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Photo of the Day 21st August 2023

Posted on August 21, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a helicopter facing to the right. The fuselage is mostly yellow, with purple bands under the belly, and a purple tail. There are purple "North West Air Ambulance Charity" titels on the forward door, and the web address "www.nwaa.net" on the rear door. The registration "G-NWAE"is displayed prominently displayed on the tail boom. In the background, trees with yellow leaves almost block the grey sky. — G-NWAE, Eurocopter EC-135T-2, North West Air Ambulance, at City Airport Manchester/Barton, 29th November 2022.

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Photo of the Day 17th July 2023

Posted on July 17, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a single propellor-engined aircraft with a rotory wing on display in a museum, facing to the left. The plane is mostly silver, with a black cover on the engine at the front. There are 2 open cockpits, one behind the other, for the 2 occupants, with 4 metal struts extending upwards from the corners around the forward cockpit to an aerodynamic cover which holds the rotor hub for the rotary wing. the undercarriage has 3 struts securing each forward mainwheel to the fuselage. There is a large blue, white, and red roundel on the side of the fuselage, with another on the top of the fuselage directly above, , with the serial "k4232" next to it. In the background, white support beams for the roof are visible, with other aircraft exhibits dotted around the place. — K4232, Avro 671 Rota I (a license-built Cierva C.30A), Royal Air Force, on display at the RAF Museum, Hendon. 4th March 1996.

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Photo of the Day 1st June 2023

Posted on June 1, 2023 by mancavgeek

Low side view of a twin engined jet airliner flying from left to right at very low level, with undercarriage lowered and flaps extended from behind the wings. The plane is mostly white, with "Jet2holidays" titles on the lower forward fuselage in rad and yellow. The rear fuselage and tail are dark blue with a red, orange, and yellow sunburst, with a similar design on the blue engine cowlings. — G-SUNB, Airbus A321-251NX, Jet2, on final approach to Runway 23R at Manchester Airport, 26th May 2023.

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