Manchester

Photo of the Day 3rd July 2025.

mancavgeek

03 Jul 2025 • 1 min read

HZ-AKD, Boeing 777-268ER, Saudi Arabian Airlines, parked on it's gate and heading a busy line-up on Terminal 2 at Manchester Airport, 4th February 2016, as seen from the top of the T1 car park.

'Throw Thursday 3rd July 2025.

High side view of a high-winged, twin propellor-engined airliner facing to the right but being pushed back to the left by an out-of-frame tug attached to the nose-wheel by a long blue pole. The plane is mostly white, with a grey belly, and a thick, light blue stripe running along the body. There are black "LuxAir" titles on the upper forward fuselage, between the cockpit windows and the wing. The tail is white, with the blue outline of a circle containing a rather angular, blue, stylised flying bird, and the black registration "LX-LGK" on a fillet at the front. Grey concrete apron with occasional damp patches fill the rest of the frame.

LX-LGK, Fokker 27-200 Friendship, LuxAir, being pushed back from it's stand in front of The GlassHouse on the top of The Queens Building, 1989 or 1990.

Bonus Photo of the Day 3rd July 2025.

Somewhat grainy shot of a high-winged, twin propellor-engined airliner flying from right to left at a very low altitude, with it's undercarriage extended and flaps deployed from the rear of the wings, suggesting it is about to land. The plane is mostly white, with a blue belly and blue stripe running along the body just below the passenger cabin window, the latter overlaid with blue "Compagnie Corse Mediterranee" titles. The tail is dark blue, with stylised white waves and golden birds. Pale blue skies with fluffs of white cloud fill the background, with a white helicopter flying at the bottom of the frame.

F-GKPH, ATR-72-202, Compagnie Corse Méditerranée, on final approach to the runway at Nice Côte d'Azur, 9th October 1996, as seen from the rocky beach behind the CAP3000 supermarket.