Manchester

Photo of the Day 17th February 2025.

mancavgeek

17 Feb 2025 • 2 min read

G-BDNC, Taylor JT-1 Monoplane, being prepped for it's next flight by it's pilot at Manchester Barton, some time in the 1990s.

Manchester Monday 17th February 2025.

Side view of a white, twin engined jet airliner with the engines mounted on the sides of the rear fuselage, flying from left to right at a very low altitude, with it's undercarriage lowered and flaps extended from behind the wings, suggesting it is about to land. The plane has a thick blue stripe running along the body, covering the passenger cabin windows, and small black "Oasis" titles on the upper forward fuselage. Under the "Oasis" titles, a vertical bar in 3 shades of blue extends down towards the plane's belly. Pale blue sky with hazy white cloud fill the rest of the frame.

OH-LMU, McDonnell Douglas MD-83, Oasis, On final approach to Runway 24 at Manchester Airport, either February or March 1994, as seen from the junction of Ringway Road and Shadowmoss Road.

Manchester Monday 2 17th February 2025.

Rear side view of a grey, twin propellor engined military transport aircraft taxiing away from the camera and off to the left. A pale blue stripe runs along the fuselage, just under the passenger cabin windows, with a pale blue and red roundel on the rear fuselage. The serial "XS789" is on the tail in black, below a small, pale red and blue fin flash. Concrete apron fills the foreground, with green grass marking the edges of multiple taxiways winding their way through the background, with trees in the distance.

XS789, Hawker Siddeley Andover C.2 (military variant of the HS-748-206), Royal Air Force, taxiing out to Runway 24 at Manchester Airport, some time in the mid 1990's.

Manchester Monday 3 17th February 2025.

Side view of a white, twin engined jet airliner taxiing from right to left. The plane has a grey belly, dark blue "Lufthansa" titles on the upper forward fuselage, and a dark blue tail with a yellow circle in the middle containing a stylised blue flying bird. The registration "D-AICL" is on the lower rear fuselage in black, next to a small German flag. A low, dark brick building is in the foreground on the right, almost entirely surrounded by grass. In the background, the tails of 3 white planes can be seen over the top of this plane, scattered amidst several small prefabricated buildings, on the right of the frame, with a large, green metal structure can be seen on the left. Trees in the distance run off to the horizon, where they meet a dismal grey sky.

D-AICL, Airbus A310-203, Lufthansa, at Manchester Airport, some time before September 1994.

The tails of the TransAir Cambodia HS-748's visible above the fuselage were a regular sight back then, and would have been considered exotic the first time you saw them, but not after a couple of years of being parked there.

Manchester Monday 4 17th February 2025.

Side view of a white, twin engined jet airliner parked facing to the right. The plane has a series of dark blue stripes on the lower fuselage, getting thicker the lower they go, until eventually the belly is just solid blue. The same happens on the tail, only they merge upwards. There are blue "Britannia" titles on the upper forward fuselage, next to the blue head of a woman wearing an extravagant, plumed helmet. A full, white image of that same woman appears on the tail, wearing white robes, and seated facing to the right, holding a circular shield emblazoned with the Union Flag in her right hand, and a long trident in her left. The position and design of the circular shield actually makes it look as if she is sitting in a wheelchair. The registration "G-BECG" is on the rear fuselage under the tail. Concrete apron fills the foreground, with taxiways and a runway separated by large strips of grass, leading up to trees in the distance under bright but hazy skies.

G-BECG, Boeing 737-204, Britannia, parked on Gate 13 at Manchester Airport, some time before February 1994.