Manchester

Photo of the Day 26th September 2025.

mancavgeek

26 Sep 2025 • 1 min read

9V-SML, Airbus A350-941, Singapore Airlines, rolling for take-off on Runway 23 left, at Manchester Airport, 15th May 2019, as seen from one of the South Side mounds.

On This Day 26th September 1996.

Side view of a high-winged, twin propellor-engined airliner flying from right to left at a low altitude, with undercarriage being stowed away, and flaps extended from the rear of the wing, as well as the nose being raised, suggesting it has just taken off. The plane is mostly white, with black "Croatia Airlines" on the upper forward fuselage, and a blue belly. The black registration "9A-CTT" is on the upper rear fuselage, next to a small Croatian flag,, as well as under the left wing. The front of the tail is the same blue as the belly, with the rest being white, with a red triangle that fades to white. Flat grey sky fills the rest of the frame.

9A-CTT, ATR42-300, Croatia Airlines, sailing past the viewing terraces after taking off from Berlin Tegel, 26th September 1996.

On This Day 2 26th September 1996.

Side view of a high-winged, single engined light aircraft taxiing from right to left after landing on a black runway. The plane is white, with dark blue stripes running along the body and up into the bottom of the tail, with black registration "D-EILZ" on the rear fuselage. A wide, black runway stretches from the middle rear of the frame to the right edge, with green grass filling the foreground and the sides. There are black boards with white numbers on the left of the frame. White apartment buildings with red roofs are nestled in trees in the distance, under hazy, flat grey skies.

D-EILZ, Cessna TR182 Turbo Skylane RG II, at Berlin Schonefeld, 26th September 1996.

Frankfurt Friday 26th September 2025.

Side view of a 3 engined jet airliner taxiing from right to left. The plane is mostly red, with a wide white stripe running along the body, covering the passenger cabin windows, and a grey lower fuselage. There are small red "LTU" titles on the forward fuselage, just aft of the cockpit windows, with large white "LTU" titles on the tail. The centre engine intake at the front of the tail is white, with the black text "TriStar". Grey concrete apron fills the foreground, with a grey terminal building stretching across the background, with a very large white jet airliner with a blue and yellow tail on the left of the frame., under grey sky.

D-AERE, Lockheed L1011-1 TriStar, LTU, taxiing out to the runway at Frankfurt Airport, 1993.