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Photo of the Day 15th June 2025.

mancavgeek

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Side view of a large, single-engined bi-plane rolling along a grass runway with it's tail-wheel raised into a flying position.

LS326, Fairey Swordfish Mk2, Royal Navy, rolling for take off on one of the runways at Manchester Barton during one of the annual air shows in the 1990s.

On This Day 15th June 1996.

Side view of a 4 engined jet airliner taxiing from left to right. The plane's upper surfaces are white, while the lower sections are grey, with a dark blue stripe running along the body, covering the passenger cabin windows, separating the 2 colours. There are black "Royal Air Force" titles on the upper forward fuselage, above a large blue, white, and red roundel on the lower body. The white tail has the large black number "102" above a blue, white, and red fin flash. The plane's engines are mounted in pairs on the sides of the rear fuselage, slightly in front of the tail, and have the black serial "XV102" on them. Grey concrete apron fills the foreground, with random yellow metal frames in the background in front of pale blue fuel tanks and other buildings, under blue-grey sky.

XV102, Vickers VC.10 C.1K, Royal Air Force, taxiing to the cargo terminal at Manchester Airport, 15th June 1996.

Bonus Photo of the Day 15th June 1996.

Almost head-on view from above of a twin engined jet airliner taxiing towards a spot just below the camera, following a yellow line on the apron.. The plane has blue upper surfaces, with grey lower surfaces, separated by a thick white stripe running along the body. There are white "KLM" titles under a stylised white crown on the upper forward fuselage, a design repeated in blue on the white tail. Grey concrete apron fills the rest of the frame.

PH-KLC, Fokker 100, KLM, taxiing the last few metres to it's gate below the camera at Berlin Tegel, 26th September 1996.