Photo of the Day 31st October 2023

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Side view of a twin engined jet airliner taxiing from right to left. The plane is mostly white, with a grey belly, with a pair of thin red stripes running along the body, above and below the cabin windows, with the windows edges painted to resemble arched windows used in Indian palaces. There are red titles on the upper fuselage in an Indian script that translate to "Air India". On the tail, there is a red stylised flying bird, under diagonal red "Air India" titles. In the background, a white 3 engined jet airliner faces to the right, amidst acres of paved apron, with trees running off into the far distance, under a bright but hazy sky.
VT-EJJ, Airbus A310-304, Air India, at Manchester Airport, some time in the late 1990s.

Side view of a single engined light aircraft parked facing to the right. The plane has a white top and tail, with a black belly, and a thick yellow stripe running along the belly, with the registration "G-BKAE" overlaid in black - part of the registration is partially obscured by the planes slightly upward canted wing-tip. The plane has white spats over the front wheels. There is a man wearing a blue jumper sitting in the pilots seat. In the background, parked cars with a couple of planes scattered around them can be seen, amongst a collection of old brick buildings and newer, prefabricated buildings, under a grey sky.
G-BKAE, Jodel D-120 Paris-Nice, at Manchester Barton, 8th July 1995.

 

Close up of the tail of a jet parked facing to the left. The plane is mostly grey, with a very dark blue top half of the tail, with a British Royal crest in the middle, and a dark blue and red triangle just below it. There is an open door at the rear of the fuselage, in the bottom left corner of the frame. In the background, alternating grass and taxiways lead off in to the far distance, slowly getting lost in the haze.
G-DOCR, Boeing 737-436, British Airways, at Amsterdam Schipol ,either 1992, 1993, or 1996.

 

Closeup of the tail of a twin engined jet airliner taxiing from right to left. The plane is mostly white with an orange and blue stripe running along the middle of the body, while the tail is orange, with an angular blue letter "H". In the background, gress, taxiways, and a pair of runways lead off into the distance, vanishing into the grey hazy sky, with a small building painted in a red and white checkerboard pattern situated between the runways on the left of the frame.
D-AHLV, Airbus A310-204, Hapag Lloyd, at Dusseldorf Airport, either 1993 or 1996.

 

Closeup of the tail of a very large 4 engined jet airliner parked facing to the bottom left. The plane is mostly white with a thick blue and green stripe running along the body. The tail is mostly blue with a green front and top edge, and a stylised deepiction of wind and waves in white in the middle.
ZK-SUI, Boeing 747-441, Air New Zealand, at Frankfurt Airport, either 1993 or 1996.

 

Closeup of the tail of a 3 engined jet airliner parked facing to the left. The top of the fuselage is bright red, with a grey belly, and thick dark grey and black stripe running along the body. The tail is red, with the white outline of a circle, with a white letter "N" overlaid in the top right, and an arrowhead pointing north-west in the top left. In the foreground, a white set of mobile airstairs can be seen in the lower left. In the background, the white tail of another plane can be seen behind this one, with tall walls and trees beyond, with a brown office building nestled in the trees.
N226NW, Douglas DC10-30, Northwest Airlines, at London Gatwick, some time in the 1990s.

 

Closeup of the rear fuselage and tail of a 3 engined jet airliner with the engines mounted on the rear fuselage. The plane is mostly white, with a bright yellow stripe running along the body just below the the passenger cabin windows, with blue stripes further down the belly. The tail has a series of yellow and blue stripes, the yellow ones at the top getting thinner as they get lower, the blue ones at the bottom getting thicker. In the background, acres of tarmac apron have yellow line markings for planes to follow.
Either F-GCGQ, Boeing 727-227, or F-GGGR, Boeing 727-2H3, EAS Europe Aero Service, at Paris Orly, either 1993 or 1996.
If ‘GR, then 1993.

 

Closeup of the tail of a twin engined jet airliner with the engines mounted on the rear fuselage taxiing from left to right to line up on the runway. The plane is mostly white, with a dark blue belly. The tail has a series of seemingly randomly shaped waves in 3 shades of blue, salong with red, green, and black, on a white background. The white engine pods have the registration "G-EMBE" in black. In the foreground, a black chain-link fence fills the bottom of the screen. In the bacground, grass and a wooden fence seperate the airport from a field next door, with a large grey barn in the distance, nestled amongst some trees.. all under a gloomy grey sky.
G-EMBE, Embraer ERJ-145EU, British Airways, turning on to Runway 24 by the Airport Hotel at Manchester Airport, some time after April 1998.