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Photo of the Day 10th May 2025.

mancavgeek

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3 different types of airliner in 2 different colour schemes taxiing from right to left at a busy airport.

A trio of FlyBe aircraft, of 3 different types, in 2 different liveries.

G-JEDT, De Haviland Canada DHC-8-402Q; Unknown registration Saab 2000; EI-REM, ATR72-500, all FlyBe, taxiing out to Runway 23 Left at Manchester Airport, as seen from the SouthSide mounds.

Gat On A Sat 10th May 2025.

Side view of a red and white, twin engined jet airliner parked facing to the right. The plane has a red body, with white "Virgin Express" titles on the forward fuselage, and a white nose cone. The tail is white, with red, seemingly hand-written "Virgin" titles. A yellow and white fuelling truck is parked next to the white engine under the right wing, with a fuel hose running into one of the wings internal fuel tanks. Grey concrete apron fills the foreground, long, cream-coloured airbridges stretching across the frame in the background from the right, one attached to this plane, another to a white plane behind it on the left. More concrete apron leads off to a grey terminal building in the distance at the top of the frame, with a white jet airliner parked next to it.

OO-LTU, Boeing 737-33A, Virgin Express, at London Gatwick, some time after August 1996.

Bonus Photo of the Day 10th May 2025.

Side view of a very large, white and green, 4 engined jet airliner facing to the left but being pushed back to the right by a lime green tug attached to the main wheel by a long orange pole. The plane is mostly white, with a thick green stripe running along the body, covering the passenger windows on the lower deck, and a grey belly, with white piping. The tail is mostly green, with 2 thick white stripes in the middle. The engine pods under the wings are grey, with a thick green stripe. There are red "Cathay Pacific" titles on the upper forward fuselage, between the upper and lower deck windows. A brown building stretches across the frame from the right in the background, with a white, 3 engined jet airliner just taxiing behind it. Trees line the horizon, under grim grey skies.

VR-HUD, Boeing 747-467, Cathay Pacific, at Frankfurt Airport, either 1993 or 1996.