Manchester

Manchester Monday 22nd September 2025.

mancavgeek

22 Sep 2025 • 2 min read

HB-INR, McDonnell Douglas MD-82, SwissAir, but in basic BalAir colours, on final approach to Runway 24 at Manchester Airport, as seen from Ringway Road, some time in between August 1993 and June 1994.

On This Day 22nd September 1996.

Elevated side view of a twin engined jet airliner being towed from left to right by an out-of-frame tow truck attached to the nose-wheel buy a long black pole. The plane is largely white, with blue and red "Air Inter" titles on the upper forward fuselage, and the black registration "F-GGEE" next to a small EU flag on the upper rear. There is a wide, light blue band around the rear fuselage and tail, with red and dark blue triangles at the top of the tail, along with the letters "EE" right at the top. Grey concrete apron fills the foreground and much of the background, with low, white buildings in the background, and tall lighting towers reaching out of the top of the frame.

F-GGEE, Airbus A320-111, Air inter, at Paris Orly, 22nd September 1996.

Manchester Monday 2 22nd September 2025.

Side view of a single engined light aircraft, parked on grass facing to the right. The plane is a pale, almost sandy brown, with a red and dark brown stripe running along the body, as well as along the spats on the main and nose wheels. The black registration "G-BTRS" is on the rear fuselage. Another couple of light aircraft are visible in the background on the right of the frame, with cars and people on the left. A white house with a red roof is in the distance on the left, with trees stretching across the frame, under flat grey skies.

G-BTRS, Piper PA-28-161 Warrior II, at Manchester Barton, some time in the 1990s.

Manchester Monday 3 22nd September 2025.

Side view of a twin propellor-engined airliner parked facing to the right. The plane is largely white, with black "Euro Direct" titles on the upper forward fuselage, and a large, lower-case dark blue letter "e" on the rear fuselage. The tail is bright yellow, with a lower-case letter "e" in the middle. Grey concrete apron fills the foreground, with a grey military jet fighter parked in the background on the right, and some people walking past on the left. Grey sky fills the rest of the frame, with a helicopter flying past on the upper right.

G- BUKJ, British Aerospace Advanced Turbo Prop (ATP), Euro Direct, on static display at one of the annual Woodford Air Shows, 1994 or 1995.

Manchester Monday 4 22nd September 2025.

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner with the engines mounted on the sides of the rear fuselage, taxiing from right to left. The plane is almost entirely white, with a blue stripe with a gold pinstripe running along the body, covering the passenger cabin windows, and blue "Air Littoral" titles on the upper forward fuselage. The dark blue registration "F-GIDQ" is on the bottom of the tail, with the blue outline of a circle containing a trio of stylised, blue flying birds. Green grass fills the foreground, with more grass and a runway leading up to black hangars in the distance, with several light aircraft and fuel trucks parked in front. Trees and bright but hazy sky fill the rest of the frame.

F-GIDQ, Fokker F100, Air Littoral, taxiing out to Runway 24 at Manchester Airport, some time in 1992.

Manchester Monday 5 22nd September 2025.

Side view of a 3 engined jet airliner taxiing from right to left. The top of the fuselage is white, as is the nose cone, with a dark blue stripe running along the body, covering the passenger cabin windows, and a bare metal lower body. The centre engine inlet and tail are dark blue, with the white registration "D-ABKH" next to a small German flag, a yellow circle containing a stylised blue flying bird. The other engines, mounted on the sides of the rear fuselage, are in a bare metal finish, with "Boeing 727" titles. Grey concrete apron fills the foreground, with a patch of green grass on the left, with more grass and a runway leading up to a wide, black hangar with blue metal support struts, and a couple of light aircraft parked outside. Flat grey sky fills the rest of the frame.

D-ABKH, Boeing 727-230, Lufthansa, taxiing out to Runway 24 at Manchester Airport, 1992.

Manchester Monday 6 22nd September 2025.

Side view of a 3 engined jet airliner flying from left to right at a low altitude, with undercarriage extended, and flaps deployed from the rear of the wings, suggesting it is about to land. The plane is mostly white, with a green and red stripe running along the body, sweeping under the belly just in front of the wings. There are red "Balkan" titles on the upper forward fuselage, next to the red outline of a circle containing a stylised red flying bird. There are smaller, green, "Bulgarian Airlines" on the upper fuselage, over the wings. There is a green and red diagonal stripe on the stripe, with the black registration "LZ-BTM" on the centre engine intake. The other engines are mounted on the sides of the rear fuselage, partially obscured by the wings. Cloudy grey sky fills the rest of the frame.

LZ-BTM, Tupolev TU-154B, Balkan Bulgarian Airlines, on final approach to Runway 24 at Manchester Airport, as seen from Ringway Road, some time in the 1990s.

Manchester Monday 7 22nd September 2025.

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner flying from left to right at a 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 grey belly, and a pair of thin red stripes running along the body just below the passenger cabin windows. There are large red "Lauda" titles on the upper forward fuselage, the upper-case letter "L" being made up of a couple of nested chevrons. A larger, reversed set of those chevrons is on the white tail, above the black registration "OE-LRB" on the rear fuselage. A patch of blue sky stretches across the middle of the frame in the background, with white cloud at the top and bottom.

OE-LRB, Canadair CRJ-100LR, Lauda Air, on final approach to Runway 24 at Manchester Airport, as seen from Ringway Road, some time after April 1994.

Manchester Monday 8 22nd September 2025.

Side view of a high-winged, 4 propellor-engined military transport plane taxiing from left to right. The plane is covered in a dark brown and sandy brown camouflage scheme, with a grey belly. There are green "Royal Saudi Air Force" titles on the upper forward fuselage, in an Arabic script on top, and in English below, and the black number "1623" immediately behind the black nosecone. There is a green-white-green roundel on the rear fuselage, with white crossed swords over a white palm in the middle. The tail has a green fin flash in the middle, overlaid with some white text in a Arabic script, with the green Arabic number "1623" below that, and the English number below that. Grey concrete apron fills the foreground, and extends up to a large grey hangar in the distance, with the forward fuselage of a white jet airliner on the right, a large section of scaffolding in the middle, and a collection of mobile air-stairs on the left.

1623, Lockheed C-130H Hercules, Royal Saudi Air Force, taxiing to the cargo ramp at Manchester Airport, some time in the 1990s, as seen from the top of the T1 car park.

Manchester Monday 9 22nd September 2025.

Side view of a boxy, high-winged, twin propellor-engined airliner taxiing from right to left. The plane is mostly white, with large red "BAC" and smaller, dark blue "Express" titles on the lower forward fuselage, below the cockpit and forward cabin windows. The tail and rear fuselage are dark blue, with a pair of diagonal white stripes, and the white registration "G-CLAS". Grey concrete apron fills the foreground, with large grassed areas and a black runway filling the background.

G-CLAS, Shorts SD 3-60-100, BAC Express, taxiing to Terminal 1 after landing on Runway 24 at Manchester Airport, some time between November 1995 and January 1997.