluff.
A9C-KD, Airbus A330-243, Gulf Air, seconds after taking off from Runway 27L at London Heathrow, 22nd March 2018.

G-MDSZ, Pilatus PC-12NGX, Silver Aviation, on final approach to Runway 23R at Manchester Airport, 5th May 2023.
G-MDSZ, Pilatus PC-12NGX, Silver Aviation, on final approach to Runway 23R at Manchester Airport, 5th May 2023.

 

Side view of a 3 engined jet airliner with all three engines mounted on the rear fuselage travelling from right to left on a runway, with flaps and slats extendeded from below the rear and front of the wing respectively, and and lift dumpers deployed above the rear of the wing. The plane is mostly white, with a dark blue belly, seperated by a series of very thin blue and red stripes running along the body below the cabin windows, roughly at the level of the wings. Theree are large red "Istanbul Airlines" titles on the upper forward fuselage, just aft of the forward door. The tail and engine pods are dark blue, with white "Boeing 727" titles on the side pods, and the registration "TC-AFR" on the centre pod. The tail has a large white circle wih an image of a red flower, possibly a tulip, in the middle. The foreground is an expanse of green grass, with larger sections of grass running off into the distance, the far side of the airfield and beyond vanishing in to haze.
TC-AFR, Boeing 727-230, Istanbul Airlines, slowing down after landing on the runway at Dusseldorf Airport, either 1993 or 1996.