Tag: AirFrance

Photo of the Day 6th December 2023

Posted on December 6, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a a 4 engined, white jet airliner with red engine pods and a red tail, flying from left to right at a very ;low altitude, with it's wheels in the extended position. — G-VNAP, Airbus A340-642, Virgin Atlantic, on final approach to Runway 27Right at London Heathrow, 11th July 2014.

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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 23rd November 2023

Posted on November 23, 2023November 22, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a white twin engined jet airliner taxiing from right to left and slightly towards the camera, with a black chainlink fence filling most of the lower frame, and a bright but cloudy sky filling the top of the frame. — Unknown registration (F-G___) Fokker F100, Air Littoral, taxiing past the Airport Hotel as it turns on to Runway 24 at Manchester Airport, some time in the early 1990s.

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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 1st November 2023

Posted on November 1, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner with the engines mounted on the rear fuselage, taxiing from right to left and slightly towards the camera. The plane is mostly white, with large blue "Adria" billboard-style titles on the forward fuselage, and the black letters "BF" above the front of the cockpit windows. There is a large, dark blue letter "A" on the tail, with an aquamarine reflection just below it. In the foregrounbd, tarmac fills most of the bottom of the frame, with the white tail of anopther plane in the lower right corner, while in the background, more tarmac and grass leads up to a runway and a large black hangar in the far distance. — SL-ABF or S5-ABF, Douglas DC9-32, Adria Airways, taxiing to it’s gate on Pier B at Manchester Airport, either between December 1992 and March 1993 (SL-ABF), or between October 1993 and June 2001 (S5-ABF).

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Photo of the Day 16th October 2023

Posted on October 16, 2023October 16, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner taxiing from left to right. The plane is mostly white, with black "AIR FRANCE" titles on the upper forward fuselage next to a short red diagonal ribbon, while the tail has a thick red diagonal stripe, with dark blue bands, getting thicker as they move from left to right. In the foreground, a dark grey runway gives way to green grass, while in the background, a much ;larger twin engiend jet airliner is visible, with a white fuselage and indecipherable golden billboard titles, with trees beyond that, under a hazy grey sky. — F-HEPD, Airbus A320-214, Air France, at a slightly misty Manchester Airport, 4th February 2016.

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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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Photo of the Day 5th October 2023

Posted on October 5, 2023October 4, 2023 by mancavgeek

Rear view of a 4 engined, very thin, very long, very pointy jet airliner, with wings tilted slightly down, facing almost directly away from the camera and turning to the right. The plane is almost entirely white, with a series of red and blue diagonal stripes on the tail. A set of wheels, not connected to the ground, can be seen coming from below the tailcone. In the foreground, a group of people can be seen watching it through a chain link fence topped with barbed wire, while in the background, grass and trees meet a bright white sky. — F-BTSD, Aerospatiale Concorde 101, Air France, turning on to Runway 24 at Manchester Airport, as seen from tthe Airport Hotel, some time in the 1990s.

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Photo of the Day 12th September 2023

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

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner flying from left to right at a very low altitude, with undercarriage lowered and flaps deployed from the rear of the wings, suggesting that it is just about to land. The plane is mostly white, with a light blue belly.There are light and dark blue "flybe" titles on the forward fuselage, above a series of 7 different coloured dots. There are also "flybe" titles painted diagonally on the tail and rear fuselage. The engines are white, with "flybe.com" titles. The rest of the frame is filled with a a gorgeous blue sky. — G-FBJI, Embraer ERJ170-200STD, Flybe, on final approach to Runway 23R at Manchester Airport, 23rd May 2023.

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