Elevated side view of a twin propellor-engined airliner parked facing to the left. The plane has a grey upper half, with black "British Airways" titles on the upper forward fuselage, and a dark blue ower half, with a red pin-stripe running along the body, ending in a half arrowhead at the front. The grey registration "G-BTPF" is on the lower rear fuselage, next to the open rear passenger door. The tail is dark blue on the top half, with a grey heraldic crest, and grey at the bottom, with a dark blue and red triangle towards the rear. Grey concrete apron fills the foreground, with a grey metal mesh blast barrier on the bottom left corner, while the background has more apron leading up to a terminal building whit a white airbridge with the Manchester Airport logo hanging off the side. The centre fuselage and engines of a white jet airliner can be seen in the top left corner. A re-fueling truck and a couple of laden baggage trucks can be seen parked in the background.Side view of a small, red, single-engined bi-plane light aircraft parked facing to the left. The plane has white stripes running along the body, with white registration "G-0PITZ" on the lower rear fuselage. The red spats on the main wheels under the wing also have a pair of white stripes. There are white "Pitts Special" titles on the tail, next to 3 white diamonds stacked vertically. A large bubble canopy encases the 2 seat cockpit. Grey concrete apron fills the foreground, with a brown brick Art Deco building with white-framed windows stretches across most of the background from the left. A green hangar with cars parked in front is visible on the right, under flat grey skies.Side view of a white, twin engined Bizprop parked on a black tarmac taxiway facing to the right. There are small, black "Irish Air Corps" titles on the upper forward fuselage, in Irish at the front and English at the rear. There is a green and orange stripe running along the body, as well as on the engine cowlings in front of the wings. There is a green, orange, and white roundel resembling a 3-headed YinYang symbol on the side of the rear fuselage, and an orange, white, and green fin flash over the black number "240" on the tail. Yellow chocks have been placed under the left main gear. Crowds of people can be seen behind a metal fence in the background on the left of the frame, with an orange and grey plane on the right. Grim grey sky fills the rest of the frame.Grainy side view of a high-winged, twin propellor-engined airliner flying from left to right at a very low altitude, just metres above a grey runway, with undercarriage lowered and flaps extended from the rear of the wings, suggesting it is about to land. The plane is almost entirely white, with blue "Air Engiadina" on the lower forward fuselage, above smaller red text "The Swiss Regional Airline". A yellow sun-burst fills the tail, coming from under the lower rear fuselage, with a small Swiss flag at the top. A grey runway runs across the bottom of the frame, with grass in the background running up to trees in the background, and a white and dark blue aeroplane on the left. Grey sky fills the occasional gap right at the top.Side view of a twin engined jet airliner with the engines mounted on the sides of the rear fuselage, taxiing from right to left at a busy airport. The plane is largely white, with a thin black and thick blue stripe running along the body, under the passenger cabin windows., with black "Oasis" titles on the upper forward fuselage, and black text "MD-83" below on the belly. The black registration "EC-EZU" is on the upper rear fuselage next to a small Spanish flag. The tail is black, with 6 sets of 3 white wavy lines arranged in a circle. Grey concrete apron fills the foreground, with a couple of plane parked in the background, and more grass crossed by a grey runway in the distance, leading up to a small grey hangar and trees slowly being swallowed up by grim grey sky.Side view of a white, twin engined jet airliner with the engine mounted on the sides of the rear fuselage, flying from left to right at a very low altitude with the undercarriage extended and the flaps deployed from the rear of the wing, suggesting it is about to land. The plane is mostly white, with red and green bands running diagonally from the mid-cabin windows and under the body. There are black "PGA" titles on the upper forward fuselage, with smaller "Portugalia Airlines" just below. The white engine pods have small black "ERJ145" titles. The plane has black "PGA" titles under half of a yellow sunburst in front of a diagonal red and green stripe. Pale blue skies with fluffy white clouds fill the background.Side view of a twin engined jet airliner with the engines mounted on the sides of the rear fuselage, taxiing from right to left. The plane is mostly white, with a grey lower half and a pair of thin red stripes running along the body under the passenger cabin windows. There are red "Lauda" titles on the upper forward fuselage, and a doubled upper-case red letter "L" filling the tail. Grey concrete apron fills the foreground, as well as most of the background, with another couple of airliners in the top left and right corners.Side view of a long, thin, twin propellor-engined airliner flying from left to right at a low altitude, with undercarriage lowered and flaps extended from behind the wings, suggesting it is about to land. The plane Is mostly white, with a red and brown stripe along the body, below the passenger cabin windows, and the red registration "OY-NPC" on the upper rear fuselage. Long, thin engine nacelles extend forward of the wings, carrying the black propellors. Strong sunlight from almost directly above casts a strong shadow of the plane on the grey runway. As strip of green grass lines the side of the runway, with more grass in the background leading up to a grassy bank with trees on top in the distance, filing the rest of the frame.

On This Day 26th January 2015.

TF-FIU, Boeing 757-256, IcelandAir, carrying the name "Hekla Aurora" and a livery representing the Northern Lights over the skies of Iceland, on final approach to Runway 23 Right at Manchester Airport, 26th January 2015, as seen from the top of the T3 car park.Side view of a twin engine jet airliner flying from right to left at a very low altitude, with undercarriage lowered, flaps extended from the front and rear of the wings, and the nose raised significantly, suggesting it has just taken off. The plane is mostly white, with thick pale blue stripe running along the lower body, and green "Cathay Pacific" titles on the upper forward fuselage. The tail is dark green, with a stylised image of a flying white bird, seemingly drawn with a single stroke of a thick brush. The logo is repeated in a smaller form on the forward fuselage, just below and aft of the cockpit windows. Large, pale blue engine pods are mounted under the wings, with green up-turned tips at the end of the wings. Green grass lines both sides of the runway at the bottom of the frame, with a large terminal building stretching across the frame in the background, with a couple of smaller airliners parked in front. Grey skies with hints of blue threatening to poke through fill the rest of the frame.

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