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Photo of the Day 25th July 2025.

mancavgeek

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Side view of a twin engined jet airliner flying from left to right at a very low altitude

EI-EZW, Airbus A320-214, Virgin Atlantic, climbing out of Runway 23 Right at Manchester Airport, 27th September 2013, as seen from the Runway Visitor Park.

This was operating one of the short-lived MAN-LHR flights, widely thought to have been a ploy to keep some of their un-used Heathrow slots.

The plane was leased from Aer Lingus, which was amusing, given that Aer Lingus is a subsidiary of British Airways (one of Virgin's main rivals - including on this route!) parent company.

On This Day 25th July 1992.

Side view of a white, twin engined jet airliner taxiing from left to right. The planes engines are mounted on the sides of the rear fuselage, under the red and blue tail. There are large red "CSA" titles on the forward fuselage, above smaller blue text in Czech that translates to "CzechSlovak Airlines". A thin blue and red stripe runs along the body from the black nose-cone. The tail is red and blue, with white letters "OK" on the red part. The main landing gear is in a strange position, at least compared to more modern airliners, attached to pods at the rear of the wing, about 1/3rd of the wingspan out from the body. A grey taxiway fills the foreground, separated from another taxiway by a wide strip of grass in the background. Various buildings, mostly temporary, pre-fabricated buildings, stretch across the background, with a large, green, box-like metal frame on the left behind the airport fire station, while the tails of several other airliners can be seen in the top right corner., under bright but hazy sky.

OK-EFK, Tupolev TU-134A, CSA CzechSlovak Airlines, taxiing to it's gate at Manchester Airport, 25th July 1992.

There looks to be an Aviaco MD-80 parked amongst the usual HS-748's behind Dan Air Engineering.

Frankfurt Friday 25th July 2025.

Side view of a very large, 4 engined jet airliner taxiing from left to right. The plane is mostly white, with dark blue "Condor" titles on the upper forward fuselage, between the 2 passenger decks. There is the blue outline of a circle, containing a blue stylised flying bird under the cockpit windows, a logo repeated in a larger form on the bright yellow tail. The registration "D-ABTD" is on the lower rear fuselage, next to a German flag. Grey concrete apron fills the foreground, with a low, brown building stretching across the background, almost hidden by this behemoth of an aeroplane. Trees line the horizon, slowly fading into the hazy grey sky.

D-ABTD, Boeing 747-430(M), Condor, passing in front of the terraces on top of Terminal 1 at Frankfurt Airport, 2nd November 1993.