G-STUA, Pitts S-2A Special, at Manchester Barton, some time in the 1990s.

On This Day 15th May 1993.

Side view of a high-wing, single engined light aircraft parked facing to the right on grass. There are stickers, mostly with blue text, advertising several companies that most people would have never heard of on the sides of the plane, along with a blue stripe running along the body and up into the tail, the black registration "G-HFCT" on the side of the rear fuselage, and the black number "28" right at the lower rear of the tail. Green grass fills the foreground, with a large green tent on the right of the background, and a couple of cream trucks in the middle, under slightly grim grey sky.Side view of a white, twin-engined jet airliner with the engines mounted on the sides of the rear fuselage, being towed from left to right along a grey taxiway by a dark blue and grey tug attached to the nosewheel by a long white pole. The plane has a thin, red, black, and red stripe running along the body before sweeping up into the tail. The black registration "HZ-KA7" is on the side of the white engine pod on the rear fuselage. Taxiways and large grassed areas fill the foreground, with a grey jet airliner trying to hide behind a hangar in the distance, on the other side of a black runway and more grass.

On This Day 15th May 2019.

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner flying from right to left at a very low altitude, with undercarriage lowered and flaps extended from the rear of the wings, suggesting it is about to land. The plane is mostly white, with a yellow stripe running along the lower fuselage, and a dark blue belly. There are large, blue "RyanAir" titles on the forward fuselage, next to a large, blue, winged Irish harp. A larger yellow version of that harp logo is also on the dark blue tail. The plane's engines, mounted under the wings, have the same colours as the fuselage - white on top, then a yellow stripe and a dark blue bottom. The up-turned wingtips are blue on the outer face, with diagonal yellow "RyanAir" titles, while on the inner face, they are white with blue titles. The black registration "EI-EVJ" is on the outer panels under the left wing, with the last 3 letters repeated in white on the blue, open nose-wheel doors. Blue sky fills the rest of the frame.

Frankfurt Friday 15th May 2026.

Three-quarter front side view of a twin engined jet airliner with the engines mounted on the rear sides of the fuselage, taxiing from left to right across a taxi way covered in white road markings. The plane is light grey on top and dark grey on it's lower half, with a thin red stripe running along the body, separating the 2 sections. There are red 'Lauda" titles on the upper forward fuselage, the letter "L" being made up of a couple of nestled chevrons pointing to the bottom left. A smaller, inverted, version of those chevrons fill the light grey tail. Grey apron fills the foreground and most of the background, with a white bendy bus with a blue stripe along the body is parked on the right of the frame, and a blue mesh metal fence separates out another area on the left. Brown grass and a black runway run across the top of the frame.

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