Taxing at PHX

Aircraft I’m training on

The black-and-yellow checkerboard nose and high-polished finish. These aircraft are crowd favorites.

Airshow London 2025

Registration B-2473 strongly suggests a late-service Air China passenger 747-400. The livery and Chinese flag confirm airline identity.

D-Day invasion stripes and yellow nose suggest this might depict the 361st Fighter Group 'Yellowjackets' or another Eighth Air Force unit stationed in England in 1944.