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Photo of the Day 16th March 2025.

mancavgeek

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Side view of a World War 2-era, single propellor-engined military trainer aircraft flying from right to left at a very low altitude

AJ841/G-BJST, North America T-6H Harvard Mk IV, in Royal Air Force camouflage, landing on Runway 32 at Manchester Barton, 29th July 2024.

On This Day 16th March 1992.

Slightly grainy and backlit side view of a white, twin propellor-engined BizProp flying from left to right at a low altitude, with undercarriage lowered and flaps extended behind the wings, suggesting it is about to land. There is a red and black stripe running along the body, as well as on the engine cowling, and the registration "OY-GEL" on the lower rear fuselage in black. There is a red square with a white "Lego" logo on the tail. Bright but hazy sky, with a slight orange tinge, fills the rest of the frame.

OY-GEL, Beech 300 King Air, Lego Systems, on final approach to Runway 24 at Manchester Airport, 16th March 1992.

Bonus Photo of the Day 16th March 2025.

Side view of a rather dilapidated, bare metal, 4 propellor-engined airliner (with the engines removed!) lying on blocks on the floor. The nose-wheel is slightly dropped down, and resting on another block. The metal fuselage appears to be torn around the wing root, probably where the wing was removed to transport it here. The frame around the cockpit windows appears to have been painted white, which look a bit odd with the rest of it being in a bare metal finish. Fluffy grey and white clouds fill most of the frame behind.

G-ANCF, Bristol Britannia Series 308F, previously of Invicta International, looking a bit sorry for itself in the car park behind the Crowne Plaza hotel at Liverpool John Lennon airport, 11th march 2025.

This a long-term restoration project, and it is planned to eventually put it back on it's feet, in British Eagle colours.

For now, however, it isn't looking too happy.