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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 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.

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Photo of the Day 8th June 2023

Posted on June 8, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a three engined jet airliner parked at it's gate, facing to the right. The plane is mostly white, with a grey belly, and large blue "Rich International" titles on the upper forward fuselage. The tail has large blue "RI" titles, with a red flame at the top of the "I". In the background, 5 airliners of different types and colour schemes are also parked on wome of the other gates at this terminal. — N765BE, Lockheed L1011-1-50 TriStar, Rich International, parked on Terminal 2 at Manchester Airport, 23rd September 1995.

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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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Photo of the Day 5th February 2023

Posted on February 5, 2023 by mancavgeek

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Photo of the Day 8th January 2023

Posted on January 8, 2023 by mancavgeek

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