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Photo of the Day 28th November 2023

Posted on November 28, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a high-winged, 4 engined, grey jet airliner with a dark blue belly and tail, taxiing from left to right. In the background, a large expanse of grass leads up to trees in the distance. — G-MANS, British Aerospace 146-200, British Airways Express, at Manchester Airport, some time in the late 1990’s.

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.

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).

Photo of the Day 27th October 2023

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

F-GLNI, British Aerospace 146-200QC, Air Jet, being pushed back from it’s stand on Pier B at Manchester Airport, some time in the early 1990s.
For some reason, the clamshell air brakes on the rear fuselage are open.

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.

Photo of the Day 30th August 2023

Posted on August 30, 2023August 29, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a 3 engined bizjet taxiing from right to left. The plane is almost entirely white, the only colour being the registration "OE-IOD" on the side-mounted engine pods in black, and the Austrian flag (red, white, and red horizontal bands) on the top of the tail. In the background, large expanses of grass lead up to trees in the distance, below a cloudy grey sky. — OE-IOD, Dassault Falcon 900, turning on to Runway 23L at Manchester Airport for departure, 24th November 2014.

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.

Photo of the Day 12th August 2023

Posted on August 12, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a high-winged, 4 engined jet airliner taxiing from right to left. The plane is mostly white, with a thin blue line running along the body. There are blue "Flightline" titles on the upper forward fuselage, wnd additional "red "Alpine" titles below the cabin windows. There is an blue stylised image of a mountain peak on the tail. In the background, large grassed areas interspersed with taxiways, runways, and a road, lead off in to the distance. — G-HWPB, British Aerospace 146-200, Flightline, taxiing out to Runway 9L at London Gatwick, 26th July 1995.

Photo of the Day 10th August 2023

Posted on August 10, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner taxiing from right to left. The plane is mostly white, with a dark green band around the rear fuselage and tail, with a thin, bright green band just in front of it. There are dark green "Aer Lingus" titles on the upper forward fuselage, just in front of a bright green leafy plant. The engines are also this dark green. In the background, a twin engined jet airliner is parked on the left of the frame, in front ofa couple of grey buildings, with luggage containers lined up in front of it. — EI-LRE, Airbus A321-253NX, Aer Lingus, taxiing to the active runway at Manchester Airport, 17th January 2023.

Photo of the Day 7th August 2023

Posted on August 7, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin engined bizjet moving from right to left after landing on a runway. The plane is mostly white, with a blue and black stripe running along the fuselage and under the engines. The registration "9H-ALL" is displayed prominently on the tail, with additional grey "CITATION" titles on the engine pods. The flaps are deployed from behind the wings. In the foreground, a wide stretch of tarmac leads up to a gressed area, with the grass partially obscuring the planes wheels. In the background, a tall grey tower dominates the left of the frame, while orange and grey tails are visible behind this plane in the distance, with scattered lighting poles stretching into the moody grey sky. — 9H-ALL, Cessna 525A CitationJet CJ2, Luxwing, landing on Runway 23R at Manchester Airport, 17th January 2017.