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Photo of the Day 10th October 2023

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

Side view of a single engined light aircraft parked on grass facing to the right. The plane is mostly white, with a red belly, with a blue, white, and red roundel on the rear fuselage, and blue, white, and red fin flash on the tail. the top of the nose cone is painted black. The serial "XX522" is under the horizontal stabiliser on the rear fuselage. The foreground is filled with grass, while in the background, some people are standing on the far side of the plane, their legsvisible under the fuselage. Further back, trees and bushes mark the airfields perimeter, with rolling hills in the far distance, under a hazy grey sky. — XX522/06/G-DAWG, Scottish Aviation Bulldog T.1, in RAF colours, at City Airport Manchester/Barton, 3rd June 2023.

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Photo of the Day 30th September 2023

Posted on September 30, 2023September 27, 2023 by mancavgeek

Low side view of a twin engined jet airliner fying at a very low altitude from left to right, with flaps extended from the rear of the wings and undercarriage safely stowed away, suggesting it has just taken off. The plane is mostly white, the rear fuselage slowly fading to yellow just aft of the wings. There are large, blue, billboard-style "aurigny" titles on the forward fuselage, as well as inverted on the belly, with smaller "Channel Islands" titles on the lower rear fuselage. The engine pods and upturned wingtips are also bright yellow. Above and behind, the sky is a gorgeous blue, with wisps of white cloud. — G-NSEY, Embraer ERJ190-200STD, Aurigny, crossing the perimeter fence after taking off from Runway 08R at London Gatwick, 12th September 2014.

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Photo of the Day 8th September 2023

Posted on September 8, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a 4 engined jet airliner flying from right to left at a very low altitude, with undercarriage lowered, and flaps extended from the rear of the wings. The way the main wheels are angled suggests theat it is just about to land. The plane is mostly white, with a dark blue belly, and a thick grey stripe running along the belly, swooping over the wings and up in to the tail. The engine pods are also dark blue. Grass fills the foreground, while most of the background is made up of trees on the far side of the airfield. with a radar tower visible on a nearby hillside near the centre of the frame. The sky is a flat white. — CS-TFX, Airbus A340-542, HiFly, seconds from landing on Runway 05L at Manchester Airport, 1st October 2015.

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Photo of the Day 15th August 2023

Posted on August 15, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a single engined light aircraft parked on grass, facing to the right. The plane is mostly red, with cream upper surfaces and tail. The plane has a fixed undercarriage, with white spats with a red stripe covering the main wheels, under the wings. The top of the nose, over the engine, is painted black in front of the cockpit. The outer 1/3rd of the wings is raked upwards to a significant degree. In the background, trees mark the airfields perimeter, under a blue sky. — G-AZVL, Jodel D-119, at City Airport Manchester/Barton, 3rd June 2023.

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Photo of the Day 9th July 2023

Posted on July 9, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a 4 engined jet airliner flying from left to right at a low altitude, with the undercarriage extended, flaps deployed from the back of the wings, and the nose raised slightly, indicating that it is on final approach to a runway. The plane is mostly white, with a blue stripe running along the fuselage, with black "Kuwait Airways" in English titles on the upper forward fuselage, and in an Arabic script further back, over the wings. There are black "kuwaitairways.com" titles on the lower rear fuselage. The tail is white, with a thick light blue stripe running along the tail, overlaid with a stylised image of a flying bird, with black "Kuwait Airways" titles at the base of the tail. Behind, the sky is a flat light grey. — 9K-ANB, Airbus A340-313, Kuwait Airways, on final approach to Runway 09L at London Heathrow, 18th March 2016.

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Photo of the Day 28th May 2023

Posted on May 28, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner taxiing from right to left. the plane is mostly white, with large blue "Malev" titles, followed by smaller "Hungarian Airlines" titles and a Hungarian flag, while below the cabin windows are small green "Alitalia partner" titles. The tail and rear fuselage are dark blue, with diagonal red, white, and green stripes, representing the Hungarian flag. In the background are a taxiway and a runway, interspersed with grassed areas, with a an aircraft parking area with several bizjets parked. — HA-LEK, Boeing 737-2K9(A), Malev, taxiing to it’s gate at London Heathrow, 30th October 1994

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Photo of the Day 31st January 2023

Posted on January 31, 2023 by mancavgeek

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Photo of the Day 21st January 2023

Posted on January 21, 2023 by mancavgeek

Photo of the Day 3rd January 2023

Posted on January 3, 2023 by mancavgeek

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Photo of the Day 8th December 2022

Posted on December 8, 2022 by mancavgeek

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