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Photo of the Day 28th November 2023

Posted on November 28, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a high-winged, 4 engined, grey jet airliner with a dark blue belly and tail, taxiing from left to right. In the background, a large expanse of grass leads up to trees in the distance. — G-MANS, British Aerospace 146-200, British Airways Express, at Manchester Airport, some time in the late 1990’s.

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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 24th November 2023

Posted on November 24, 2023November 23, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin engined white jet airliner with blue "Air France" titles on the upper forward fuselage and diagonal blue and red stripes on the tail taxiing from left to right. — G-GINL, Boeing 737-53C, Air France, at Frankfurt Airport, either 1993 or 1996.

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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 21st November 2023

Posted on November 21, 2023November 21, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a 4 engined cargo plane taxiing from left to right. The plane is mostly white, with a red, orange, and yellow cheatline swooping down from above the forward fuselage, then running along the middle of the body, with white "Iberia Cargo" titles overlaid towards the front. The tail is white, with the large letters "IB" in red and yellow, respectively, , and the registratyion "EC-EMO" at the top of the tail. In the background, a large grey hangar with blue "British Airways" titles fills the right side of the frame, with a brown brisk tower with a glazed top floor on the right, next to a low building with large red glazed doors and a white roof. Behind that, a large, green, metal box-like structure reaches into the grey sky. — EC-EMD, Douglas DC8-62F, Iberia Cargo, taxiing to the cargo apron at Manchester Airport, 15th January 1996.

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Photo of the Day 16th November 2023

Posted on November 16, 2023November 14, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner taxiing from right to left. The plane is mostly white, with a blue belly that sweeps up to fill the tail, and large blue "Airtours" titles on the lower forward fuselage. The tail has an abstract design in pale blue, red, and yellow. In the background, large grassed areas and a runway lead up to a fence, beyond which is a large field surrounded by trees, with a white house nestled in the trees, under a dismal grey sky. — G-TICL, Airbus A320-231, Airtours, taxiing out to Runway 24 at Manchester Airport, as seen from the top of the Terminal 3 car park.

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Photo of the Day 9th November 2023

Posted on November 9, 2023November 7, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a high-winged, 4 propellor-engined cargo plane taxiing from right to left. The plane has white upper surfaces and grey sides and belly, with a blue, red, and blue cheatline running along the body, with "HeavyLift" titles in red and blue overlaid on both the front and rear fuselage. The tail is red, with a large capital latter "H", with a massive blue drop shadow. IN the background, grass and a black runway lead off to trees in the far distance, slowly vanishing into the haze that fills the rest of the frame. — G-HLFT, Shorts SC-5 Belfast C1, Heavylift, taxiing out to Runway 24 at a misty Manchester Airport, some time in the early 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 6th November 2023

Posted on November 6, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin propellor engined airliner taxiing from left to right, seen from a slightly elevated viewpoint. The plane is mostly white, with a light blue and grey stripe running along the body, repeated diagonally on the tail. There are large "Luxair" and smaller "Commuter" titles in black on the upper forward fuselage, with the flags of both the EU and Luxembourg a bit further back. The registration "LX-LGL" is on the rear fuselage in black. In the background, grey concrete apron fills most of the screen, with red-painted concrete with yellow hatchingdelineating a non-accessible area in the middle. — LX-LGL, Embraer EMB120 Brasilia, Luxair, at Manchester Airport, some time in the 1990s.

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Photo of the Day 2nd November 2023

Posted on November 2, 2023November 1, 2023 by mancavgeek

G-ORFH, ATR42-320, Gill Air, at Manchester Airport, some time between June 1996 and October 1997.

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