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Photo of the Day 5th June 2025.

mancavgeek

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Side view of a twin engined light aircraft flying from left to right at a low altitude, with flaps extended from behind the wings.

G-AKKB, Miles M.65 Gemini 1A, performing a display flight at an airshow at Manchester Barton, some time in the 1990s.

On This Day 5th June 1993.

Side view of a twin engined BizJet flying from left to right at a low altitude. The plane has it's undercarriage lowered and flaps extended from the rear of the wing, suggesting it is about to land. There is a thin red stripe running along the body, as well as over the engine pods, , with red "Bosal" titles also on the sides of the engines. The red registration "OO-OSA" is on the tail, partially obscured by the horizontal stabiliser. Bright but hazy sky fills the rest of the frame.

OO-OSA, Cessna S550 Citation S/II, Bosal, on final approach to Runway 24 at Manchester Airport, 5th June 1993.

On This Day 5th June 2015.

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner moving from right to left. The plane is mostly a shiny silvery-grey, with red "jet2" billboard-stye titles (the "2" in white) on the forward fuselage, with additional red "22kg bag allowance" and "Allocated Seats" text next to large white check marks on the upper fuselage. There are large white and grey "Jet2[dot]com" titles on the bright red tail, as well as on the engine pods mounted under the wings. The engines also have smaller, white "Friendly low fares" in an almost hand-written font. Taxiways lined with vivid green grass stretch across the foreground, while a grey terminal building stretches across the background, with several other planes visible parked in front, all under blue-grey sky.

G-LSAI, Boeing 757-21B, Jet2, rolling for takeoff on Runway 23 Right at Manchester Airport, as seen from one of the South Side mounds, 5th June 2015.

'Throw Thursday 5th June 2025.

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner facing to the right but being pushed back to the left by an almost out-of-frame green tug. The plane has white upper surfaces and a grey belly, with a light blue stripe running along the body covering the passenger cabin windows, with additional blue pinstripe above, and yellow and red pinstripes below. There are dark blue "Olympic" titles on the upper fuselage over the wings, with a stylised Greek flag partially covered by an EU flag between the forward and mid-cabin doors. The tail is dark blue, with a series of linked, multi-coloured rings, and the white letter "H" at the top. The grey flat roof of a building fills the bottom of the photo, while green grass lines a runway and a taxiway in the background, with trees and buildings leading off in to the distance, slowly vanishing into grey haze.

SX-BEH, Airbus A300B4-103, Olympic Airways, being pushed back from it's stand at London Heathrow, some time in the late 1990s.

'Throw Thursday 2 5th June 2025.

Side view of a 3 engined jet airliner with the engines mounted on the rear fuselage, taxiing from left to right. The plane is mostly white, with a thick blue stripe running along the body, covering the passenger cabin windows, as well as over the engines mounted on the sides of the fuselage. There are also large, blue "LOT" titles on the forward fuselage, with smaller blue Polish titles that translate into English as "Polish Air Lines". The tail is the same dark blue, with a white circle containing a stylised image of a blue flying bird. Grey concrete apron fills the foreground, with green grass bordering taxiways and a runway in the background leading up to a red and grey hangar next to a blue and grey hangar, both with planes parked in front, under bright but hazy sky.

SP-LCN, Tupolev TU-154M, Lot Polish Airlines, at London Heathrow, some time before August 1994.