Photo of the Day 8th February 2024.

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Side view of a blue and white, single engined light aircraft, parked facing to the right on grass, next to the sloping sides of a green wartime hangar, under a bright but hazy sky.
G-AZGF, Beagle B-121 Pup Series 2, at Manchester Barton, some time in the 1990s.

Low side view of a white, twin engine jet airliner with the red engine pods mounted on the rear fuselage, and a blue tail, flying from left to right at a low altitude, with the undercarriage retracted and flaps extended from the rear of the wings, suggesting it has just taken off, with hazy grey sky filling the rest of the frame.
OY-KFB, Canadair CRJ-900, SAS Scandinavian Airlines, flying past the Aviation Viewing Park after taking off from Runway 23 Right at Manchester Airport, 8th February 2014.

 

Side view of a blue and white twing engined jet airliner taxiing from left to right under a bright, cloudy sky with patches of blue poking through.
G-BYAW, Boeing 757-204, Britannia Airways, at Luton Airport, some time in the late 1990s.

 

Low side view of a white, grey, and blue twin propellor engined airliner on display on the roof of an airport building, with more buildings in the background, under a bright but hazy sky.
N569R (fake registration), Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (military version of the DC-3), on display on the rooftop terraces at Frankfurt Airport as part of the Air Classik collection, 16th October 1993.

 

Side view of a white and blue, high-winged, twin propellor airliner taxiing off a runway, with a pair of larger panes just looming in to the top of the frame in the background.
G-UKTF, Fokker F50, Air UK, at London Heathrow, some time after January 1995.

 

Head on view of the nose and inner engines of a grey, 4 propellor engined military aircraft in a museum.
WR960, Avro Shackleton AEW2, Royal Air Force, on display in the aviation hall of the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI), 31st March 1992.

 

Side view of a white and grey, 3 engined jet airliner, with the engines mounted on the rear fuselage, parked facing to the right and slightly away from the camera, with a large grey building in the background on the left of the frame, with hazy grey sky filling the rest.
EK-85536, Tupolev TU-154B-2, Armenian Airlines, at Paris Charles De Gaulle, 28th October 1993.