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Photo Of The Day 12th February 2025.

mancavgeek

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Side view of a bare metal finish, 4 propellor-engined airliner parked facing to the right and slightly away from the camera.

G-BLOA, Vickers V806 Viscount, British Air Ferries, in their Freightmaster livery used on planes configured for cargo, at Manchester Airport, 1992, as seen from the top of the T1 car park.

The SATA HS748 in the background was a pretty common sight around these parts around this time, and pops up in plenty of photos.

Winglet Wednesday 12th February 2025.

Closeup of the blue tail and rear fuselage of a white, twin engined jet airliner flying from left to right at a low altitude, with the undercarriage being retracted, flaps extended from the rear of the wings, and the nose raised significantly, suggesting it has just taken off.. There is a red, orange, and yellow sunburst at the lower rear of the tail, stretching over the rear fuselage. This same sunburst is repeated on the blue upturned wingtips. The blue engine pods are just visible on the left of the frame, with the word "holidays" printed on the side in a vertical yellow/orange/red gradient. There are words written on the side of the upper fuselage, but only "holidays" in front of the wing, and "trust" aft of the wing are discernible. The registration "G-LSAC" is visible in black on the upper rear fuselage, and under the left wing tip. In the background, thick white cloud fills the frame.

G-LSAC, Boeing 757-23A, Jet2, seconds after taking off from Runway 05 Right at Manchester Airport, 14th August 2024, as seen from the top of the Terminal 1 car park.

Bonus Photo of the Day 12th February 2025.

Side view of a replica World War 2-era fighter plane mounted on a pole in a flying position. The plane is covered in a two-tone brown camouflage scheme, except for the belly and undersides of the wings, which are a creamy blue colour. There is a large yellow, blue, white, and red roundel on the rear fuselage, with large white letters "GR" on the left and "Z" on the right. The serial "N3194" is on the rear fuselage in black, the "4" overlaid on the large white "G". A creamy blue pole comes down from the lower fuselage in the middle of the wings, meeting a concrete-filled hole in the ground. Green grass fills most of the foreground under the plane, with black and blue fences separating it from a nearby tree-lined street. Grey skies fill the rest of the frame.

N3194, Supermarine Spitfire 1a (replica), in the colours of 92 Squadron, RAF, standing as a gate guard at Biggin Hill, 6th March  1996.