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Side view of a white, twin engined jet airliner with blue and red diagonal lines on the tail and dark blue "Air France" tites on the upper forward fuselage flying from left to right at a very low altitude with wheels lowered and flaps deployed from the rear of the wings, suggesting it is about to land. Light grey skies fill the rest of the frame.

‘Throw Thursday 4th July 2024.

Posted on July 4, 2024July 4, 2024 by mancavgeek

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Photo of the Day 25th January 2024.

Posted on January 25, 2024January 24, 2024 by mancavgeek

Side view of a white and grey, 4 engined jet airliner, flying from left to right at a low altitude with undercarriage lowered and flaps extended from the rear of the wings, suggesting it is just about to land, with cloudy light blue skies filling the rest of the frame. — EI-BZU, Douglas DC8-71, Translift Airways, on final approach to Runway 24 at Manchester Airport, some time between April and December 1993, as seen from Ringway Road.

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Photo of the Day 30th October 2023

Posted on October 30, 2023 by mancavgeek

Rear view of a twin engined jet airliner with the engines mounted on the rear fuselage, being pushed back by a low, blue tug attached to it's nosewheel. The plane is mostly white, with a blue belly, and a pair of thin red stripes running along the fuselage. There are red "Lauda" titles on the upper forward fuselage, and the registration "OE-LRC" on the rear fuselage in black, just aft of a small Austrian flag (equal red, white, and red horizontal stripes). There are 2 red letter "L" 's on the tail, one nestled inside the other. In the background, a blue and grey propellor airliner is sparked in front of a terminal building, with a couple of white baggage trucks parked next to it, and a grey tug parked in front of it's nose, and some men in hi-viz jackets standing around. — OE-LRC, Canadair CRJ-100LR, Lauda AIr, being pushed back from it’s stand on Pier B at Manchester Airport, some time in the early 1990s.

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Photo of the Day 4th July 2023

Posted on July 4, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner taxiing from left to right. The plane is mostly white, with large red billboard-style "TEA" titles on the forward fuselage, with smaller silver "Switzerland" titles further back. The tail is bright red, with a white cross in the middle, with red engine cowlings under the wings. In the background, a white twin engined airliner is taxiing away from the camera, towards the runway visible in the distance. There is a parking area filled with light aircraft towards the top right. In the far distance, rolling hills covered in trees meet grey sky at the horizon. — HB-IIE, Boeing 737-3Q8, TEA Switzerland, taxiing to it’s stand at Zurich Kloten, 28th September 1996.

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Photo of the Day 20th June 2023

Posted on June 20, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner parked facing to the left. The plane is mostly white, with a deep blue lower half, seperated by blue, white, and thin red stripes running the length of the body. There are blue "Britannia" tiitles on the upper forward fuselage, just aft of a large blue head wearing a helmet with a large, backward-swept plume. The tail is almost reversed, white ant the base and deep blue at the top, seperated by a series of white, blue, and red stripes. Overlaid on the tail is the image of a seated woman carrying a trident vertically in her left hand, her right hand holding a circular shield bearng a blue and white variant of the Union Flag, her head covered with the helmet mentioned earlier. The left side of the plane has an airbridge attached to door just forward of the wing. There is a light blue, low-slung truck attached to the nose wheel by a long pole. In the foreground is a black chainlink fence, with a couple of luggage carts parked to the lower left of the frame. Above it all, the sky is a flat grey. — G-BYAD, Boeing 757-204, Britannia, parked on Gate 201 at Manchester Airport, some time in the 1990s.

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Photo of the Day 21st May 2023

Posted on May 21, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a 4 propellor-engined, high winged airliner flying from left to right with it's nose raised as it climbs away from an airport. The plane is mostly white, with "Brymon European" titles on the lower fuselage, while the rear fuselage and tail have a thick yellow band and smaller dark and light blue bands, with "Brymosn" titles on the yellow band. In the background, the sky is a rather dirty grey. — G-BRYC, De Haviland Canada, DHC-7-102, Brymon European, taking off from Runway 28L at London Heathrow, some time in the early 1990s.

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