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Photo of the Day 27th August 2025.

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Photo of the Day 27th August 2025.
Side view of a single-engined light aircraft parked on grass facing to the left.

G-AZGF, Beagle B.121Pup 100 Srs 1, at Manchester Barton, some time in the 1990s.

Winglet Wednesday 27th August 2025.

Close-up of the blue upturned wing-tip of a jet airliner taxiing from right to left. The plane is white on top with a blue belly, and a yellow stripe separating the 2 sections. There is diagonal yellow text "RyanAir" on the winglet, and blue registration "EI-FOO" on the upper rear fuselage. Tree-covered hills in the background lead up to hazy grey sky.

EI-FOO, Boeing 737-8AS, RyanAir, taxiing past the Runway Visitor Park on its way to the terminal after landing on Runway 23 Right at Manchester Airport, 4th October 2017.

Bonus Photo of the Day 27th August 2025.

Side view of a high-winged, 4 engined jet airliner taxiing from right to left with flaps drooping behind the wings, suggesting it has just landed. The plane is mostly white, with a thin red and blue stripe running along the body, getting wider as it moves rearwards, before sweeping up to fill the tail. The blue registration "G-BUHC" . Yellowing grass fills the foreground at the bottom of the frame, with what appear to be lights on a pair of brown wooden poles next to a taxiway. Several other planes can be seen in the background behind this planes nose, with rows of trees in the distance under grey-blue sky.

G-BUHC, British Aerospace 146-30, in basic Dan Air colours but operated by the manufacturer, landing at Farnborough after performing a display flight at the annual air show, 10th September 1994.

Bonus Photo of the Day 2 27th August 2025.

Side view of a single engined light helicopter hovering a couple of metres above the ground. The helicopter is all white, with the black registration "G-OBBI" ion the tail boom. The tail-boom ends with a shrouded fan, buried in the tail. Two men wearing black t-shirts can be seen in the extensively glazed cockpit. Green grass in the background fills the bottom of the frame, while blue sky and sheets of white cloud fills the top.

G-OBBI, Guimbal Cabri G2, coming in for a landing at Blackpool Squires Gate, 21st August 2025.