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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 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 6th August 2023

Posted on August 6, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a very large 4 engined passenger airliner being towed from left to right on a taxiway by a dark blue and grey tug. The plane is mostly white, with the top of the nose cone painted black, a reversed US flag between the upper and lower deck windows on the forward fuselage, and large black "Evergreen" titles over the front of the wings. The registration "N470EV" is painted prominently on the upper rear fuselage. In the background, a grey building is right up against a large concrete retaining wall, with houses, a church, and some tower blocks behind it, under a blue-grey sky. — N470EV, Boeing 747-273C, Evergreen International, being towed along a taxiway at London Heathrow, 28th July 1995.

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Photo of the Day 21st April 2023

Posted on April 21, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a three engined jet airliner taxiing from left to right. The plane has a light grey belly and white upper half, seperated by a thin gold stripe. There are dark blue "Continental Micronesia" titles on the upper forward fuselage. The tail has a white lower section, up to the top of the centre engine cowling, then the upper section is a dark blue, overlaid with a stylised wireframe globe in white and gold. In the foreground is the tail of a smaller plane, mostly red, with green stripes at the top and bottom. The red section has 3 legs, arranged like the spokes of a wheel, joined at the hip and looking as if they are running/rolling. In the background are a handful of black hangars, with some light aircraft parked in front of them, with trees behind. under a yellow-tinged grey sky — N68044, Douglas DC 10-10, Continental Micronesia, taxiing to the cargo ramp to wait to go into one of the maintenance hangars after landing on Runway 06 at Manchester Airport, 21st May 1994.

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Photo of the Day 14th January 2023

Posted on January 14, 2023 by mancavgeek

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Photo of the Day 25th November 2022

Posted on November 25, 2022 by mancavgeek

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