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Photo of the Day 20th August 2025.

mancavgeek

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Side view of a twin engined jet airliner parked facing to the left on a grey runway.

G-EZRX, Airbus A320-214, EasyJet, starting it's take-off run on Runway 23 Left at Manchester Airport, 5th July 2018, as seen from one of the South Side mounds.

On This Day 20th August 2024.

Side view of a single engined, World War 2-era military fighter aircraft in a museum, facing to the left, focusing on a close-up of the right wing. The plane is covered with a brown and olive green camouflage scheme, with a yellow, blue, white, and red roundel on the rear fuselage, with white letters "ZJ" on one side to the rear, and "L" towards the front. There is a blue, white, and red fin flash on the tail, and a Polish military logo (4 squares, 2 white and 2 red, arranged in a square, outlined with contrasting red and white lines) on the engine cowling in the nose. Museum exhibits are scattered around the plane, including a couple of dummies wearing period outlines in the background on the left, and a grey fighter plane on the right. The corrugated metal walls, ceiling, and doors of the old hangar the museum is in fill the rest of the frame, with opaque panels in the ceiling and suspended lights flooding the room with light.

V7752/ZJ-L, Hawker Hurricane 1 (Replica), in Royal Air Force colours with additional Polish Air Force markings on the engine cowling at the Spitfire Visitor Centre, Blackpool Airport.

Bonus Photo of the Day 20th August 2025.

Somewhat grainy side view of a twin engined jet airliner taxiing from left to right on a rainy day. The plane is mostly white, with a red and blue stripe running along the body, getting wider as it moves rearwards, until it sweeps up to fill the tail. There are blue "Dan Air London" titles on the upper forward fuselage, next to a small British flag, and the blue registration "G-BVNM" on the lower rear. The tail has a white circle, with a blue compass star in the middle, and flag with 3 red and white vertical stripes behind. Wet apron fills most of the frame, with several airport vehicles moving around in the background, and a couple of wide strips of grass lining taxiways in the distance.

G-BVNM, Boeing 737-4S3, Dan Air, taxiing out to the runway at London Gatwick, some time in 1992.