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Photo of the Day 13th January 2024.

Posted on January 13, 2024 by mancavgeek

Side view of a white, grey, and red, twin engined jet airliner with the engines mounted on the rear fuselage, parked facing to the right, with a fuel tanker parked in front of the right wing. — OE-LRD, Canadair CRJ-100LR, Lauda Air, at London Gatwick, some time in the late 1990s.

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Photo of the Day 9th January 2024.

Posted on January 9, 2024 by mancavgeek

Side view of a red and white 4 engined jet freighter flying from left to right at a low altitude, with undercarriage lowered and flaps extended from the rear of the wings, suggesting it is about to land, with grey clouds filling the rest of the frame. — N_____, Douglas DC8-70, Emery Air Fright, in basic DHL colours, on final approach to Runway 24 at Manchester Airport, some time in the early 1990s.

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Photo of the Day 18th August 2023

Posted on August 18, 2023August 17, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a single engined general aviation aircraft parked facing to the left. The plane is almost entirely a gloss black, with a blue and yellow stripe running along the body and diagonally up the tail. There are white "Skydive Scotland" titles over a blue phone mumber in the middle of the fuselage, and in a smaller form over a stylised image of a white parachutist under a plue parachute on the tail. In the background, hills lined with trees stretch across the whole image, under a grey sky. — G-PARA, Cessna 207 Skywagon, Skydive Scotland, at Dundee Airport, 13th January 1995.

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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.

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Photo of the Day 13th June 2023

Posted on June 13, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a high-winged, T-tailed twin propellor-engined airliner facing to the right and slightly away from the camera. The plane is mostly white, with a sandy brown belly, and a thin golden stripe, with blue "Continental Express". There is a white patch on the lower rear fuselage with the registration "F-WWLH". The tail is a deep blue, with a white and golden wireframe globe. Below the tail and behind the tail are other propellor airliners on static display, with occasional people walking around. Above it all, the sky is a flat grey. — F-WWLH/ N14451, ATR 42-500, Continental Express, on static display at Farnborough Air Show, 7th September 1996.

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Photo of the Day 26th May 2023

Posted on May 26, 2023May 25, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner moving from left to right, with flaps extended under the wings, spoilers raised on top of the wings, and thrust reversersdeployed on the engines as it decelerates hard after landing on a wet runway. The plane is mostly white, with a deep blue belly and engines, and deep blue "British Airways" titles on the forward fuselage, next to a stylised ribbon, red on one side and blue on the other. The tail has 2 thick wavy red lines, with a wavy blue triangle between them. In the foreground, alternating strips of grass and tarmac can be seen, while the background has a partially hidden light blue plane on the right, with trees filling the width of the frame, and dismal rainclouds completing the picture. — G-EUXD, Airbus A321-231, British Airways, drying the rather damp runway as it lands on Runway 23R at Manchester Airport, 4th February 2016.

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Photo of the Day 15th May 2023

Posted on May 15, 2023 by mancavgeek

G-GAGA, Gulfstream American AA-5B Tiger, Cabair, parked at Manchester Barton, 17th August 1992.

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Photo of the Day 17th February 2023

Posted on February 17, 2023 by mancavgeek

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