Manchester

Photo of the Day 30th April 2025.

mancavgeek

30 Apr 2025 • 1 min read

Z5722/G-BPIV, Bristol 149 Bolingbroke (a version of the Bristol 142 Blenheim built by Fairchild Canada), in Foyal Air Force colours, taxiing along the runway at the annual Woodford Airshow, some time in the 1990s.

On This Day 30th April 1993.

Side view of a white, high-winged, 4 propellor-engined cargo plane with a heavily glazed nose cone taxiing from left to right. A green and red stripe runs along the body, sweeping under the tail, with another, similar stripe running along the base of the tail before sweeping up at the rear. There are red "Balkan" titles on the upper forward fuselage, under smaller black "Cargo" titles. Green grass fills the foreground, with grey concrete apron and green grass leading up to a couple of hangars in the distance.

LZ-BAF, Antonov AN-12B, Balkan Bulgarian Cargo, taxiing to the cargo ramp after landing at Manchester Airport, 30th April 1993.

On This Day 2 30th April 1993.

Head-on view of a white, boxy, high-winged, twin propellor-engined airliner parked facing the camera. Sponsons sticking out from the bottom of the fuselage contain the main wheels, and are connected to the undersides of the wings by long thin struts. Spinning propellors on the engines are blurred, not quite becoming smears. In the background, a varied array of light aircraft are parked facing in different directions, with a couple of brown and grey buildings at the back, under grey skies.

G-BLZT, Shorts SD3-60-100, Jersey European, at Blackpool Squires Gate, 30th April 1993.