I get by . . .

 . . . with a little help from my friends:

I often leave my camera in the tower cab in case somebody else sees something photo-worthy. All of today's shots were taken by my fellow controllers. Some can be credited, while others just magically appeared in the camera. For instance, the sunrise and sunset photos are the work of TB and (I think) SH; the others remain blameless so far. Thanks guys!

I've only seen this airplane once or twice, so it was a rare catch:

 Here are a few more special sightings:

 There's probably a story here, but I haven't heard it yet:

Or this one:

If there's a story to either of these, I probably don't want to know:

Shot of the day

A late afternoon Cargolux B747-8F arrival on short final for runway 7 Right, from one of our east traffic sessions last month.

Uncommon visitor

Just before I left work a few days ago, this Beech Staggerwing dropped in for a visit. Built in 1941, it flies for Mid Continent Instrument, a firm that builds aircraft instruments.

 

There are two places for general aviation aircraft to park at LAX, and he chose the one that's not terribly convenient to access; otherwise I'd have gone over after work for more photos. Instead, I offer you links to photos taken by other (real) photographers elsewhere on the web:

N79091 by Bob Simmermon at Airport-Data.com

Photo Courtesy of FlightAware.com

Smoking section

As a reward for putting up with all of last month's sky shots, I'll start off this month with a batch of airplanes - each caught in those first moments that the tires touch the runway.

 A couple from our east traffic sessions last month:

I saved the best one for last; you'll have to look closely!