belly shot

Belly shots show the gear, the flap tracks, the antennas and the panel lines, which makes them valuable for identifying a variant and popular for their own sake. The practical difficulty is that the underside is in shadow while the sky is bright, so exposure is the whole problem.

Nearby in Slang

• AvGeek — A self-applied label for an aviation enthusiast, popularised as a hashtag.
• bizjet — A business or corporate jet.
• blocked — Spotter slang for a photograph ruined by something in front of the subject — another aircraft, a ground vehicle, a light mast.
• catch — An aircraft successfully seen or photographed, especially an unexpected or rare one.