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Photo of the Day 25th November 2023

Posted on November 25, 2023November 24, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a white, twin engined jet airliner, being pushed back from it's stand by a blue truck attached to the nose wheel. In the background is a busy scene from an airport, with many planes parked in various areas, under a cloudy white sky. — N78003, Boeing 777-224ER, Continental Airlines, being pushed back from it’s stand at London Gatwick, some time after November 1998.

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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.

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Photo of the Day 18th November 2023

Posted on November 18, 2023November 16, 2023 by mancavgeek

N803DE, McDonnell Douglas MD11, Delta Air Lines, at London Gatwick, some time in the late 1990s.

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Photo of the Day 11th November 2023

Posted on November 11, 2023November 12, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner taxiing from right to left. The plane has a white top half with a grey bottom half, with red cheatlines running along the body, and red "Lauda" titles on the upper forward fuselage. The tail has a pair of red capital letter "L"s, one nestled in the angle of the other. In the background, a red and white metal barrier seperates two taxiways, with grass beyond that. — OE-ILG, Boeing 737-3Z9, Lauda Air, at London Gatwick, some time in the 1990s.

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Photo of the Day 7th November 2023

Posted on November 7, 2023 by mancavgeek

Rear view of a 4 propellor-engined airliner taxiing away from the camera and slightly to the right. The plane is mostly white, with a red and blue stripe separating that from the blue belly. There are red "British Air Ferries" on the upper forward fuselage, and the registration "G-CSZB" on the lower rear fuselage in white. In the background, grey apron leads up to grass, which fills the rest of the frame. — G-CSZB, Vickers 804 Viscount, British Air Ferries, at Manchester Airport, some time in the early 1990s.

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Photo of the Day 4th October 2023

Posted on November 4, 2023November 4, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a 3 engined jet airliner taxiing from right to left and slightly towards the left of the camera. The plane is mostly white, with a grey belly, and thick red, white, and blue stripes running along the body, the white stripe covering the passenger cabin windows. There are blue "Rich International" titles on the upper fuselage, partially overlaid on the red stripe. In the background, In the background, baggage carts and mobile air stairs adorn the apron on the right of the frame, whie a white jet airliner pokes into the middle of the frame from the left, while a cluster of 5 planes, mostly in blues, greys, and white, face out of the frame at the top left, with a red and white striped barrier beyond them stretching across most of the frame. — N304EA, Lockheed L1011-1 TriStat, Rich International, at London Gatwick, 26th July 1995.

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Photo of the Day 31st October 2023

Posted on October 31, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner taxiing from right to left. The plane is mostly white, with a grey belly, with a pair of thin red stripes running along the body, above and below the cabin windows, with the windows edges painted to resemble arched windows used in Indian palaces. There are red titles on the upper fuselage in an Indian script that translate to "Air India". On the tail, there is a red stylised flying bird, under diagonal red "Air India" titles. In the background, a white 3 engined jet airliner faces to the right, amidst acres of paved apron, with trees running off into the far distance, under a bright but hazy sky. — VT-EJJ, Airbus A310-304, Air India, at Manchester Airport, some time in the late 1990s.

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Photo of the Day 28th October 2023

Posted on October 28, 2023October 27, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner with the engines mounted on the rear fuselage. The plane is mostly white, with a dark blue belly, and blue "Air Liberte" titles on the lower forward fuselage. The tail has a wordcloud in blue and red, with French words such as "libres" (freedom, in English), "en droit" (legally, by law, by right), "egaux" (equal), and others. In the foreground is a metal-framed glass fence, with the tail of another plane beyond that in the bottom right corner of the image. In the background, grass and taxiways give way to trees in the distance, with some buildings visible beyond there. — F-GHEB, McDonnell Douglas MD83, Air Liberte, at London Gatwick, some time in the late 1990s.

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Photo of the Day 24th October 2023

Posted on October 24, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin propellor-engined airliner taxiing from left to right. The plane is mostly purple, with yellow, red, and white bands around the rear fuselage, the white extending up to fill the tail. There are large white "flybe" titles on the forward fuselage above a series of large white dots, with smaller white "operated by Loganair" titles below, and white "Spirit of Lewis" titles under the nose. The engine pods are purple, and have white "Think in minutes not miles" titles in white. The registration "G-LGNA" is on the rear fuselage in white. The white tail has diagonal "flybe" titles in light and dark blue, above a series of 6 coloured dots. In the background, grass and taxiways lead off to trees in the distance, under a hazy blue sky. — G-LGNA, Saab SF340B, Flybe, operated by Loganair, taxiing past the Aviation Viewing Park after landing on Runway 23 Right at Manchester Airport, 19th May 2016.

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Photo of the Day 21st October 2023

Posted on October 21, 2023 by mancavgeek

View from almost directly below of a twin engined jet airliner flying at a very low altitude from the bottom to the top of the frame, with flaps extended from behind the wings and the undercarriage already tucked away, which suggests it has just taken off. The planes belly and lower sections of the engines are a deep blue, with a bright yellow cheatline, and then all white above that. The registration "EI-DPI" is under the outer section of the left wing. In the background, light blue sky fills the frame. — EI-DPI, Boeing 737-8AS, Ryanair, crossing the perimeter fence after taking off from Runway 08L at London Gatwick, 12th September 2014.

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