Photo of the Day 8th October 2023

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Side view of a twin engined jet airliner flying from right to left at a low altitude, with the undercarriage retracting, flaps extended behind the wing, and nose raised, suggesting it has just taken off. The plane is mostly white, with a deep blue belly, seperated by a thin yellow line, with "Icelandair" titles on the upper forward fuselage. The registration "TF-FIX" is on the rear fuselage, and under the left wing. The tail is a deep blue, with a double yellow ribbon curling around, with "Icelandair" titles in white below it. This same yellow ribbon is on the upturned blue wingtips. The engine pods are painted this same yellow. In the background, the sky is a flat grey.
TF-FIX, Boeing 757-308, Icelandair, seconds after taking off from Runway 27L at London Heathrow, 22nd March 2018.

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner parked facing to the left, with a set of white airstairs connected to the open middle-front door. The plane is mostly white, with large blue "apollo" titles on the forward fuselage. The tail is a dark blue, with the head and upper body of a man wearing Greco-Roman armour. The engine pods are the same deep blue, with a smaller version of the same head. Concrete apron fills the lower part of the frame, while the background is mostly grass, leading off to to trees in the distance, under a flat grey sky.
SX-BAZ, Airbus A300B4-203, Apollo Airlines, at Bordeaux Mérignac, 8th October 1996.
Side view of a twin engined bizjet taxiing from right to left. The plane is mostly white, with blue, grey, and red stripes running along the body and along the engines. The registration "I-VITH" is on the base of the tail in black, under more red stripes. Grass fills the lower part of the frame, with more grass, taxiways, and a runway leading off to trees in the distance. There is a single-engined blue and white light aircraft poking it's tail in to the middle left of the frame. Rolling hills in the far distance slowly fade into the hazy white sky.
I-VITH, Beechcraft BeechJet 400A, taxiing past the Aviation Viewing Park on it’s way to the terminal after landing on Runway 23R at Manchester Airport, 8th October 2014.