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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 19th October 2023

Posted on October 19, 2023October 18, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a high-winged, 4 jet-engined cargo plane, parked facing to the left. The plane is mostly white, with a grey belly, and a thick blue stripe running along the fuselage, as well as "Aeroflot" titles in a Russian script on the upper forward fuselage. The tail is white, with the registration "RA-76529" at the base, and a Russian flag (equal white, blue, and red horizontal stripes) outlines in black in the middle. The wings have 2 engines suspended under neath them - the outer engine on this side is a standard jet engine, but the inner engine has been replaced with one with 8 very curved grey propellor blades. The lower half of the nose cone is extensively glazed, bulging down below the rest of the body. There is a blue and grey airport tug attached to the planes nose wheel by a long yellow pole. Green grass fills the foreground, with rows of trees in the background, under a blue-grey sky. — RA-76529, Ilyushin Il76LL, Zhukovski Research Institute but in Aeroflot colours, at Farnborough Air Show, 10th September 1994.
This plane was being used as a testbed for the D-236 propfan engine, the inner left engine having been replaced with an experimental unit.

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Photo of the Day 5th September 2023

Posted on September 5, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a light helicopter parked on a concrete hardstanding surrounded by grass, facing to the right. The body is mostly dark blue, with a light blue lighting stripe under the cockpit windows. The roto mast on top of the body, tail boom, and tail are alsothe same dark blue. Behind, the airfield stretches off into the distance, it's perimeter marked by trees and bushes. Several light aircraft are parked across the airfield, mostly clustering around the control tower, which is just coming in to view in the top right corner. The sky above it all is mostly light blue with faint scattered white clouds. — G-HIZZ, Robinson R22 Beta II, at City Airport Manchester/Barton, 23rd May 2019.

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Photo of the Day 22nd August 2023

Posted on August 22, 2023August 22, 2023 by mancavgeek

Rear view of a 3 engined jet airliner parked facing away from the camera and slightly to the right in front of a wide, light-brown building. The plane is mostly white, with a silver belly. There are large red "swissair" titles on the upper forward fuselage, just ahead of large grey "asia" titles. The tail and central engine are a scarlet red, with some white Chinese characters in the middle. There are vehicles, luggage containers, and freight pallets scattered around the plane. There is a grey airbridge coming out of the building behind the plane, which is attached to the left side of the plane, with a blue plaque with "A44" in light brown letters just above it. — HB-IWN, McDonnell Douglas MD11, Swissair Asia, parked on gate A44 at Zurich Kloten, 28th September 1996.

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Photo of the Day 15th August 2023

Posted on August 15, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a single engined light aircraft parked on grass, facing to the right. The plane is mostly red, with cream upper surfaces and tail. The plane has a fixed undercarriage, with white spats with a red stripe covering the main wheels, under the wings. The top of the nose, over the engine, is painted black in front of the cockpit. The outer 1/3rd of the wings is raked upwards to a significant degree. In the background, trees mark the airfields perimeter, under a blue sky. — G-AZVL, Jodel D-119, at City Airport Manchester/Barton, 3rd June 2023.

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Photo of the Day 11th April 2023

Posted on April 11, 2023 by mancavgeek

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