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[Will101]

I see no need for all this hostility - the 777-300 and 300ER are different aircraft and not visually identical, so pointing out that the picture is wrong is a perfectly valid concern. While it's not the highest priority, I've added this to my internal issue tracker so it doesn't get lost.

Me and Moldy sorted some of the photo problems btw (767-200, 777-300, Beech 99, 146-100) The 777-200 also got a new picture

[Nick of DC Airways]

On another note, I personally liked the old CRJ-900 Pic

[X-Wing @Aliciousness]

We already have pictures of 777-300ERs. If we were to replace thus pic, we'd need a picture of a 777-300.

Well, I haven't seen that many 777s so far, Airbi are more common in my area. As you can't see the wingtips, you aren't able to see the different wingtips, but the gear does seem like the one on a 77W in the way it tilts.

 

All 777s have the same canted main gear, and without being able to see the wingtips it's nearly impossible to tell the difference between a 777-300 and a -300ER, especially if the -300 has GE engines.

[Nick of DC Airways]

If we are replacing aircraft pictures I think the A319 one needs to go

[Northern]

A320 also!

[Will101]

(imo) The pictures should only be replaced if they are wrong, show an aircraft defect (EG a crashed aircraft), of very poor quality, or that aircraft isn't really the main focus of the image. The current photos would do perfectly fine, unless it doesn't have one.

[Sheepy]

...frankly, pictures just showing the belly of the aircraft are pretty useless imo. 

[mxax-ai]

Well, the ATR-42-600 picture is of pretty poor quality, as is the E175 LR. If there are better photos available they should be replaced, though there are things of higher priority.

@ earlier posters: I really don't see a reason to replace the A319 or A320 pictures.

@ Agre: iirc the 777-300 has a gear that tilts on takeoff, whereas the 777-300ER has a fixed one to get a better tail clearance. When landing both gears are free to tilt without any pinning.

[Northern]

The 753 could be better tbh

[Nick of DC Airways]

@mxax The A319 only shows basically the bottom of the wing and the belly of the aircraft

[mxax-ai]

That's still what I view as a good picture (as it isn't really possible to get a picture from the top of a flying aircraft). Bad is a noisy, blurry picture with a zoom that leaves the aircraft occupying only a small part of the picture.
Now if someone had a nice pic of the "Firefly", that'd be nice.

[mxax-ai]

And, when we already are at photos: Is the L1649 picture new? I can't remember it having a picture some time ago.