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Photo of the Day 25th September 2025.

mancavgeek

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Side view of a grey and red, twin engined jet airliner taxiing from left to right.

G-CELR, Boeing 737-330(QC), Jet2, taxiing out to Runway 23 Left at Manchester Airport, 4th February 2016, as seen from the Runway Visitor Park.

'Throw Thursday 25th September 2025.

Low side view of a 4 engined jet airliner flying from right to left at a low altitude, with undercarriage being stowed away, and flaps extended from behind the wings, with the nose raised sharply, suggesting it has just taken off. The plane is largely white, with black "Qantas" titles on the upper forward fuselage, between the windows of the 2 passenger decks. The black registration "VH-OQK" is next to a small, Australian flag on the lower rear fuselage, near "Airbus A380" titles. The rear fuselage and tail is covered with a diagonal red band, which has the large silhouette of a white kangaroo in the middle, and the white letters "QK" right at the top. A red triangle with a small white kangaroo is on the upper rear of each of the 4 engines, mounted under the wings. The up- (and down-) turned wingtip fences are also bright red. Flat white clouds fill the background.

VH-OQK, Airbus A380-842, Qantas, powering out of Runway 27 Left at London Heathrow, 22nd March 2018.

Bonus Photo of the Day 25th September 2025.

Front-side view of a twin propellor-engined military transport trainer aircraft parked facing to the right on tarmac behind a low, white, metal fence. The plane has a large red stripe running along the middle of the body, covering the passenger cabin windows, with a red roof and dark blue belly,. The engines mounted on the wing are the same bright red, as is the tail. The nose-cone, and top of the nose in front of the cockpit, is painted matt black. Green grass can be seen in the background, under the plane, with flat grey sky filling the rest of the frame.

WL679, Vickers 668 Varsity T.1, Royal Aircraft Establishment, on display outside the RAF Museum, Cosford, 5th February 1996.