Photo of the Day 12th June 2026.

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On: June 12, 2026

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Side view of a helicopter flying from right to left at a very low altitude, about 5 metres above the ground. It is white upper surfaces on the front of the body, with light blue "National Grid" titles on the side of the engine bay on top of the fuselage. The bottom is sky blue, sweeping up towards the rear of the fuselage, and filling the tail boom, with diagonal lime green and red stripes on the rear fuselage, and the white registration "G-RIDB" on the side of the tail boom. Green grass fills the bottom of the frame, with a row of bushes across the middle with a wooden gate with a red and white striped top bar in the centre. Trees fill most of the rest of the frame, with grey sky at the top.

On This Day 12th June 1993.

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner taxiing from right to left. The plane is mostly white, with large blue "TurkishAirlines" titles on the upper forward fuselage, red letters "THY" on the upper rear, and the black registration "TC-JDY" under the tail.. The tail is red, with a stylised red flying bird in a white circle. Grey concrete apron fills the foreground, with a collection of bizarre-looking yellow metal frames in the background, in front of so duck-egg blue fuel tanks. Black hangars stretch across the frame beyond that, under typically grey Mancunian sky.

On This Day 12th June 2014.

A line of very similar looking twin engined jet airliners parked nose-in to s series of white airbridges hanging off the side of a large terminal building. The one right at the front has a mostly white fuselage with a purple belly, and a yellow rear fuselage and tail. There are purple "MonarchDotCoDotUK" titles on the upper forward fuselage, partially covering the passenger cabin windows, with a large, stylised purple crown just aft of that, with the crown repeated on the tail. The purple registration "G-OZBY" is on the lower rear fuselage, just ahead of the aft cabin door, with"A320" text on the upper rear, just aft of the door. Purple engine pods under the wings and purple vertical wing fences on the wing tips complete the look. The other planes are similar, except most of them have large, yellow, up-turned wingtips showing above the bodies of the previous plane, and just "Monarch" titles, the web address being dropped. Some are the same length, while others are slightly longer. The plane right at the back is slightly different - it has the same "Monarch" titles as the rest, but a white tail. Grey concrete apron fills the foreground, with bushes and trees in the background leading off into the distance, meeting hazy grey sky on the horizon.

Frankfurt Friday 12th June 2026.

Side view of a high-winged, 4 propellor-engined cargo plane taxiing from right to left along a grey taxiway. The plane is white on top, with a thin blue, thin red, and thicker blue stripe running along the body, overlaid with dark blue "Heavy" and red "Lift" titles on the sides of the front and rear fuselage, as well as the small, white registration "PK-PLR" on the rear fuselage. The tail is red, with a large white upper-case letter "H" in the middle, with a large blue drop-shadow coming down and to the left. A large, curved concrete structure with green baggage trucks parked behind it fills the foreground, while large grassed areas with a pair of black runways running from side to side across the frame are in the background, with cream coloured hangars in the distance being swallowed up in hazy grey sky.

Side view of a high-winged, twin propellor-engined airliner taxiing from left to right, following a yellow line marked on a grey taxiway. The plane is mostly white, with a grey belly, and small "Austrian" titles on the lower forward fuselage, partially obscured by the undercarriage legs coming down from the engine pods under the wings. There is a stylised, red arrowhead on the forward fuselage, behind the cockpit, and the black registration on a white fillet at the front of the tail. The white tail has a pair of thick red lines, representing the Austrian flag, at the top, and a stylised, red, upper-case letter "R" at the bottom, the vertical bar replaces with another red arrowhead, this one pointing rearwards. Grey concrete apron fills the foreground, with a sandy-brown building in the background on the left, and a white, twin engined jet airliner with a blue and yellow tail in the middle, as well as low, lime green tug on the right.

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