Photo of the Day 9th March 2025.

mancavgeek

09 Mar 2025 • 1 min read

G-FOLD, Avid Flyer Speed Wing, in one of the hangars at Manchester Barton, some time in the 1990s.

On This Day 9th March 1996.

Side view of a white, twin engined jet airliner parked facing to the right. There is a hatch open in the lower forward fuselage, with a white luggage belt raised up to load bags into the plane. Baggage carts are parked in front of the plane's nose. A door is open in the rear fuselage, with the body of a white truck with blue "Dobb's" titles on the side raised up to allow access through this door. A fuel truck is parked by the side of the plane's right engine. A white airbridge is attached to the forward door on the far side of the plane. In the background, the tail of a white and yellow jet airliner is parked facing to the right on the right of the frame. In the background, a white, twin engined jet airliner with a red and gold stripe running along the body and red "Air 2000" titles on the upper forward fuselage and tail, is parked in front of a grey terminal building that stretches across the frame, slowly being buried in mist.

G-BWKN, Airbus A320-212, Excalibur Airways, at London Gatwick, 9th March 1996.

On This Day 9th March 2017.

Side view of a white and grey, single propellor-engined BizProp taxiing from right to left after landing on a runway. Grey and black stripes swoop from under the forward fuselage, over the wing, and under the fuselage again, with some also swirling over the rear fuselage. Green grass fills most of the foreground, with yellow signage, facing away from the camera, stretching across most of the bottom of the frame. A large, grey terminal building stretches across the background, under grey skies.

M-IRTH, Pilatus PC-12/47E, Wingmen Lmited, during it's landing roll on Runway 23 Right at Manchester Airport, as seen from one of the South Side mounds, 9th March 2017.