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Photo of the Day 24th July 2025.

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Low side view of a twin engined jet airliner flying from left to right at a very low altitude

TF-ICG, Boeing 737-8 MAX, IcelandAir, on final approach to Runway 23 Right at Manchester Airport, 6th March 2025, as seen from ShadowMoss Road.

'Throw Thursday 24th July 2025.

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner with the engines mounted on the sides of the rear fuselage. The plane is mostly white, with dark blue "Adria" titles on the side of the forward fuselage. There is blue-green "DC-9" text on the sides of the engine pods, with the black registration "S5-ABF" on the side of the fuselage just above the engines. The white tail has a large, dark blue upper-case letter "A", with a blue-green reflection at it's base. A pair of bright lights are attached to the top of the nose-wheel leg. Grey concrete apron fills the foreground, with large grassed areas separated by taxiways and a runway in the background.

S5-ABF, Dougles DC-9-32, Adria Airways, at London Heathrow, some time in the 1990s.

Bonus Photo of the Day 24th July 2025.

Side view of a helicopter parked on black tarmac, facing to the right. It is mostly white, with a red nose and forward fuselage, a red band around the tail-boom, and red sponsons over the main landing gear, attached to the sides of the rear fuselage. here are black "H M Coastguard" titles on the upper rear fuselage, and the black registration "G-BWPB" on the lower rear. Some other planes can be seen in the background on the right, with some buildings on the left, under bright, cloudy skies with patches of blue The helicopter is casting a strong shadow on the ground directly underneath, suggesting that the sun is almost directly overhead.

G-BPWB, Sikorsky S-61N Sea King, HM Coastguard, on static display at Farnborough Air Show, 9th July 2000.