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Manchester Monday 15th September 2025.

mancavgeek

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Side view of a twin engined jet airliner taxiing from right to left, turning onto a grey runway.

OO-SSA, Airbus A319-111, Brussels Airlines, turning on to Runway 23 left at Manchester Airport, 12th October 2019.

Manchester Monday 2 15th September 2025.

Side view of a single-engined light aircraft taxiing from right to left on a grass airfield. The plane is in a bare metal finish, with the multi-coloured registration "G--MATE" in red, salmon pink, yellow, purple, and light blue. The black text "Zlin Z50 LX" is on the engine cowling on the nose, the last letter being larger and bold. The head and shoulders of the pilot can be seen through the large bubble canopy, wearing a brown leather jacket over a white shirt, and a grey and black headset over a grey cloth flying helmet. Green grass fills the foreground and most of the background, with trees in the distance, under dismal grey sky.

G-MATE, Zlin Z-50LX, taxiing at Manchester Barton, some time in the 1990s.

Manchester Monday 3 15th September 2025.

Side view of a twin propellor-engined post-World War 2-era airliner parked on a concrete apron, facing to the right and slightly away from the camera. The plane is mostly blue, with a a thin white stripe running along the body, over-laid with the white registration "G-AHKX" on the rear fuselage, and white text "Avro Nineteen - Anson" on the upper forward fuselage. The wings are an almost metallic grey, while the wing-mounted engine pods, which also house the retractable main landing gear, are the same blue as the fuselage, with the cowling around the engine being a darker blue. The tail of a larger, sandy-brown coloured plane is visible on the left of the frame, while a large, white, 4 jet engined bomber aircraft is parked so if fills the rest of the background, with red engine covers over the engine inlets in the wing roots, and the black serial "XM603"under a red, white, and blue fin flash on the tail. Grey sky completes the rest of the frame.

G-AHKX, Avro 19 Anson, owned and operated by British Aerospace, in the static display park at one of the annual Woodford Airshows, some time in the 1990s.