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Photo of the Day 18th September 2025.

mancavgeek

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Side view of a twin engined jet airliner moving from left to right at high speed

ES-AEB, Embraer ERJ-170-100LR, Estonian Air, rotating off Runway 05 Left at Manchester Airport, 18th July 2014, as seen from one of the South Side mounds.

Bonus Photo of the Day 18th September 2025.

Somewhat grainy side view of a 3 engined jet airliner flying from right to left, with flaps extended behind the wings, the undercarriage being retracted, and the nose raised sharply, suggesting it has just taken off. The plane is largely white, with dark blue "Air Moldova" and red "International" titles on the upper forward fuselage, and the black registration "ER-42409" on the centre engine intake in front of the tail. A red circle adorned with a red and white stylised flying bird adorns the tail. The white engine pods on the rear fuselage are partially hidden by the wing. Grey sky fills the rest of the frame.

ER-42409, Yakovlev Yak-42D, Air Moldova International, seconds after taking off at Frankfurt Airport, 21st September 1996.

Bonus Photo of the Day 2 18th September 2025.

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner facing to the right but being pushed back to the left by a low-slung blue tug attached to the nose-wheel by a long white pole. The plane is light blue on top and grey on the bottom, with a thick dark blue stripe running along the body covering the passenger cabin windows, with a thinner white stripe just below that. There are white "KLM" titles under a stylised white crown on the upper forward fuselage, with a smaller, blue version of that logo on the white engine pods under the wings, and a larger, blue version on the white tail. A grey airbridge is hanging just behind this plane, with a white jet airliner with a pair of engines mounted on the rear fuselage is taxiing from left to right just beyond that. Black apron fills the foreground, marked with yellow lines for planes to follow. Black taxiways lined with green grass lead up large white fuel tanks in the distance, slowly vanishing into haze.

PH-BDR, Boeing 737-406, KLM, being pushed back from it's gate at Amsterdam Schipol, late 1992.