Tag: airshow

Photo of the Day 1st December 2023

Posted on December 1, 2023November 29, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a white, twin engined jet airliner with the engines mounted on the rear fuselage, and black "Scandinavian" titles on the upper forward fuselage, above red, black, white, yellow, and blue half-bands running under the fuselage, and large black "SAS" titles on the tail, accelerating from right to left, with a large grey-brown building in the backgroiund, under a grey-blue sky. — LN-RLS, Douglas DC9-41, SAS Scandinavian Airlines, accelerating down Runway 24 for take off at Manchester Airport, some time in the 1990s.

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Photo of the Day 27th November 2023

Posted on November 27, 2023November 26, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a white, 4 propellor engined airliner with a blue belly and red "British Air Ferries" titles on the upper fuselage, taxiing from right to left under a hazy but bright white sky. — G-AOYR, Vickers V.806 Viscount, British Air Ferries, turning on to Runway 23 at Manchester Airport, as seen from Ringway Road, some time in the early 1990s.

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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 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 13th November 2023

Posted on November 13, 2023November 13, 2023 by mancavgeek

F-GDRM, Douglas DC-8-73, Air Evasion-Aire d'Evasions, at Manchester Airport, some time in 1993. — F-GDRM, Douglas DC-8-73, Air Evasion-Aire d’Evasions, at Manchester Airport, some time in 1993.

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Photo of the Day 10th November 2023

Posted on November 10, 2023November 8, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a single engined light aircraft flying from left to right at a low altitude. The plane is mostly white, with a red and yellow cheatline running along the body, with the registration "G-BLTW" overlaid in black on the rear fuselage. The tail is white, with a yellow-red-yellow stripe running from front to back. The planes cockpit has a large bubble canopy, with the sun reflecting strongly off the front. In the background, grey cloud fills the frame, with hints of blue peeking through. — G-BLTW, Slingsby T67 Firefly, on final approach to Runway 24 Manchester Airport, as seen from the Airport Hotel, some time after April 1994.

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Photo of the Day 8th November 2023

Posted on November 8, 2023November 7, 2023 by mancavgeek

Rather backlit side view of a twin propellor engined airliner flying from left to right at a very low level, with undercarriage lowered and flaps extended from the rear of the wings, suggesting it is just about to land. The plane has a grey top and a dark blue belly, with a thin red stripe running along the middle of the body. There are black "British Airways" titles on the upper forward fuselage. In the backgroune, the sky is a very pale blue, getting whiter and brighter towards the bottom of the frame under the plane, suggesting that the sun is very low in the sky, the shadows on thkis side of the plane suggesting that the sun is shining brightly on the other side. — G-BTPE, British Aerospace Advanced TurboProp (ATP) crossing the airport perimeter fence on final approach to Runway 24 at Manchester Airport, some time in the 1990s.

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Photo of the Day 30th October 2023

Posted on October 30, 2023 by mancavgeek

Rear view of a twin engined jet airliner with the engines mounted on the rear fuselage, being pushed back by a low, blue tug attached to it's nosewheel. The plane is mostly white, with a blue belly, and a pair of thin red stripes running along the fuselage. There are red "Lauda" titles on the upper forward fuselage, and the registration "OE-LRC" on the rear fuselage in black, just aft of a small Austrian flag (equal red, white, and red horizontal stripes). There are 2 red letter "L" 's on the tail, one nestled inside the other. In the background, a blue and grey propellor airliner is sparked in front of a terminal building, with a couple of white baggage trucks parked next to it, and a grey tug parked in front of it's nose, and some men in hi-viz jackets standing around. — OE-LRC, Canadair CRJ-100LR, Lauda AIr, being pushed back from it’s stand on Pier B at Manchester Airport, some time in the early 1990s.

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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 23rd October 2023

Posted on October 23, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner moving from right to left with flaps and slats deployed from the rear and front of the wings respectively, lift dumpers on the tops of the wings, and thrust reversers on the engines open, suggesting this has just landed. The plane is mostly white, with blue swooshes on the lower forward fuselage, as well as along most of the upper fuselage, sweeping up into the tail where it meets a black swoosh. There is a smaller black and blue swoosh on the upper forward fuselage, just ahead of black "tailwind" titles. The same black and blue swoosh is on the engine cowlings. Green grass fills the foreground, withtrees and bushes filling most of the background, and an electricity pylon poking through and looming over everything. There is a person in the distance below the planes wing on the right of the frame who appears to be taking a photo of this plane landing. — TC-TLB, Boeing 737-4Q8, Tailwind Airlines, during it’s landing roll on Runway 05 Right at Manchester Airport, 9th September 2015.

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