Manchester

Photo of the Day 24th June 2025.

mancavgeek

24 Jun 2025 • 1 min read

B-304K, Airbus A330-343, Hainan Airlines, taxiing out to Runway 23 Right at Manchester Airport, 12th May 2024, as seen from the top of the Terminal 3 car park.

On This Day 24th June 1995.

Side view of a high-winged, 4 propellor-engined military cargo plane parked on a black runway, with the red and white tips of the propellors a spinning blur indicating they are running full tilt, flaps extended from behind the wings, and the rear cargo loading ramp almost fully deployed, with a man wearing olive-green fatigues crouched by the end of the ramp. The plane is covered in an olive-green and grey camouflage scheme, with a blue and red roundel on the rear fuselage, next to the black serial number "VX232". There is a black number "232" on the nose under the cockpit, repeated on the tail, where it is sandwiched between a British flag above, and a red and blue fin flash below. Green grass fills the foreground, with more grass leading up to a tall grey hangar on the left, and a lower blue hangar on the left, with a couple of grey fighter jets in front of the latter. Grey sky fills the rest of the frame.

XV292, Lockheed C-130 Hercules C.1P, Royal Air Force, about to deploy as vehicle after making a tactical landing at the Woodford Air Show, 24th June 1995.

On This Day 24th June 1996.

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner parked facing to the right. The plane has white upper surfaces and red lower surfaces, with the tail being white at the front and red at the rear. There is a grey and dark blue tug attached to the planes nose-wheel by a long red pole. Green grass stretches across the foreground, separating the runway from a taxiway, with trees and buildings stretching into the distance in the background, slowly vanishing into hazy skies.

VR-CAU, Boeing 757-2J4, Diamond Aviation, parked outside the Royal Suite at London Heathrow, 24th June 1996.

Tails Tuesday 24th June 2025.

Close-up of the white rear fuselage and tail of a twin engined jet airliner with the engines mounted on the sides of the rear fuselage. The plane is parked facing to the bottom left of the frame. There are 3 flags on the engine pods, on the left is a red flag with a white cross, in the middle is a red flag with a black cross that is outlined in white, and on the right is a blue flag with a yellow cross. Each flag has a gold crown on the top. The tail is white, with large black letters "SAS" with a gold drop-shadow, with very small letters "KIE" at the base of the tail. Grey concrete apron fills the background, with a large grass area at the top of the frame.

OY-KIE, Douglas DC-9-21, SAS Scandinavian Airlines, at Geneva Cointrin, either 1993 or 1996.

Tails Tuesday 2 24th June 2025.

Close-up of the white tail of a twin engined blue and white jet airliner taxiing from left to right. The planes white engines are mounted on the sides of the rear fuselage, and have small "Fokker F100" text at the front. The planes tail is white, with large blue letters "KLM" under a stylised blue crown in the middle. Yellowing grass fills the background, with a black taxiway stretching across the top of the frame.

PH-KL*, Fokker F100, KLM, at Berlin Tegel, 26th September 1996.