Manc AvGeek – Page 60 – Adventures in Planespotting

Photo of the Day 22nd April 2023

Posted on April 22, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin engined bizjet taxiing from right to left. TRhe plane has a grey belly, with white upper surfaces, seperated by a blue and dark grey stripe. The tail is reversed, the lower half beingwhite while the upper is light grey. Behind is a tarmac runway, with a grassed area behind that, and a ytellow termminal building in the background. There is the body of a very large 4 engined jet airliner with a dark blue belly and a grey body in the top left corner. — N311EL, Gulfstream G-IV, taxiing at London Heathrow, 30th October 1994

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Photo of the Day 21st April 2023

Posted on April 21, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a three engined jet airliner taxiing from left to right. The plane has a light grey belly and white upper half, seperated by a thin gold stripe. There are dark blue "Continental Micronesia" titles on the upper forward fuselage. The tail has a white lower section, up to the top of the centre engine cowling, then the upper section is a dark blue, overlaid with a stylised wireframe globe in white and gold. In the foreground is the tail of a smaller plane, mostly red, with green stripes at the top and bottom. The red section has 3 legs, arranged like the spokes of a wheel, joined at the hip and looking as if they are running/rolling. In the background are a handful of black hangars, with some light aircraft parked in front of them, with trees behind. under a yellow-tinged grey sky — N68044, Douglas DC 10-10, Continental Micronesia, taxiing to the cargo ramp to wait to go into one of the maintenance hangars after landing on Runway 06 at Manchester Airport, 21st May 1994.

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Photo of the Day 20th April 2023

Posted on April 20, 2023October 30, 2024 by mancavgeek

Side view of a high-winged 4 engined jet airliner being pushed off it's stand, facing to the left of frame. The plane is white, with a thin red and yellow stripe running along the fuselage, and an anthropomorphised painting of the head of a red bird with a golden beak, wearing a gold crown. The birds beak is open, with it's tonguewaving. The planes registration "SE-DRA" is prominently displayed on the upper rear fuselage, just forward of the aft door. There is a low-slung light blue vehicle with diagonal yellow and black stripes on its rear attached by a blue bar to the nose of the plane, slightly out of frame on the left. Behind is a slightly larger white twin engined jet airliner with a three-tone blue stripe running along the fuselage, swooping up in to the tail where it becomes a flagpole for a waving half British flag,behind which is a terminal building. In the background, large grassed areas give way to trees in the distance, under a grey sky. — SE-DRA, British Aerospace BAe146-200, Malmo Aviation, being pushed back off Gate 9 at Manchester Airport, 5th March 1993.

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Photo of the Day 19th April 2023

Posted on April 19, 2023 by mancavgeek

CN-NML, Airbus A320-214, Air Arabia Maroc, flying low overRingway Road on final approach to Runway 23R at Manchester Airport, 23rd May 2019.

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Photo of the Day 18th April 2023

Posted on April 18, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner flying at low lebel with landing gear and flaps extended and nose raised, as it takes off. The plane's body is silver, with red and white "Jet2" billboard titles on the forward fuselage, with nred "Friendly low fares" titles over the wing, partially obscured by the wing from this angle. The tail is all red, with white "Jet2.com" titles along the diagonal, and the engines are red, , again with white "jet2.com" titles. Behind is a large grey hangar. — G-JZHJ, Boeing 737-8MG, Jet2, taaking off from Runway 23R at Manchester Airport, 13th March 2017.

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Photo of the Day 17th April 2023

Posted on April 17, 2023 by mancavgeek

Front view of a high-winged 4 engined jet airliner taxiing from right to left. The plane is mostly white, with dark grey and orange "JOTA Aviation" titles on the upper forward fuselage, just aft of the forward door. The rear fuselage has a grey and orange band which swoops up and in to the tail. There is also an orange and grey stripe on the engine cowlings. the foreground is mostly grass, whilegrass and tarmac areas lead off to trees in the distance. The sky is blue, tinged with grey haze. — G-JOTR, British Aerospace Avro RJ85, JOTA Aviation, starting it’s takeoff roll on Runway 23L at Manchester Airport, 26th January 2018.

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Photo of the Day 15th April 2023

Posted on April 15, 2023 by mancavgeek

Low side view of a twin engined jet airliner flying from right to left at low level, it's nose raised as it climbs. The plane's body is mostly white, with a dark blue belly and a yellow rear fuselage, wing tips, and tail. The forward fuselage has large dark blue billboard-style "Monarch" titles, while the tail has a dark blue letter "M" resembling a 3-pointed crown. Behind it, clear blue skies are giving way to white fluffy clouds. — G-OJEG, Airbus A321-231, Monarch, crossing the perimeter after taking off from Runway 08R at London Gatwick, 12th September 2014.

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Photo of the Day 14th April 2023

Posted on April 14, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a three engined jet airliner taxiing from left to right. The plane is mostly white, with a silver belly, with a red stripe running from nose to tail covering the passenger cabin windows. There are black "Martinair Holland" titles on the upper middle fuselage, and "Martinair" titles on the centre engine cowling. The tail has a stylised red letter "M". In the background, a large blue, grey, and white hangar fills the rest of the frame. — PH-MBN, Douglas DC10, Martinair Holland, Douglas DC10-30CF, taxiing in front of a large hangar at Manchester Airport, 13th September 1992.

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Photo of the Day 13th April 2023

Posted on April 13, 2023April 13, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a three engined jet airliner taxiing from right to left just behind a construction site. The planes body and tail is mostly white, with a yellow and red stripe running from the upper forward fuselage down to the cabin windows, then along the body to the rear, while the tail has large letters "iB" in red and yellow respectively, with a golden crown in the top part of the "i". The red stripe on the forward fuselage has white "Iberia" titles. In the background, grassed areas give way to fields and trees, leading off in to the hazy distance. — EC-DDZ, Boeing 727-256, Iberia, taxiing past the construction site that would soon become the British Airways terminal (and later T3) at Manchester Airport, some time in the mid 1990s.

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Photo of the Day 12th April 2023

Posted on April 12, 2023April 13, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin propellor engined high winged air liner taxiing at a quiet airport. The planes body and tail are white, with blue "Air Littoral" titles on the upper forward fuselage. The tail has the blue outline of a circle with 3 stylised flying blue birds. In the background a hill with trees and houses rises up above the airfield. — Photo of the Day 12th April 2023
F-GKOD, ATR72-202, Air Littoral, taxiing at Lyon Satolas, 7th October 1996.

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