Manchester

Photo of the Day 27th September 2025.

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27 Sep 2025 • 1 min read

G-AREV, Piper PA-22-160 Tri-Pacer, taxiing in after landing at Manchester Barton, some time in the 1990s.

On This Day 27th September 1996.

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner with the engines mounted on the sides of the rear fuselage, taxiing from left to right. The plane is largely white, with small, dark blue "KLM CityHopper" titles on the upper forward fuselage, with the registration "PH-KZB" on the upper rear, next to small EU and Dutch flags. The tail and rear fuselage is dark blue, with white diagonal "CityHopper" along the leading edge. Grey concrete apron fills the foreground and most of the background, as well as the background. The rear fuselage of a white jet airliner with a red and white tail is poking into frame on the right, with a blue and white jet airliner on the upper left., it's nose hidden behind a red brick building. A terminal building with a white air-bridge is in the top right of the frame.

PH-KZB, Fokker 70, KLM CityHopper, at Amsterdam Schipol, 27th September 1996.

On This Day 27th September 2013.

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner flying from left to right at a low altitude, with undercarriage starting to be tucked away, flaps extended from the rear of the wings, and the nose raised sharply, suggesting it has just taken off. The plane is mostly white, with blue "British Airways" titles on the lower forward fuselage, under the forward cabin windows, and a dark blue belly. The black registration "G-EUUM" is on the lower rear fuselage, under the rear cabin windows. The engine pods under the wings are also dark blue. The tail is white, with a pair of wavy red lines either side of a wavy blue triangle. Blue sky with smears of white cloud fill the rest of the frame.

G-EUUM, Airbus A320-232, British Airways, leaping into the air from Runway 23 Right at Manchester Airport, 27th September 2013, as seen from the Runway Visitor Park.

Gat On A Sat 27th September 2025.

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner taxiing from left to right. The plane is mostly white, with purple "AB Airlines" on the upper forward fuselage, with smaller green "First For Value" text aft of that. A thin green stripe runs along the body, under the passenger cabin windows. The rear fuselage and tail is purple, with the white registration on top of the fuselage, and large, green, letters "AB" on the tail. The roof of a terminal building fills the foreground, with metal railings on top . Grey concrete apron fills the background, with green grass lining the sides of a black runway in the distance.

G-OABA, Boeing 737-33A, AB Airlines, heading out to the active runway at London Gatwick, some time between May 1998 and September 1999.