Tag: BritishAirtours

Photo of the Day 13th September 2023

Posted on September 13, 2023September 12, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a helicopter parked facing to the right. The body is light grey, with a purple belly, and a double red stripe stipe running along the body, sweeping up in to the tail. The registration "G-PACO" is on the engine pods, on the top of the fuselage. One of the cockpit doors is open, with a person standing beside the nose.In the foreground, a large pile of cut grass has been discarded in the lower right corner of the frame, while in the background, green metal fencessurround the landing pad, with a large expanse of grass where the rest of the airfield is, with trees vanishing into haze in the distance, under a hazy grey sky. — G-PACO, Sikorsky S-76C, parked at City Airport Manchester/Barton, 29th November 2022.

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Photo of the Day 30th May 2023

Posted on May 30, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner accelerating from left to right on a runway. The plane is mostly white, with blue-green angines and rear fuselage/tail. There are "Aer Lingus" titles and a green shamrock on the upper forward fuselage, and a large green shamrock on the tail. In the foreground, there is a long barrier, alternating red and white sections, dividing up part of a taxiway. In the background is a large ground level cark park visible behind the planes nose and tail, with trees leading up to hills in the background, slowly merging i to haze. — G-EILA, Airbus A330-302, Aer Lingus UK, starting it’s take off roll on Runway 23R at Manchester Airport, 6th February 2023.

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