Manchester

Photo of the day 27th February 2025.

mancavgeek

27 Feb 2025 • 1 min read

N750GF, Cessna 750 Citation X, taxiing off Runway 23 Left after landing at Manchester Airport, 30th November 2016.

'Throw Thursday 27th February 2025.

Low side view of a very large, 4 engined jet airliner flying from right to left at a very low altitude, with flaps fully deployed from behind the wings and the undercarriage extended, suggesting it is about to lane. The plane is mostly white, with a dark blue belly and engine pods, dark blue £British Airways" titles on the forward fuselage, and a curled ribbon on the forward upper deck, red on one side and blue on the other. There is a red, blue, and red wavy stripe on the tail. Cloudy grey skies fill the rest of the frame.

G-BNLY, Boeing 747-436, British Airways, on final approach to Runway 27 Left over Myrtle Avenue at London Heathrow, 11th July 2014.

'Throw Thursday 2 27th February 2025.

Side view of a white, high-winged, twin propellor-engined airliner taxiing from left to right. The plane has a thick, pale blue stripe running along the body, a grey belly, and black "LuxAir" titles on the upper forward fuselage. The pale blue tail has the thin outline of a white circle, with a stylised, angular flying bird in the middle. Concrete apron fills the foreground, with large sections of grass marking the edges of taxiways and a runway in the background.

LX-LGC, Fokker F50, LuxAir, taxiing past the spotting deck on The Queens Building at London Heathrow, some time in the 1990s.

'Throw Thursday 3 27th February 2025.

Side view of a white, twin engined jet airliner with the engines mounted on the sides of the rear fuselage, parked facing to the right by a terminal building that stretches all the way across the frame. The plane has a blue stripe running along the body covering the passenger cabin windows, and blue "Adria Airways" titles on the upper forward fuselage. The tail is white, with a blue square containing a white circle, itself containing a couple of blue caret marks. Under the tail , a set of built-in airstairs descends from the rear fuselage, between the engines. The tips of the wing are painted a bright red. Concrete apron fills the foreground, with some metal luggage containers parked right at the bottom. A couple of peoples heads can be seen in the bottom right corner of the frame. In the background, a white jet airliner with an orange and yellow stripe running along the body and over the top of the front fuselage can be seen, also parked facing to the right.

SL-ABE, McDonnell Douglas MD-81, Adria Airways, parked at it's gate at London Heathrow some time between December 1991 and April 1993, as seen from The GlassHouse on The Queens Building.

I believe the "SL-" registry for Slovenia was unofficial, used after the seccesion of Slovenia from Yugoslavia until the " S5-" registry was introduced.

'Throw Thursday 4 27th February 2025.

Side view of a white, twin engined jet airliner with the engines mounted on the sides of the rear fuselage, facing to the left but being pushed back to the right by an out of frame tug attached to the nose-wheel by a long white pole. The plane has large blue "Tarom" titles on the lower forward fuselage, and a blue tail with a white circle containing a stylised blue flying bird. Grey concrete apron fills the foreground, with a grey terminal building stretching across the frame in the background, with the white, blue, and red tail of another jet airliner on the left of the frame.

YR-BCM, British Aircraft Corporation 1-11-525FT, Tarom, being pushed back from it's gate at London Heathrow, some time between January 1994 and July 1997, as seen from the roof terrace on The Queens Building.