Manc AvGeek – Page 3 – Adventures in Planespotting

Photo of the Day 11th November 2023

Posted on November 11, 2023November 12, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner taxiing from right to left. The plane has a white top half with a grey bottom half, with red cheatlines running along the body, and red "Lauda" titles on the upper forward fuselage. The tail has a pair of red capital letter "L"s, one nestled in the angle of the other. In the background, a red and white metal barrier seperates two taxiways, with grass beyond that. — OE-ILG, Boeing 737-3Z9, Lauda Air, at London Gatwick, some time in the 1990s.

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Photo of the Day 10th November 2023

Posted on November 10, 2023November 8, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a single engined light aircraft flying from left to right at a low altitude. The plane is mostly white, with a red and yellow cheatline running along the body, with the registration "G-BLTW" overlaid in black on the rear fuselage. The tail is white, with a yellow-red-yellow stripe running from front to back. The planes cockpit has a large bubble canopy, with the sun reflecting strongly off the front. In the background, grey cloud fills the frame, with hints of blue peeking through. — G-BLTW, Slingsby T67 Firefly, on final approach to Runway 24 Manchester Airport, as seen from the Airport Hotel, some time after April 1994.

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Photo of the Day 9th November 2023

Posted on November 9, 2023November 7, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a high-winged, 4 propellor-engined cargo plane taxiing from right to left. The plane has white upper surfaces and grey sides and belly, with a blue, red, and blue cheatline running along the body, with "HeavyLift" titles in red and blue overlaid on both the front and rear fuselage. The tail is red, with a large capital latter "H", with a massive blue drop shadow. IN the background, grass and a black runway lead off to trees in the far distance, slowly vanishing into the haze that fills the rest of the frame. — G-HLFT, Shorts SC-5 Belfast C1, Heavylift, taxiing out to Runway 24 at a misty Manchester Airport, some time in the early 1990s.

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Photo of the Day 8th November 2023

Posted on November 8, 2023November 7, 2023 by mancavgeek

Rather backlit side view of a twin propellor engined airliner flying from left to right at a very low level, with undercarriage lowered and flaps extended from the rear of the wings, suggesting it is just about to land. The plane has a grey top and a dark blue belly, with a thin red stripe running along the middle of the body. There are black "British Airways" titles on the upper forward fuselage. In the backgroune, the sky is a very pale blue, getting whiter and brighter towards the bottom of the frame under the plane, suggesting that the sun is very low in the sky, the shadows on thkis side of the plane suggesting that the sun is shining brightly on the other side. — G-BTPE, British Aerospace Advanced TurboProp (ATP) crossing the airport perimeter fence on final approach to Runway 24 at Manchester Airport, some time in the 1990s.

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Photo of the Day 7th November 2023

Posted on November 7, 2023 by mancavgeek

Rear view of a 4 propellor-engined airliner taxiing away from the camera and slightly to the right. The plane is mostly white, with a red and blue stripe separating that from the blue belly. There are red "British Air Ferries" on the upper forward fuselage, and the registration "G-CSZB" on the lower rear fuselage in white. In the background, grey apron leads up to grass, which fills the rest of the frame. — G-CSZB, Vickers 804 Viscount, British Air Ferries, at Manchester Airport, some time in the early 1990s.

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Photo of the Day 6th November 2023

Posted on November 6, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin propellor engined airliner taxiing from left to right, seen from a slightly elevated viewpoint. The plane is mostly white, with a light blue and grey stripe running along the body, repeated diagonally on the tail. There are large "Luxair" and smaller "Commuter" titles in black on the upper forward fuselage, with the flags of both the EU and Luxembourg a bit further back. The registration "LX-LGL" is on the rear fuselage in black. In the background, grey concrete apron fills most of the screen, with red-painted concrete with yellow hatchingdelineating a non-accessible area in the middle. — LX-LGL, Embraer EMB120 Brasilia, Luxair, at Manchester Airport, some time in the 1990s.

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Photo of the Day 5th November 2023

Posted on November 5, 2023November 3, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner taxiing from right to left. The plane has a white top half with a grey belly, seperated with a thick light blue stripe with thinner yellow and red stripes at the bottom, and a dark blue stripe at the top, sweeping up in to the tail. There are blue "Olympic" titles on the upper fuselage. In the background, a grey terminal with yellow airbridges, some attached to grey planes, is on the upper right of the frame, and with a couple of hangars, one blue, one brown, with some bizjets parked in front. Hi-rise buildings in the distance dominate the left of the frame, under a grey sky. — SX-BEI, Airbus A300B4-103, Olympic Airways, at London Heathrow, some time in the 1990s.

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Photo of the Day 4th October 2023

Posted on November 4, 2023November 4, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a 3 engined jet airliner taxiing from right to left and slightly towards the left of the camera. The plane is mostly white, with a grey belly, and thick red, white, and blue stripes running along the body, the white stripe covering the passenger cabin windows. There are blue "Rich International" titles on the upper fuselage, partially overlaid on the red stripe. In the background, In the background, baggage carts and mobile air stairs adorn the apron on the right of the frame, whie a white jet airliner pokes into the middle of the frame from the left, while a cluster of 5 planes, mostly in blues, greys, and white, face out of the frame at the top left, with a red and white striped barrier beyond them stretching across most of the frame. — N304EA, Lockheed L1011-1 TriStat, Rich International, at London Gatwick, 26th July 1995.

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Photo of the Day 3rd November 2023

Posted on November 3, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner taxiing from left to right and slightly towards the camera. The plane is mostly white, with a dark blue belly, and thin blue and red stripes on the lower fuselage, and red "Istanbul Airlines" titles on the forward upper fuselage. The tail is dark blue, with a white circle containing an image of a red tulip. In the background, grass and taxiways fill the rest of the screen. — TC-AGA, Boeing 737-4Y0, Istanbul Airlines, at Manchester Airport, some time in the 1990s.

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Photo of the Day 2nd November 2023

Posted on November 2, 2023November 1, 2023 by mancavgeek

G-ORFH, ATR42-320, Gill Air, at Manchester Airport, some time between June 1996 and October 1997.

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