Category: Flyover Friday

Side view of a white and red, high-winged, twin-propellor-engined airliner flying from from left to right at a low altitude, with undercarriage lowered and flaps extended from behind the wings, suggesting it is just about to land, with grey slies filling the rest of the frame.

Photo of the Day 22nd March 2024.

Posted on March 22, 2024March 22, 2024 by mancavgeek

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Side view of a white and blue, twin propellor-engined airliner taxiing from right to left, with the right wing and 2 engines of a very large 4 engined jet airliner stretching across the entire frame in the background, the white fuselage just coming in to view on the left side.

Photo of the Day 1st March 2024.

Posted on March 1, 2024February 27, 2024 by mancavgeek

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Side view of a white and blue, twin engined jet airliner with the engines omounted on the rear fuselage, taxiing from right to left, with black hangars dominating the background.

Photo of the Day 23rd February 2024.

Posted on February 23, 2024February 27, 2024 by mancavgeek

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Photo of the Day 9th February 2024.

Posted on February 9, 2024February 8, 2024 by mancavgeek

Side view of a white and red, 3 engined jet airliner, taxiing from left to right and slightly towards the camera, with acres of grass and taxiways in the background. — G-BNNI, Boeing 727-276, Sabre Airways, taxiing to it’s gate at Manchester Airport, some time in the late 1990s.

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Photo of the Day 2nd February 2024.

Posted on February 2, 2024February 2, 2024 by mancavgeek

Front view of a white, red, and blue, high-winged, twin propellor-engined airliner, parked facing slightly to the left of the camera, with a couple of men wearing hi-viz jackets standing by a grey truck by the planes nose. — G-____, Shorts SD3-60, Gill Air, at Manchester Airport, some time in the late 1990s.

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Photo of the Day 26th January 2024.

Posted on January 26, 2024January 26, 2024 by mancavgeek

Side view of a white, yellow, and blue, 3 engined jet airliner with the engines mounted on the rear fuselage, taxiing from right to left, with a wide black hangar with several lifght aircraft in front in the background, under a grim grey sky. — CS-TKB, Boeing 727-2J4, Air Columnbus, taxiing out to Runway 24 at Manchester Airport, some time in 1992 or 1993.

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Photo of the Day 19th January 2024.

Posted on January 19, 2024January 17, 2024 by mancavgeek

Side view of a white, twin engined jet airliner with the engines mounted on the rear fuselage, taxiing from right to left, at a seemingly deserted airport. — F-GGME, Mcdonnell Douglas MD83, AOM, at Paris Orly, either 1993 or 1996.

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Photo of the Day 12th January 2024.

Posted on January 12, 2024 by mancavgeek

Side view of a white, red, and blue, 3 engined jet airliner with the engines mounted on the rear fuselage, turning on to the runway for take off, under ominous grey clouds. — G-NROA, Boeing 727-217, Dan Air, turning on to Runway 24 by the Airport Hotel pub at Manchester Airport, some time in 1992.

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Photo of the Day 5th January 2024.

Posted on January 5, 2024January 5, 2024 by mancavgeek

Side view of a white and red, 3 engined jet airliner flying from left to right at a low altitude, with undercarriage lowered and flaps deployed from the rear of the wings, suggesting it is just about to land. — YL-LAB, Tupolev TU-154B-2, LatAvio, on final approach to Runway 24 at Manchester Airport, some time in the early 1990’s.

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Photo of the Day 29th December 2023.

Posted on December 29, 2023December 26, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a very long and thin white and grey 4 engined jet airliner taxiing from leftto to right, under a bright but hazy sky. — EI-TLC, Douglas DC-8-73, TransLift Airways, taxiing to it’s gate at Manchester Airport, some time between April 1992 and March 1994.
I’m not sire if the pair of Transair Cambodia HS748’s parked in the top right corner of the frame ever ended up being delivered, they were there for a long time!

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