Manchester

Photo of the Day 15th February 2025.

mancavgeek

15 Feb 2025 • 1 min read

D-AFKW, Fokker F50, Lufhansa Cityline, taxiing the last few metres to it's gate on Pier B at Manchester Airport, sometime between 1992 and 1995.

Gat On A Sat 15th February 2025.

View from below of a very large, white, 4 engined jet airliner flying from left to right at a very low altitude, with its undercarriage almost fully retracted, flaps deployed from the rear of the wings, and the nose raised sharply, all suggesting it has just taken off. The tail and the 4 engine pods slung under the wings are a bold, bright scarlet red, with white, seemingly handwritten "Virgin" titles on the tail. The registration "G-VROY" is on the lower rear fuselage and under the end of the left wing. Blue sky fills the rest of the frame.

G-VROY, Boeing 747-443, Virgin Atlantic, crossing the airfield perimeter after taking off from Runway 08 Right at London Gatwick, 14th September 2014.

On This Day 15th February 1997.

Slightly grainy and fuzzy shot of a long, thin, 3 engined BizJet with the engines mounted on the sides and top of the rear fuselage, taxiing from left to right. There is a pair of thin green stripes running backwards from the nose, getting wider as it moves to the rear. The registration "N33GG" is on the centre engine inlet in the same green colour. A strip of green grass in the foreground marks the edge of the taxiway the plane is moving on, with more grass between the other edge and a runway in the background, with more grass running to the edge of the frame beyond that.

N33GG, Dassault Falcon 50, at London Heathrow, 15th February 2025.