Side view of a very large, white, 4 engined jet airliner flying from left to right at a very low altitude, with undercarriage extended and flaps deployed from behind the wing, suggesting it is just about to land. There are large golden "Emirates" titles on the forward fuselage, repeated in a smaller Arabic script over the wings. The web address "www.emirates.com" is on the lower forward fuselage, also in gold. There is a golden logo on each engine pod, made up of the Arabic letters that make up the word that trans-literates as "Etihad", but re-arranged in a decorative pattern. The tail has the flag of the United Arab Emirates (red vertical bar on the right, with green, white, and black horizontal stripes on the left), looking as if it is waving in the breeze. In the foreground, a mass of parked cars, mostly black but with a few scattered reds, and a small blue van in the middle, are packed densely along the bottom of the frame, with a strip of green grass leading up to more parked cars on the far side of the runway, behind a black chainlink fence. Trees beyond that lead up to hills shrouded in mist in the distance, under grey skies.Side view of a single-engined, high-winged light aircraft parked on grass at the edge of a black tarmac taxiway. The plane is dark blue, verging on purple, with a white stripe running along the lower body, and the white registration "G-AWVA" on the upper body. Blue-green fabric covers the cockpit and the centre of the wing, with black straps under the body holding it in place. Another light aircraft with a blue cover over the fuselage is in the bottom right corner, with grass filling the rest of the foreground, with black tarmac filling the background, and more grass at the top of the frame.Side view of a high-winged, 4 engined jet airliner parked facing to the left. The plane is mostly white, with blue "Turkish" titles on the upper forward fuselage, next to a small Turkish flag. The black registration "G-6-232" is on the lower rear fuselage. The tail is red, with a white circle containing a stylised red flying bird. There are several yellow metal frames parked between the camera and the plane, partially obscuring the forward fuselage, as well as some on the right of the image, and a white set of airstairs parked next to the open forward door. Green grass fills the foreground, with trees lining the background, under grey sky.Side view of a white, 3 engined jet airliner with the engines mounted on the rear fuselage, taxiing from right to left, taken at a slight angle. The plane has a silver belly, and a blue stripe running along the body, covering the passenger cabin windows. There are blue "Lufthansa" titles on the upper forward fuselage. The tail and centre engine intake are dark blue, with a yellow circle containing a stylised blue flying bird on the tail, and the registration "D-ABPI" in white on the centre intake.The plane is bright yellow, with a black stripe running along the body, overlaid with the black registration "G-AWOF" on the side of the rear fuselage. A green corrugated metal hangar fills the right of the background with cars parked on the left, green buildings in the distance, and hazy grey sky.Slightly grainy side view of a bright yellow, single-engined light aircraft flying from left to right at a very low altitude, with it's fixed undercarriage mounted on thin stalks coming from the middle of the wings. The plane is mostly a bright yellow, with blue "Utterly Butterly" titles on the rear fuselage, as well as a blue cross-like logo with white "St Ivel" text. The blue registration "G-IVEL" is on the tail. Grass and trees fill the background leading up to rolling hills covered in fields in the distance, with a white, blue and red military fighter jet in the bottom right corner.Side view of a twin propellor-engined airliner being towed from right to left by an out-of-frame tug attached to the nose-wheel by a long orange pole. The plane is mostly white, with a dark blue belly and engine pods on the wings. There are black "British Airways" on the lower forward fuselage, only the first 4 letters not obscured by the engines, and the black registration "G-MAUD" on the lower rear fuselage. The tai is dark blue at the top, with a white heraldic crest in the middle, and white at the top with a red and dark blue triangle on the rear. Green grass fills the foreground, with a grey concrete block in the middle and metal scaffolding poles stretching across the frame. Grey taxiways wander through large patches of grass.Side view of a white, twin engined jet airliner with the engines mounted on the sides of the rear fuselage, parked facing to the right on a large concrete apron area. There are dark blue "Lufthansa" titles on the upper forward fuselage, and the black registration "D-ACLC" next to a small German flag on the tailcone, just behind the engines. The tail is dark blue, with a yellow circle containing a stylised blue flying bird in the middle. Grey concrete apron fills the foreground, with more apron and taxiways outlined by wide grass strips in the background. A terminal building is just creeping into frame on the right, with a large area in front surrounded by tall red and white fencing.Side view of a twin engined jet airliner with the engines mounted on the sides of the rear fuselage, taxiing from right to left along a grey taxiway . The plane is white at the front, with the tail and rear fuselage being red, and red "Sunway" titles on the lower forward fuselage, and a small Turkish flag on the upper forward fuselage, just aft of the forward door. The red tail has the white outline of a circle in the middle, with white waves passing through it. A grey roadway passes diagonally through a large patch of grass in the foreground, with a large grey shipping container in front of a low brown brick building on the right. A large grey hangar with blue and red piping fills most of the background, with a large green metal box-like frame on the top left, under grey sky.

On This Day 2nd March 1999.

Side view of a 3 engined jet airliner parked on a grey tarmac taxiway, facing to the left. The plane is white, with a thick green stripe running along the body, covering the passenger cabin windows, before sweeping up into the tail. There are black "Alitalia" titles on the upper forward fuselage, followed by a red square with white "Team" text in the middle, and a small EU flag 2/3rds of the way along the upper body. The tail is white, with a green chevron pointing upwards, and a red triangle in the middle, and the small black letters "PD" right at the top. A man is standing by the planes nosewheel. Soaking wet concrete apron fills the foreground, with a slight reflection of the plane in the water, and a roadway for ground traffic marked with white lines on the left. In the background, a strip of green grass separates this plane from another apron area, this one filled with planes, behind 3 tall lighting poles reaching into the grey sky, with trees in the distance. The whole image has a slight purple cast to it.

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