Manchester

Photo of the Day 27th March 2025.

mancavgeek

27 Mar 2025 • 1 min read

G-BUDZ, Boeing 757-236, in basic Ambassador Airways colours but with NationAir Canada titles and tail logo, taxiing out to Runway 24 at Manchester Airport, some time between June and September 1992, as seen from the much-loved and much-missed terraces on top of Terminal 1 (or "The Terminal" as it was known back then!).

'Throw Thursday27th March 2025.

Side view of a white, 4 engined jet airliner flying from left to right at a low altitude, with undercarriage lowered and flaps extended from behind the wings, suggesting it is about to land. The plane has purple "Virgin Atlantic" titles on the upper forward fuselage, with black "A340-600" titles a bit further forward and lower. The engine pods mounted under the wings are red. The tail and part of the rear fuselage are the same red, outlined in purple, with seemingly hand-written white "Virgin" titles. There is an image of a woman wearing a red leotard and trailing a Union Flag from her arms in a flying pose under the cockpit windows.

G-VYOU, Airbus A340-642, Virgin Atlantic, on final approach to Runway 09 Left at London Heathrow, 18th March 2016, as seen from Stanwell Moor Road.

Bonus Photo of the Day 26th March 2025.

Side view of a long, thin, and pointy white, 4 engined jet airliner, taxiing from left to right along a black runway. There is a thin, red stripe running along the body, with a red arrowhead just behind the cockpit. There are black "British Airways" titles on the lower forward fuselage. The top of the tail is dark blue, with a white crest, while the bottom half has a blue triangle and diagonal red stripe. The registration "G-BOAB" is on the lower rear fuselage in black. In the foreground, a large crowd is gathered, watching the plane, separated from it by a large area of grass. More grass is visible in the background under the planes body, leading up to tall trees in the distance, under fluffy grey clouds.

G-BOAB, British Aircraft Corporation Concorde 102, British Airways, Taxiing along the runway after landing at Farnborough Airshow, some time in the 1990s.