Front view of a twin engined jet airliner being towed from right to left, although the white tug doing the towing has turned back to the right, and the plane is slowly turning to follow. The plane is white, with a red and yellow stripe coming from under the forward fuselage, swooping over the wing and back down under the rear fuselage, widening over the wing to fill the rear fuselage and tail. There are red "Hainan Airlines" titles on the upper fuselage, in a Chinese script between the two forward cabin doors, and in English over the wing root. The black registration "B-304K" can be seen on the upper rear fuselage. An intricate yellow and gold flowery design fills the red tale. Grey squares of concrete apron fills the foreground and most of the background, with temporary buildings, white and blue mobile airstairs, and the metal support structure of a new pier under construction in the background.

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View from almost underneath of a white, twin engined jet airliner flying from left to right at a very low altitude, with undercarriage lowered and flaps extended from behind the wings, suggesting it is about to land. The plane is pretty much just white, with red "TUI" titles on the upper forward fuselage, and a red logo that looks like the upper-case letters "T", "U", and "I" smushed together to form a winking smiley face. There are black "Tui[dot]com" titles on the outer faces of the engine pods slung under the wings. The registration "ES-SAF" is under the outer left wing. Bright lights in the landing gear wells are shining forwards. Clouds fill the background under the plane, with blue sky above.

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Side view of a twin propellor-engined BizProp aircraft parked facing to the left on grass. The plane is mostly white, with a dark and light brown stripe running along the body, engine cowlings in front of the wings, the tips of the wings, and the top of the tail. The black registration "N889VF" is on the lower rear fuselage, a brown drop-shadow giving it a slight 3-D look. Green grass fills the foreground, with a red metal plate with yellow hazard markings lying on the ground. More grass in the background, leading up to trees at the airfield boundary, with tall metal pylons carrying electrical cables across the image, under flat grey sky.

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Side view of a twin engined jet airliner moving at speed from right to left along a black runway. The plane is largely white, with purple "EuroWings" titles on the upper forward fuselage, and smaller, black registration "D-AEWR" just aft of small EU and German flags on the upper rear. Pale blue and purple swirls adorn the tail and tail cone, some connected by grey swirls. Bright sunlight reflects strongly off one of the open landing gear doors under the wing, suggesting that the sun is more or less behind the camera. Green grass fills the foreground, lining the side of the runway, with more grass visible under the plane in the background, with trees in the distance under pale blue sky with purple fluffs of cloud.

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Side view of a high-winged, single-engined light aircraft flying from right to left at a very low altitude, just a couple of metres above the white numbers on a grass runway. The plane is mostly white, with a light and dark blue stripe running along the body and up into the lower parts of the tail, overlaid with dark blue registration "G-BPVA" on the rear fuselage. The plane has flaps extended from the rear of the wings, and is flying more or less straight and level, suggesting it is just about to land. Green grass fills the foreground, with trees filling the background.

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Side view of a white, twin engined jet airliner taxiing from left to right. The plane has large, grey, billboard-style "Thomas Cook" titles on the forward fuselage, and a yellow love heart logo on the tail. Lush green grass fills the foreground, while in the background, the dark blue, light blue, and white rear fuselage and tail of another jet airliner can be seen on the left. Green trees stretch across the frame in the distance, under steely grey sky.

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Side view of a high-winged, single-engined light aircraft taxiing from left to right along a short-mown grass taxiway. The plane is largely white, with a grey and red stripe running along the body, overlaid with the black registration "G0CIRZ" on the side of the rear fuselage. The white spats on the undercarriage has a red stripe resembling a stylised flying bird with wings outstretched for gliding. The white tail has a circular red logo for the manufacturer on the rear half, with the white text "C42" outlined in red on the bottom. The front half has the black text "MainAir Flying School", with a telephone number underneath. A red and grey stripe stretches across the whole of the tail, about 3 quarters of the way up.

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Side view of a twin engined jet airliner facing to the left but being pushed back to the right by a small white tug attached to the nose-wheel by a long yellow pole. The plane is almost entirely white, with only grey "Thomas Cook" titles on the upper forward fuselage, and the black registration "G-VYGM" on the upper rear fuselage. The white tail has a large yellow love heart in the middle, a logo repeated on the up-turned wing-tips. Grey concrete apron fills the foreground, with more concrete apron filled with more jet airliners and tall lighting poles reaching into the grey sky, with trees in the distance.

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Side view of a twin engined jet airliner taxiing from right to left along a grey concrete taxiway. The plane is mostly white, with red "Jet2.com" titles on the upper forward fuselage, and much smaller black text "Airbus A330-300" under the forward passenger windows. The tail is a deep blue, with a heavily stylised number "2" in red, light blue, and aquamarine. The engine pods under the wings are the same deep blue. In the background, another jet airliner, this one grey with red and white "Jet2" titles and red text "Friendly low fares" on the upper fuselage sits in the middle of the frame, in front of a wide, grey building that stretches the width of the frame. A pair of larger grey buildings are in the distance, both with "Premier Inn" signs near the top. Grey sky fills what little space is left at the top.

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