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Photo of the Day 14th August 2023

Posted on August 14, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a high-winged, twin propellor-engined airliner taxiing from left to right. The plane is mostly white, with blue "aurigny" titles on the forward fuselage. The rear fuselage fades rapidly from white to yellow, with blue "Channel Islands" titles. The tail is also yellow, with an image of a flying black and yellow bird. The engine pods are yellow, with a white flag with a red cross and a golden insignia in the middle. In the foreground, there are signs planted in the grass, the front faces being orange, all other sides are yellow. In the background, large grass areas are seperated by stretches of tarmac, some of which have red and white barriers with red lights on top, indicating that some of the taxiways are shut. Trees show the perimeter of the airfield, with a hill fading in to haze under a grey sky. — G-VZON, ATR72-500, Aurigny, taxiing out to cross Runway 23R on it’s way to 23L at Manchester Airport, 10th January 2017.

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Photo of the Day 4th July 2023

Posted on July 4, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner taxiing from left to right. The plane is mostly white, with large red billboard-style "TEA" titles on the forward fuselage, with smaller silver "Switzerland" titles further back. The tail is bright red, with a white cross in the middle, with red engine cowlings under the wings. In the background, a white twin engined airliner is taxiing away from the camera, towards the runway visible in the distance. There is a parking area filled with light aircraft towards the top right. In the far distance, rolling hills covered in trees meet grey sky at the horizon. — HB-IIE, Boeing 737-3Q8, TEA Switzerland, taxiing to it’s stand at Zurich Kloten, 28th September 1996.

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Photo of the Day 17th May 2023

Posted on May 17, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner travelling from right to left with thrust reversers open on the engine and flaps deployed from below the wings. the plane has a grey lower half, with the upper being white, with a thick blue stripe starting below the nose and running along the fuselage, covering the cabin windows.there are blue "Lufthansa " titles on the upper fuselage, while the white tail has a blue band with a yellow oval, itself containing a stylised image of a flying bird. In the background is a large grey terminal building, while the sky above it allis a hazy blue. — D-AIRX, Airbus A321-131, Lufthansa, wearing a retro colour scheme, throwing out the anchors as it lands on Runway 23R at Manchester Airport, 24th November 12014.

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Photo of the Day 1st May 2023

Posted on May 1, 2023 by mancavgeek

G-THOH, Boeing 737-31S, Thomsonfly, parked on it’s gate on Terminal 2 at Manchester Airport, 20th January 2006.

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Photo of the Day 30th March 2023

Posted on March 30, 2023 by mancavgeek

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Photo of the Day 10th March 2023

Posted on March 10, 2023 by mancavgeek

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Photo of the Day 12th January 2023

Posted on January 12, 2023 by mancavgeek

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Photo of the Day 23rd December 2022

Posted on December 23, 2022December 23, 2022 by mancavgeek

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