Manchester

Photo of the Day 7th June 2025.

mancavgeek

07 Jun 2025 • 1 min read

G-EZBC, Airbus A319-111, EasyJet, taxiing out to the Runway at Manchester Airport, 4th February 2016, as seen from the Runway Viewing Park.

Gat On A Sat 7th June 2025.

View from pretty much underneath of a high-winged, twin propellor-engined airliner flying from left to right at a low altitude, with flaps extended from the rear of the wings and undercarriage already retracted, suggesting it has just taken off. The plane is mostly extremely purple, with a wide yellow and slightly narrower red band around the rear fuselage, and a white tail and tail-cone. There are white "Flybe" titles over 6 white dots on the forward fuselage, repeated under the belly, and white text "Faster than road or rail" on the sides of the engines under the wings. The white registration "G-JECF" is on the bottom of the left wing. There are blue "Flybe" Titles on the tail. Spinning vapour trails are visible around the engine pods, created by the propellor blades spinning through damp air. Grey sky fills the rest of the frame.

G-JECF, De Haviland Canada DHC-8-402Q Dash 8, FlyBe, clearing the perimeter fence after taking off from Runway 08 Right at London Gatwick, 12th September 2014.

Check out the vapour trails from those props!

Gat On A Sat 2 7th June 2025.

Side view of a very large, 4 engined jet airliner flying from right to left at a low altitude, with flaps extended from the rear of the wings, the undercarriage already tucked away, and the nose raised sharply, suggesting it has just taken off. The plane is mostly white, with a grey belly, and a green and blue stripe running along the body, covering the lower deck cabin windows., with blue "Air New Zealand" titles at the rear of the upper deck. The tail is mostly dark blue, with a green streak at the front and top, and a stylised white wave in the middle. Grey cloudy sky with patches of blue fill the rest of the frame.

ZK-NBS, Boeing 747-419, Air New Zealand, powering out of Runway 09 at London Gatwick, 31st May 1992.

Gat On A Sat 3 7th June 2025.

Side view of a high-winged, 4 engined jet airliner taxiing from right to left, with flaps extended from the rear of the wings, suggesting it is going out to a runway for takeoff. The plane is mostly white, with a thin blue stripe running along the body, overlaid with diagonal red "Alpine" titles below the passenger cabin windows just ahead of the wings, and blue "Flightlines" titles on the upper forward fuselage. The black registration "G-HWPB" is on the upper rear fuselage, partially obscured by the wing. The tail is white, with a blue and white stylised image of a snow-capped mountain, with short, light blue lines on it's leeward side. Grey concrete apron fills the foreground, with an angled red and white metal barrier on the right of the frame, while wide strips of green grass line a black runway in the background.

G-HWPB, British Aerospace 146-200A, Flightline, operating flights for Alpine Aviation, heading out to Runway 27 (in the background) at London Gatwick, 26th July 1995.

Gat On A Sat 4 7th June 2025.

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner with the engines mounted on the sides of the rear fuselage, facing to the right but being pushed back to the left by an out-of-frame tug attached to the planes nosewheel. The plane is mostly white, with a trio of dark blue pinstripes running along the lower fuselage under the passenger cabin windows, and dark blue "Centennial" titles on the upper forward fuselage, repeated on the sides of the engine pods. The black registration "EC-FVV" is on the upper rear fuselage, next to a small image of a Spanish flag, just aft of the engines. The tail is mostly dark blue, with 2 thin lighter blue stripes and a similar red stripe at the bottom, all outlined in white. The foreground is mostly filled with grey concrete apron, with the white and red tail of a small jet airliner poking out from behind the corner of a dark grey terminal engine on the bottom right of the frame. A grey and dark blue, very large 4 engined airliner is taxiing across the frame from left to right in the background, with a white and black 3 engined jet airliner taxiing from right to left towards the runway beyond that.

EC-FVV, McDonnell Douglas MD-83, Centennial Airlines, being pushed back from it's stand as it sets out off to Runway 27 at London Gatwick, some time between April 1995 and October 1996.