Manchester

Photo of the Day 5th May 2025.

mancavgeek

05 May 2025 • 1 min read

G-PITZ, Pitts S-2A Special, at Manchester Barton, some time in the 1990s.

Manchester Monday 5th May 2025.

Side view of a long and thin, white and red, 4 jet-engined cargo plane taxiing from right to left. The plane is mostly white, with a grey belly, and a thick red stripe running along the body. There are red "Air Canada Cargo" titles on the upper forward fuselage, with blue "Express" titles just below. The tail is red, with the white outline of a circle, with a white maple leaf in the middle. Grey concrete apron fills the foreground. A white, 3 engined jet airliner with a red stripe running along the body and black "MartinAir" titles on the centre engine is in the background, with black buildings beyond that, under grey skies.

C-FTIK, Douglas DC-8-73AF, Air Canada Cargo, taxiing out to the runway at Manchester Airport, some time between October 1993 and October 1994.

Manchester Monday 2 5th May 2025.

Side view of a white, twin engined airliner taxiing from left to right. The plane is almost entirely white, with blue "FinnAir" titles on the upper rear fuselage, and white "Cargo" titles outlined in blue on the upper forward fuselage. There is a blue circle with a stylised letter "f" with a long tail in the middle on the nose under the cockpit. The registration "TF-ABJ" is on the lower rear fuselage in blue. Grey concrete apron fills the foreground, and leading up to brown buildings with red trim in the background, with trees behind them in the distance.

TF-ABJ, Boeing 737-210C, FinnAir Cargo, taxiing to the World Freight Centre at Manchester Airport, some time in the early 1990s.

Manchester Monday 3 5th May 2025.

Side view of a white, twin engined jet airliner with the engines mounted on the sides of the rear fuselage, flying from left to right at a very low altitude, with undercarriage lowered and flaps extended from behind the wings, suggesting it is about to land. There are dark blue "Tarom" on the lower forward fuselage. The tail is dark blue, with a white circle containing a dark blue flying bird. Several bright lights are shining forward from under the wings. Flat grey sky fills the rest of the frame.

YR-BCI, British Aircraft Corporation 1-11-525FT, Tarom, on final approach to Runway 24 at Manchester Airport, some time in the 1990s, as seen from Ringway Road.

Manchester Monday 4 5th May 2025.

Side view of a white, 3 engined jet airliner facing the right but being pushed back to the left by a low-slung blue and grey tug attached to the nosewheel. The plane has a grey belly, with blue "CaribJet" titles running diagonally down the leading edge of the tail. The registration V2-LEO is on the upper rear fuselage in black, and there are red "TriStar 500" on the centre engine intake. 2 men in hi-viz jackets are standing between the plane's nosewheel and the tug. Grey concrete apron fills the foreground, as well as a large chunk of the background, partly separated by a grassed are on the left of the frame. A pair of large, grey hangars dominate the background, with a pair of other planes parked in front - a grey and almost black twin propellor-engined airliner on the left, and a white twin engined jet airliner with a dark blue and yellow tail on the right. It is obviously dusk, the whole scene being illuminated by bright lights, giving the whole image a slight yellow cast., with grey-blue sky visible between the hangars.

V2-LEO, Lockheed L-1011-500 TriStar, CaribJet, being pushed back from it's stand on Pier C at Manchester Airport, one evening in 1996 or 1997.