Photo of the Day 18th January 2024.

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Side view of a white and blue, 3 engined jet airliner with the engines mounted on the rear fuselage, taxiing from left to right, with a variety of airport buildings in brown brick, red metal and glass, and grey cladding, in the background, on the far side of a taxiway.
YR-TPF, Tupolev TU-154B-1, Tarom, at Manchester Airport, some time in the 1990s.

Side view of a white, single engined light aircraft with a large bubble canopy over the cockpit, parked on grass facing to the left, with trees in the background, under a grey sky.
G-BJXA, Slingsby T-67A Firefly, at Manchester Barton, some time in the 1990s.

 

Somewhat grainy shot of a sandy-brown and blue, 4 engined, high-winged jet airliner taxiing from right to left with a similar-looking but much larger, green military transport aircraft in the background, slowly vanishing in to mist.
“When I grow up, I want to be just like my big brother!”
G-ZAPK, British Aerospace 146-200QC, Titan Airways, at Frankfurt Airport, passing in front of a Lockheed C-5 Galaxy at Rhein-Main USAF Air Force Base on the far side of the runway.
This 146 isn’t small, but is dwarfed by the giant military transport behind it.

 

Horribly grainy shot of a white and purple, twin engined jet airliner taxiing from right to left infront of a high, grey, concrete wall.
G-OABA, Boeing 737-33A, AB Airlines (a short-lived offshoot of Air Bristol) at London Gatwick, sometime between May and September 1998.

 

Side view of a white and black, twin engined jet airliner with the engines mounted on the rear fuselage, taxiing from left to right, with a car park in the foreground, and a housing estate in the background, under a dismal grey sky.
G-AZMF, British Aircraft Corporation BAC 1-11-530FX, European Aviation, at Luton Airport, some time in the late 1990s.