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Photo of the Day 7th October 2025.

mancavgeek

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Front side view of the nose and forward fuselage of a high-winged, 4 propellor-engined military cargo plane parked facing to the right.

KAF324, Lockheed L100-30 Hercules (the civilian version of the C-130 Hercules), Kuwait Air Force, on static display at Fairford International Air Tattoo, some time in the 1990's.

On This Day 7th October 1996.

Side view of a twin-engined BizProp parked facing to the left.

F-GNEG, Beech King Air 200, Air Ailes, at Lyon Bron, 7th October 1996.

On This Day 2 7th October 1996.

Side view of a twin propellor-engined airliner parked facing to the right. The plane is mostly white, with diagonal dark blue stripes with light blue piping along the leading and trailing edges of the tail, running down to loop under the rear fuselage. Overlaid with a stylised red flying bird over a blue ord. A larger version of the red bird logo adorns the rear fuselage, as well as a smaller version with small "Regional" titles under the cockpit. There are larger "Regional" titles on the upper forward fuselage, and the black registration "F-GMVB" on the upper rear. Thin dark and light blue stripes run along the length of the engine pods in front of the wings. Sandy-grey concrete apron marked with yellow lines for planes to follow fills the foreground, with trees in the distance, under grim, hazy sky.

F-GMVB, Saab 2000, Regional Airlines, at Lyon Satolas, 7th October 1996.

Tails Tuesday 7th October 2025.

The rear fuselage of a 3 engined jet airliner, with the engines mounted on the top and sides of the rear fuselage, parked facing to the left. The plane is mostly white, with green stripe running along the top of the rear fuselage under the centre engine, sweeping diagonally up into the white tail, where it is joined by a diagonal red stripe. The black registration "LZ-BTQ" is on the centre engine intake, while the side mounted engine has black text "Tupolev 154M". A dark brown brisk building in the background is partially hidden by the tail, with a taxiway beyond that, and blue airport vans parked in front of some grey pre-fabricated buildings in the distance.

LZ-BTQ, Tupolev TU-154M, Balkan Bulgarian, parked on it's gate on Pier B at Manchester Airport, some time before March 1996.