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Photo of the Day 30th November 2023

Posted on November 30, 2023November 29, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a red, twin propellor-engined airliner with a yellow cheatline running along the body and white "Royal Mail Skynet" titles on the upper forward fuselage, parked facing to the left, with a large black hangar in the background. — G-BEJE, Hawker Siddeley HS-748 Series 1, Emerald Airways, in Royal Mail Skynet colours, at Manchester Airport, some time in the early 1990s.

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Photo of the Day 24th November 2023

Posted on November 24, 2023November 23, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin engined white jet airliner with blue "Air France" titles on the upper forward fuselage and diagonal blue and red stripes on the tail taxiing from left to right. — G-GINL, Boeing 737-53C, Air France, at Frankfurt Airport, either 1993 or 1996.

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Photo of the Day 22nd November 2023

Posted on November 22, 2023November 21, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner taxiing from left to right. The plane is mostly white, with a deep blue belly that sweeps up to fill most of the rear of the tail, and a red cheatlin running along the body from under the nose and up into the tail, seperating the 2 colours. There are pale blue "Onur Air" titles on the upper forward fuselage, just aft of a Turkish flag (red field with a white star in the center and white crescent offset it the right), and the registration "TC-ONF" on the upper rear fuselage in black. The tail has the red outline of a circle, containing a stylised image of a red flying bird. In the background, a large blue hangar dominates the rest of the frame, with various airstairs, trucks, trailers, and cranes parked randomly in front. — TC-ONF, Airbus A320-231, Onur Air, in basic Leisure Air colours (which themselves look very much like Presidential Airways colours) taxiing to it’s gate at Manchester Airport, somewhere between April 1995 and February 1999.

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Photo of the Day 16th November 2023

Posted on November 16, 2023November 14, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner taxiing from right to left. The plane is mostly white, with a blue belly that sweeps up to fill the tail, and large blue "Airtours" titles on the lower forward fuselage. The tail has an abstract design in pale blue, red, and yellow. In the background, large grassed areas and a runway lead up to a fence, beyond which is a large field surrounded by trees, with a white house nestled in the trees, under a dismal grey sky. — G-TICL, Airbus A320-231, Airtours, taxiing out to Runway 24 at Manchester Airport, as seen from the top of the Terminal 3 car park.

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Photo of the Day 14th November 2023

Posted on November 14, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin propellor-engined airliner flying from left to right at a low altitude with it's undercarriage lowered. The plane is almost entirely white, with a large blue splotch overlaid with a smaller red splotch on the rear fuselage, the same design repeated on the tail, but with the red splotch squared off and with a large white cross in the middle, and the blue splotch having a ring of gold stars in the top left corner. There are blue "Crossair" titles on the upper forward fuselage. In the background, blue sky with wisps of white fill the rest of the frame. — HB-IZY, Saab 2000, Crossair, on final approach to Runway 24 at Manchester Airport, some time after May 1997.

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Photo of the Day 26th October 2023

Posted on October 26, 2023October 25, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner flying from left to right at a very low altitude, with flaps extended from the rear of the wings, and wheels fully deployed, suggesting it is about to land. The plane is mostly white, with grey and yellow "vueling.com" titles on the upper forward fuselage. The the tail and rear fuselage start as white, with a series of grey dots that slowly grow larger and coalesce into a solid gry, with a single yellow dot towards the top right of the tail. The planes upturned wingtips are bright yellow. In the background, a gorgeous blue sky with wisps of grey fills the rest of the frame. — EC-KMI, Airbus A320-216, Vueling, on final approach to Runway 23 Right at Manchester Airport, over the junction of Ringway Road and Shadowmoss Road, 23rd May 2019.

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Photo of the Day 25th October 2023

Posted on October 25, 2023October 25, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner flying from left to right at a very low altitude, with the undercarriage being tucked away, flaps extended from the rear of the wing, and the nose raised significantly, suggesting that it has just taken off. The plane is mostly white, with dark blue "Virgin Atlantic" titles on the forward fuseelage and under the belly. The tail is bright red, with white "Virgin" titles in a pseudo-handwritten font. The engine pods are the same bright red. In the background, the sky is a bright but hazy blue. — EI-EZW, Airbus A320-214, Virgin Atlantic, seconds after leaping off Runway 23 Right at Manchester Airport, 27th September 2013.

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Photo of the Day 11th October 2023

Posted on October 11, 2023October 10, 2023 by mancavgeek

Rear side view of a twin engined bizjet parked facing to the right and away from the camera. The plane is mostly white, with a red and orange stripe running along the body, as well as along the tail and the upturned wingtips. The registration "VP-CMF" is on the engine pods in red. There is a door open on thefar side of the plane, visible under the fuselage, with it's built-inairstairs extended. In the background, grass leads off to trees on the horizon, under a bright white sky. — VP-CMF, Gulfstream IV, at London Luton, some time in the late 1990s.

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Photo of the Day 9th October 2023

Posted on October 9, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner flying from right to left at a very low altitude, with the undercarriage extended, flaps deployed from the rear of the wings, and the nose raised sharply, suggesting it has just taken off. The body is almost completely white, with "AIRFRANCE" titles on the upper forward fuselage, next to a short red ribbon, and the registration "F-GKXM" on the upper rear fuselage. The tail has a seris of 4 diagonal blue lines, each thinner than the previous, and a thicker red line, with a circle of gold stars in the upper left corner. In the background, blue-grey sky fills the rest of the frame. — F-GKXM, Airbus A320-214, Air France, seconds after taking off from Runway 23R at Manchester Airport, 25th March 2015.

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Photo of the Day 7th October 2023

Posted on October 7, 2023October 6, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner being pushed back from it's gate, to the left, by a grey tug attached to the nosewheel, with someone in a hi-viz vest walking alongside the nosewheel, and another person in a hi-viz jacket walking by the wingtip. The plane is mostly white, with a red and orange stripe running along the body and sweeping up in to the tail. There are black "air europe" titles on the upper forward fuselage, next to an Italian flag (vertical green, white, and orange bars), and diagonally on the tail. In the background, a white and red striped metal barrier runs most of the way across the frame from the left, seperating 2 sections of taxiway, with a small construction site at the end. In the background, a runway runs from one side of the frame to the other, lined with buildings on the far side, and with a very large dark blue and grey plane coming in to land, flying just feet above it. Trees lead off in to the distance, meeting a bright but hazy sky. — I-AEJB, Boeing 767-383ER, Air Europe Italia, at London Gatwick, 19th March 1993.

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