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Photo of the Day 7th February 2025.

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Side view of a long, thin, twin propellor-engined airliner flying from left to right

D-CAVA, Swearingen SA227-AC Metro III, BinAir, on final approach to Runway 23 Right at Manchester Airport, as seen from Shadowmoss Road.

Fuselage Friday 7th February 2025.

Close-up side view of the corrugated metal fuselage of a pre-World War 2 airliner parked facing to the right. Centred in the frame is the large black registration "D-AQUI" on the rear fuselage. Grey concrete apron fills the rest of the frame in the background.

D-AQUI (Fake registration, actually D-CDLH), Junkers JU-52/3mg8e, Lufthansa, parked on gate 40 at Manchester Airport, where it was performing a series of pleasure flights, 14th September 1992.

Frankfurt Friday 7th February 2025.

Side view of a white, high-winged, twin propellor-engined airliner taxiing from left to right. The plane has a stylised red arrowhead on the forward fuselage, just below and aft of the cockpit, and red "Austrian" titles on the lower fuselage. The same arrowhead is on the white engine pods, in a slightly smaller form. There are 2 red stripes at the top of the tail, and a red stylised upper-case letter "R" at the base, with the registration "OE-LRU" at the bottom in black. Grey taxiway fills the foreground, with a 2-storey sandy brown and grey building stretching across the frame in the background. In the distance, acres of grass lead up to cargo planes in front of hangars at the top of the frame.

OE-LRU, De Haviland Canada DHC-8-103 Dash 8, in Austrian Airlines colours but operated by RheintalFlug, at Frankfurt Airport, 21st September 1996.

Bonus Photo of the Day 7th February 2025.

Side view of a white, twin engined jet airliner with the engines mounted on the sides of the rear fuselage, taxiing from right to left. The plane has the silver outline of a leaping lion on the forward fuselage, mauve "British World" titles on the upper fuselage, and a mauve rear fuselage and tail with the silver outline of a leaping lion. Grey apron fills most of the frame, with a white airbridge attached to the edge of a terminal building on the left of the frame. Grassed areas in the distance mark the edges of taxiways at the top of the frame.

G-OBWA, British Aircraft Corporation 1-11-518FG, British World Airlines, taxiing to the terminal at Birmingham Airport, 8th May 1993.

Bonus Photo of the Day 2 7th February 2025.

Side view of a blue, twin engined jet airliner taxiing from left to right. The engines are mounted on the sides of the rear fuselage. The plane has a grey belly, a red stripe running along the side of the fuselage, and white "British Midland" titles on the upper forward fuselage. There is a large red "BM" logo on the blue tail, with a smaller version on the upper forward fuselage just aft of the cockpit. A large grassed are fills the foreground, with more grass leading up to trees in the distance in the background, under grey skies.

G-BVJC, Fokker F100, British Midland, taxiing out to the runway at Edinburgh Airport, 12th January 1995.