Manchester

Photo of the Day 1st March 2025.

mancavgeek

01 Mar 2025 • 1 min read

RR299/G-ASKH, De Haviland DH98 Mosquito T3, in Royal Air Force colours but owned and operated by Rolls-Royce, at Woodford Air Show, some time in the 1990s.

Gat On A Sat 1st March 2025.

Low side view of a a dark blue, twin engined jet airliner flying from left to right at a very low altitude with undercarriage retracted, flaps barely extended behind the wings, and the nose raised sharply, suggesting it has just taken off. The plane has a grey belly outlined in white, with dark blue upper services and engine pods under the wings. There are golden lotus flowers on the engine pods, forward fuselage, and tail. The airlines name is on the upper fuselage in white, but only the word "Airlines" is visible forward of the wing. In the background, fluffy white clouds fill most of the rest of the frame, with a large patch of blue in the top left corner.

VN-A142, Boeing 777-2Q8ER, Vietnam Airlines, crossing the perimeter fence at after taking off from Runway 08 Right at London Gatwick, 12th September 2014.

On This Day 1st March 1996.

Side view of a grey, twin engined light aircraft parked facing to the left, with a door open in the rear fuselage hanging down to form steps. There is a red and black stripe running along the body, repeated and inverted over the engines. There are large black "CEGA"titles on the tail, and small "Cega Air Ambulance" titles under the cockpit windows. The letters "WELL" are on the lower rear fuselage in red, part of the plane's registration. Grey concrete apron fills the rest of the frame, with a man in a yellow hi-viz vest standing facing out of frame on the right in the background.

G-WELL, Beechcraft 90 King Air, Cega Air Ambulance, parked on Gate 200 at Manchester Airport, 1st March 1996, as seen from the top of the Terminal 1 car park.

On This Day 2 1st March 1996.

Side view of a white, twin engined jet airliner with the engines mounted on the sides of the rear fuselage, taxiing from right to left. The plane has large, purple, billboard-style "Shannon" titles running along the fuselage, with a wide purple band running around the rear fuselage and tail, as well purple engine pods. The registration "G-AVMT" is on the engine pods in white. There are stylised letters "AB" on the tail, in 2 shades of green. In the foreground, large black and white boards mark out a building site, with a large yellow digger on the right. A large grassed area leads up to a large brown hangar in the distance. The dark blue and white nose of a larger jet airliner is just poking in to frame on the left.

G-AVMT, British Aircraft Corporation 1-11-510ED, Shannon Airlines, in basic Air Bristol colours, taxiing out to Runway 26 Left at London Gatwick, 1st March 1996.

Bonus Photo of the Day 1st March 2025.

Side view of a white, high-winged, twin propellor-engined airliner parked facing to the right. The plane has a red belly with a grey stripe running along the body, and black "Suckling Airways" titles on the lower forward fuselage, under the cockpiut windows. The registration "G-BMMT" is on the rear fuselage in black, and there are red letters "SA" on the tail. The legs of a man wearing dark pants and a woman wearing a brown skirt are visible under the planes rear fuselage. A grey and black terminal building stretches across the frame in the background, with a white airbridge extending out to join with the fuselage of a grey and dark blue jet airliner.

G-BMMR, Dornier 228-200, Suckling Airways, parked on Gate 42 at Manchester Airport, some time in the 1990s.