Tag: gulfstream

Photo of the Day 17th November 2023

Posted on November 17, 2023November 16, 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 red rear fuselage, engines, and tail, and large red "European" titles on the upper forward fuselage, with additional small "Aircharter" titles following, above the open forward right door. The registration "G-AVMP" is on the engine pods in white, while there are large letters "EAC" on the tail. There is a set of built-in airstairs coming from the the rear of the plane, under the tail cone, between the engines. In the background, a terminal building stretches across the frame, with the white tail and centre engine of a larger plane on the other side looming over the top, under a grey sky. — G-AVMP, British Aircraft Corporation 1-11-510ED, European Air Charter, parked on Pier B at Manchester Airport, some time between April 1994 and mid 1996.

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Photo of the Day 29th October 2023

Posted on October 29, 2023October 28, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner with the engines mounted on the sides of the fuselage, flying from left to right at a very low altitude, it's main wheels just a couple of feet above the ground. There are flaps fully extended from behind the wing, and the nose is raised sharply, suggesting it is landing. The plane is mostly white, with blue "Air Littoral" titles on the upper forward fuselage. The tail has the blue outline of a circle, with 3 stylised blue flying birds inside. Grass fills the foreground, with more grass on the other side of the runway leading up to trees in the distance, with the fuselage of an old 3 engined jet airliner looking rather forlorn in front of them. Above it all, the sky is a flat grey. — F-GIO_, Fokker F100, Air Littoral, about to touch down on Runway 24 at Manchester Airport, some time in the 1990s, as seen from car park 3.
Notice the Trident looking rather sorry for itself on the fire dump.

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Photo of the Day 11th October 2023

Posted on October 11, 2023October 10, 2023 by mancavgeek

Rear side view of a twin engined bizjet parked facing to the right and away from the camera. The plane is mostly white, with a red and orange stripe running along the body, as well as along the tail and the upturned wingtips. The registration "VP-CMF" is on the engine pods in red. There is a door open on thefar side of the plane, visible under the fuselage, with it's built-inairstairs extended. In the background, grass leads off to trees on the horizon, under a bright white sky. — VP-CMF, Gulfstream IV, at London Luton, some time in the late 1990s.

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Photo of the Day 4th August 2023

Posted on August 4, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a single engined, single seat biplane parked facing to the left. The plane is mostly yellow, with a pair of black stripes outlined in red running along the body, overlaid on the rear fuselage with the registration "G-STUA". The wings are staggered, the top one being quite a bit further forward than the bottom one. In the background, a selection of other light aircraft are parked, with a brown tower with a fully glazed room at the top in the distance. The sky above and behind everything is a hazy grey. — G-STUA, Pitts S-2A, at Manchester Barton, some time in the 1990s.

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Photo of the Day 28th July 2023

Posted on July 28, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of an all white twin engined jet airliner taxiing from right to left. There are red "Friendly Low Fares" titles in the upper fuselage over the wings, diagonal red "Jet2.com" titles on the tail and upturned wingtips, and both sets of titles on the engine pods. In the background, trees and bushes mark the airfield perimeter, running off into the distance. On the horizon, the dish of a radio telescope can be seen over the planes cockpit on the right of the frame. Above, the sky is a hazy bright white. — G-GDFV, Boeing 737-85F, Jet2, taxiing past the Aviation Viewing Park after landing on Runway 23R at Manchester Airport, 27th September 2013.
Space geeks might want to look at the radio telescope at Jodrell Bank visible way, way off in the distance. just over the cockpit.

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Photo of the Day 31st May 2023

Posted on May 31, 2023 by mancavgeek

Low side view of a twin engined bizjet flying from left to right at low altitude, with it's wheels down and flaps deployed behind the wings. The plane is mostly white, with a red and grey stripe running along the body. The registration "D-IMVK" is visible below the left wing, as well as partially obscured on the engines. behind the plane, the sky is a flat white. — D-IMVK, Cessna 525A CitationJet CJ2, Excellent Air, on final approach to Runway 23R at Manchester Airport, 18th May 2023.

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Photo of the Day 22nd April 2023

Posted on April 22, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin engined bizjet taxiing from right to left. TRhe plane has a grey belly, with white upper surfaces, seperated by a blue and dark grey stripe. The tail is reversed, the lower half beingwhite while the upper is light grey. Behind is a tarmac runway, with a grassed area behind that, and a ytellow termminal building in the background. There is the body of a very large 4 engined jet airliner with a dark blue belly and a grey body in the top left corner. — N311EL, Gulfstream G-IV, taxiing at London Heathrow, 30th October 1994

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Photo of the Day 7th April 2023

Posted on April 7, 2023 by mancavgeek

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Photo of the Day 6th April 2023

Posted on April 6, 2023 by mancavgeek

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Photo of the Day 5th January 2023

Posted on January 5, 2023 by mancavgeek

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