Manchester

Photo of the Day 21st September 2025.

mancavgeek

21 Sep 2025 • 1 min read

G-AWFW, SAN Jodel D.117 Grand Tourisme, at Manchester Barton, some time in the 1990s.

On This Day 21st September 1992.

Side view of a 3 engined jet airliner, with the engines mounted on the rear fuselage, taxiing from left to right. The plane has white upper surfaces, with a grey belly, and a thick red stripe running along the body, covering the passenger cabin windows, before turning up to fill the tail. There is a slightly distorted red, blue, and white cube on the tail, and the red registration "OK-BYO" on the centre engine inlet above the rear fuselage. Grey concrete apron fills the foreground, with the forward fuselage of a grey and dark blue jet airliner in the background on the left. Trees in the distance stretch across the frame, slowly vanishing into hazy grey skies.

OK-BYO, Tupolev TU-154M, Czech Government Flying Service, taxiing past the South Bay on it's way to the terminal after landing on Runway 06 at Manchester Airport, 21st September 1992.

On This Day 21st September 1996.

Forward side view of a twin engined jet airliner parked facing to the right. The plane is mostly white, with red "leisure" titles in a hand-written font on the forward fuselage, and a thin red pinstripe and a thick blue stripe running along the body under the cabin windows, before turning up into the tail where it becomes a lot thinner and has half of a British flag waving on the side. Cargo bay doors are hinged upwards both in front of and aft of the wings with a white baggage-loading belt raised to the rear door., and the rear cabin door is open, with a white and pink catering truck raised to gain access. Several other jet airliners can be seen parked by a terminal building in the background on the right of the frame. Pale blue sky with streaks of grey cloud fill the rest of the frame.

G-UKLJ, Airbus A320-212, Leisure International, parked on it's gate at Manchester Airport, 21st September 1996, taken from inside Pier B as I was waiting for my flight to Frankfurt.

On This Day 21st September 1996.

Side view of a very large, 4 engined jet airliner taxiing from right to left. The plane is largely white, with a light and dark blue strip running along the body, sweeping up into the tail, with a stylised pair of upper-case letter "A"'s. There are dark blue "Aerolieas Argentinas" titles on the upper forward fuselage, between the upper and lower deck windows. There is an Argentinian flag (light blue/white/light blue stripes) on the lower forward fuselage, and the white registration "LV-MLP" on the lower rear. Grey concrete taxiway marked with yellow lines fills the foreground, with a low brown building in the background, and trees in the distance, under flat grey sky.

LV-MLP, Boeing 747-287B, Aerolineas Argentinas, at Frankfurt Airport, 21st September 1996.