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Photo of the Day 27th June 2025.

mancavgeek

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Side view of a single engined, green and white light aircraft parked facing to the left on grass.

G-BCNZ, Fuji FA-200-160, at Manchester Barton, some time in the 1990s.

On This Day 27th June 1991.

Side view of a high-winged, 4 propellor-engined airliner moving at speed from left to right along a black runway, with the propellors merely spinning blurs, and flaps extended from the rear of the wings. The plane is mostly dark blue, with a grey belly, with white "British Midland" titles on the upper forward fuselage, next to a red "BM" logo just behind the cockpit windows. The white registration "G-BOAY" is on the rear fuselage, while the tail has a larger version of the red "BM" logo. Green grass lines the sides of the runway in the foreground, with a taxiway and a grey building in the background.

G-BOAY, De Haviland Canada DHC-7-110 Dash 7, British Midland, landing on Runway 28 Left at London Heathrow, 27th June 1991, as seen from The Glass House on top of The Queens Building.

On This Day 27th June 1992.

Side view of a single-engined light aircraft taxiing from right to left along a black runway. The plane is mostly white, with an engine inside a large shroud in the middle, looking much like a jet engine, with wings sticking out from the side, long twin boom extending from the rear of the wings carrying the tail. The black registration "G-BMPL" is shown on these booms. The cockpit is a complex, heavily glazed ovoid, almost a classic rear-drop shape, sticking out from the front of the engine shroud, and giving the plane an almost insectoid appearance. Lush green grass lines the runway in the foreground, with more grass in the background leading up to trees in the distance, under hazy grey skies.

G-BMPL, Edgely OA.7 Optica, taxiing out for a display flight at the annual Woodford Air Show, 27th June 1992.

On This Day 27th June 2014.

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner taxiing from left to right. The plane is mostly white, with large grey "Helvetic" titles covering the forward passenger cabin windows, above smaller grey "Airways" text. The registration "HB-JVF" is on the white engine pods, mounted on the sides of the rear fuselage. The rear fuselage and tail are red, with a white cross in the middle.

HB-JVF, Fokker 100, Helvetic Airways, turning towards the terminal after landing on Runway 05 Right at Manchester Airport, 27th June 2014, as seen from one of the South Side mounds.

Frankfurt Friday 27th June 2025.

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner taxiing from left to right. The plane is mostly white, with a pale blue belly. There are black "Croatia Airlines" titles on the upper forward fuselage, with the black registration "9A-CTA" on the upper rear, next to a small Croatian flag. The tail is mostly white, with a blue triangle at the base, below a slightly smaller red and white triangle. A low, brown building stretches across the frame from the left, immediately behind this plane, with large areas of green grass separating black runways and grey taxiways that lead up to cream-coloured hangars in the distance, with large green military transports parked around it. Trees line the horizon, under bright but hazy skies.

9A-CTA, Boeing 737-230Adv, Croatia Airlines, at Frankfurt Airport, either 1993 or 1996.