Photo of the day 10th February 2024.

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Side view of a grey and dark blue, high-winged, twin propellor-engined airliner facing to the right but being pushed backwards to the left by a red and black tug, with a terminal building in the background.
G-BVTK, ATR72-202, British Airways, at London Gatwick, some time in the late 1990s.

Low side view of a white, grey, and red, 3 engined jet airliner with the engines mounted on the rear fuselage, flying almost overhead with wheels lowered and flaps extended from behind the wing, suggesting it is about to land, with grey sky filling the frame behind it.
G-B__\_, Boeing 727-200, Dan Air, on final approach to Runway 24 at Manchester Airport, 1992.

 

Low side view of a white and yellow, twin engined jet airliner, flying from right to left, with the wheels just being tucked away, flaps extended from the rear of the wings, and the nose raised steeply, suggesting it has just taken off, in front of a blue sky background.
G-MONR, Airbus A300B4-605R, Monarch, soaring overhaead after taking off from Runway 06 at Manchester Airport, as seen from the Airport Hotel pub, some time in the 1990s.

 

Side view of a white, black, and orange, twin engined jet airliner flying from left to right with wheels lowered and flaps extended behind the wings, suggesting it is just about to land, with grey sky filling the rest of the frame.
G-BNGL, Boeing 737-3Y0, Inter European Airways, sailing past the pub at the end of Runway 24 seconds before landing at Manchester Airport, some time before December 1993.

 

Side view of a white and green, high-winged, twin propellor enginedairliner flying from left to right at a low altitude with wheels lowered and flaps extended from behind the wings, suggesting it is about to land, with grey sky filling the background.
G-ISLE, Shorts SD 3-60-100, Manx Airlines, on final approach to Runway 24 at Manchester Airport, as seen from the Airport Hotel, some time before December 1994.

 

Side view of a very large, grey and dark blue, 4 engined jet airliner taxiing from right to left, with grass filling the foreground, and hazy grey sky filling the background.
G-BDXC, Boeing 747-236B “City of Manchester”, British Airways, taxiing past the Airport Hotel on it’s way to Runway 24 for takeoff at Manchester Airport, some time in the early 1990s.

 

Side view of a white and purple, 3 engined jet airliner with the engiines mounted on the rear fuselage, flying from left to right at a low altitude, with wheels lowered and flaps deployed from the rear of the wings, suggesting it is about to land, with grey skies filling the background.
LZ-MIS, Tupolev TU-154M, Air VIA, on final approiach to Runway 24 at Manchester Airport, as seen from the pub at the end of the runway, some time in the 1990s.

 

Side view of a white and orange, high-winged, twin propellor-engined airliner flying from left to right at a low altitude, with under4carriege extended and flaps deployed from the rear of the wings, suggesting it is just about to land, with grey skies filling the rest of the frame.
G-JEAI, Fokker F27-500 Friendship, jersey European, on final approach to Runway 24 at Manchester Airport, as seen from the Airport Hotel, some time in the 1990s.

 

Side view of a white, twin engined jet airliner with the engines mounted on the rear fuselage, parked facing to the right, with the background rapidly vanishing in to haze.
OY-KGE, Douglas DC-9-21, SAS Scandinavian Airlines, parked at it’s gate on Pier B at manchester Airport, some time before December 1995.

 

Side view of a long and thin, white and orange, twin propellor-engined airliner flying from left to right just feet above a runway, with a grassy bank and trees in the background.
OY-NPC, Swearingen SA227-AC Metro III, North Flying, about to land on Runway 24 at Manchester Airport, as seen from the top of the British Airways terminal car park, some time after June 1996.