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Photo of the Day 21st May 2025.

mancavgeek

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Side view of a single-engined light aircraft parked facing to the left, with it's tail weighed down so it's nose, minus the nose-wheel, is raised in the air.

G-BLTM, Robin HR.200/100 Club Ecole, parked at the side of one of the hangars at Manchester Barton, waiting for maintenance on it's nose wheel.

On This Day 21st May 1994.

Side view of a white, 3 engined jet airliner taxiing from left to right. The plane is mostly white, with a grey lower half, with gold piping separating the 2 sections, and dark blue "Continental Micronesia" titles on the upper forward fuselage. Large patches of green grass in the foreground separate different taxiways. A large, green, box-like metal structure stretches across the frame from the right, under grim grey skies.

N68044, Douglas DC-10-10, Continental Micronesia, taxiing to one of the maintenance hangars at Manchester Airport, 21st May 1994.

Bonus Photo of the Day 21st May 2025.

Side view of a very large, white, 4 engined jet airliner being towed from right to left. The plane is almost entirely white, with blue "Air France" titles between the upper and lower decks at the front of the fuselage, and a series of blue diagonal stripes (and a single red stripe) on the tail. The blue registration "F-BPVP" is on the upper rear fuselage, just in front of the tail. A white and blue tug is attached to the nose, pulling the plane across the frame. Tall lighting poles are scattered around the background, with grassed aeras and vehicle parks separating taxiways, slowly vanishing into haze in the distance.

F-BPVP, Boeing 747-128, Air France, being towed to it's gate at Paris Orly, either 1993 or 1996.