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Photo of the Day 19th June 2023

Posted on June 19, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin propellor engined airliner parked inside an airport terminal building, facing to the right. The plane is mostly cream coloured, with a thick red stripe running along the body, as well on the top of the engines, and the wingtips. There is a mannequin sitting in the planes cockpit, and a cardboard black and white cut-out figurepropped up by the tail. In the foreground, some white seats have been taped together, with some rolls of green material in metal cages are behind them, under the planes nose. Above, part of the roofs structure can be seen, with concrete beams surrounded by metal supports. — D-IGUN, De Haviland DH.89A Dragon Rapide, part of the Air Classik collection, inside Terminal 1 at Frankfurt Airport, next to the entrance to the Zuschauerterrasse (Spectator Terraces), 16th October 1993.
Apparently, this had been removed from the roof after being sold to a private owner looking to use as spares to rebuild another Rapide.

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