Manchester

Photo of the Day 15th October 2025.

mancavgeek

15 Oct 2025 • 1 min read

5B-DCZ, Airbus A320-214, Cobalt Air, climbing out of Runway 23 Right at Manchester Airport, 26th January 2018, as seen from one of the South Side mounds.

On This Day 15th October 1993.

Side view of a very large, 4 engined jet airliner parked facing to the right, with a grey airbridge attached to the forward door on the opposite side, and various airport vehicles scattered around in front of it. The plane is white on top, with a grey belly, and a thick and a thin blue stripe running along the body, covering the lower deck windows.. There are black "Air China" titles next to a Chinese flag on the upper fuselage, between the upper and lower passenger deck windows. Scattered trees line the skyline, with bright but hazy sky with blue patches filling the rest of the frame.

B-2456, Boeing 747-4J6, Air China, parked on it's gate on Terminal 1 at Paris Charles De Gaulle15th October 1993.

Bonus Photo of the Day 15th October 2025.

Side view of a single engined light aircraft facing away from the camera and slightly to the right, being pushed backwards by a person in black holding on to the propellor at the front. The plane is white on top and orange underneath, with the black registration "G-UANT" on the lower rear fuselage. The tail has the colours reversed, white at the bottom, and orange at the top. The wings are also white, with the outer panels being orange. Black tarmac apron fills the foreground, with more apron in the background, with some more light aircraft parked in front of hangars in the distance. Cludy white and grey sky with the occasional hint of blue fills the rest of the frame.

G-UANT, Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee, being pushed to it's parking spot outside the ANT hangar at Blackpool Squires Gate, 21st August 2024.