Manchester

Photo of the Day 13th September 2025.

mancavgeek

13 Sep 2025 • 1 min read

D-CPSW, Swearingen SA227-AC Metro III, BinAir, taxiing past the Runway Visitors Park on it's way to the cargo ramp after landing on Runway 24 Right at Manchester Airport, 17th January 2017.

On This Day 13th September 1992.

Side view of a twin propellor-engined airliner taxiing from right to left. The plane is almost entirely white, with a grey belly, and only small black "Business Air" titles on the upper forward fuselage, and the black registration "G-BMFT" on the upper rear marring the canvas. Grey concrete apron fills most of the frame, with the dark blue, grey, and red rear fuselage and tail of a much larger jet airliner poking into frame on the left of the background. A line of full baggage cart covered with plastic sheets stretches towards the middle of the frame from under the tail of that plane, with a white and pink catering truck with black "Forte" titles beyond them, driving to the right. Another dark blue, grey, and red plane, this time with a propellor engine on each wing, sits right at the back, facing to the left.

G-BMFT, Hawker Siddeley HS-748-2A/266, Business Air, taxiing the last few metres to it's gate on the new Pier A at Manchester Airport, 13th September 1992, as seen from the much missed terraces on top of T1.

Gat On A Sat 13th September 2025.

Side view of a 3 engined jet airliner, with the engines mounted on the rear fuselage, taxiing from right to left at a damp and dismal airport. The plane is mostly white, with a pair of red stripes on the lower forward fuselage, with red "Baltic International" titles on the upper forward fuselage. The red registration "YL-BAE" is on the engine pods mounted on the sides of the rear fuselage, complete with a small Latvian flag. The tail has a black and white line drawing of a rampant lion with a golden mane, holding a golden shield outlined in white, with a white letter "B" in the middle, and 3 golden stars at the top. Wet, grey concrete apron fills the foreground, with a couple of brick buildings stretching across the middle of the frame in the background. There are more buildings in the distance on the right of the frame, with a couple of cargo planes parked outside, with trees filling the distance on the left, under dreary grey sky.

YL-BAE, Boeing 727-23, Baltic International, taxiing out to the runway at London Gatwick, 26th July 1995.