Geneva

Photo of the Day 11th September 2025.

mancavgeek

11 Sep 2025 • 1 min read

HB-IXF, British Aerospace Avro RJ85, CrossAir, at Geneva Cointrin, either 1993 or 1996.

On This Day 11th September 1992.

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner taxiing from right to left. The plane is mostly white, with a series of ever larger dark blue stripes running along the lower fuselage and belly. There are dark blue "Britannia" titles on the upper forward fuselage, behind a dark blue silhouette of a head wearing a plumed helmet. The black registration "G-BYAC" is on the upper rear fuselage, just below the tail. The tail itself has a white base, with dark blue stripes working up to a blue section covering the top 2/3rds. This blue section is overlaid with the seated image of a woman wearing an extravagantly plumed helmet, holding a large trident vertically in her right hand, and a circular shield with a variant of the UK flag in her left hand. Grey concrete apron fills the foreground, with more in the background, leading up to a red, brown, and white building at the top of the frame, with metal blast barriers and luggage containers lined up in front of it, along with a white, twin propellor-engined airliner.

G-BYAC, Boeing 757-204, Britannia, taxiing out to the active runway from Terminal 2 at Manchester Airport, 11th September 1992, as seen from the top of the terminal 1 car park.

'Throw Thursday 11th September 2025.

Side view of a 3 engined jet airliner taxiing from right to left. The plane is mostly white, with large dark blue "Lot" titles on the forward fuselage, the cross-bar on the "T" stretching all the way back along the cabin windows to the tail-mounted engine, as well as along the engine pods mounted on the sides of the rear fuselage. There are small, blue "Polish Airlines" on the upper forward fuselage, and white text "TU-154M" on the blue stripe on the side engine pod. The tail is dark blue, with a white circle containing a stylised blue flying bird, as well as a white and red stripe at the top of the tail. Grey concrete taxiway fills the foreground, with large grassed areas lining more taxiways in the background, and a large grey hangar in the distance.

Unknown registration Tupolev TU-154M, Lot Polish Airlines, at London Heathrow, some time in the early 1990s, as seen from the Queens Building.