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Photo of the Day 29th November 2023

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

Side view of a twin engined white jet airliner with a dark blue stripe running along the body, blue "Lufthansa" titles on the upper forward fuselage, and a dark blue tail with a flying bluebird in a yellow circle, taxiing from left to right, in front of a selection of brown and grey hangars, and what appears to be a construction site on the right of the frame. — D-ABHP, Boeing 737-230, Lufthansa, at Manchester Airport, some time in the early 1990s.

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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 15th November 2023

Posted on November 15, 2023November 15, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a 3 engined jet airliner with the engines mounted on the rear fuselage taxiing from right to left, The plane has a white top half and bare metal lower half, seperated by a blue cheatline running over the passenger cabin windows. There are blue "Lufthansa" titles on the upper forward fuselage, and black "Boeing 727" titles on the side mounted engine pods. The tail is a dark blue, with a large yellow circle containing a blue bird with wings outstretched flying from right to left, abnd the registration "D-ADPI" on the centre engine intake. Concrete apron fills most of the rest of the frame, with a couple of white airbridges sticking out, one of which at the top of the frame has a white plane with a blue and white tail attached. In the distance, right at the top of the frame, a red, brown, and white building is at the edge of the apron, with trees behind under a light pink sky. — D-ADPI, Boeing 727-230, Lufthansa, at Manchester Airport, some time in the early 1990s, taken at a fairly extreme angle to try and fit the whole thing in – I had borrowed a pentax SLR with a 70-210 zoom from a friend, and could really have done with a 50mm (possibly a 35mm!) lens for this shot from this point.

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Photo of the Day 14th November 2023

Posted on November 14, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin propellor-engined airliner flying from left to right at a low altitude with it's undercarriage lowered. The plane is almost entirely white, with a large blue splotch overlaid with a smaller red splotch on the rear fuselage, the same design repeated on the tail, but with the red splotch squared off and with a large white cross in the middle, and the blue splotch having a ring of gold stars in the top left corner. There are blue "Crossair" titles on the upper forward fuselage. In the background, blue sky with wisps of white fill the rest of the frame. — HB-IZY, Saab 2000, Crossair, on final approach to Runway 24 at Manchester Airport, some time after May 1997.

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Photo of the Day 31st October 2023

Posted on October 31, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner taxiing from right to left. The plane is mostly white, with a grey belly, with a pair of thin red stripes running along the body, above and below the cabin windows, with the windows edges painted to resemble arched windows used in Indian palaces. There are red titles on the upper fuselage in an Indian script that translate to "Air India". On the tail, there is a red stylised flying bird, under diagonal red "Air India" titles. In the background, a white 3 engined jet airliner faces to the right, amidst acres of paved apron, with trees running off into the far distance, under a bright but hazy sky. — VT-EJJ, Airbus A310-304, Air India, at Manchester Airport, some time in the late 1990s.

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Photo of the Day 20th October 2023

Posted on October 20, 2023 by mancavgeek

Head-on view of a twin engined jet airliner taxiing almost directly towards the camera. The plane is mostly white, with red engine pods and tail. The nose-wheel is turned hard to it's left, suggesting that the plane is in the middle of turning that way. In the background, the white and blue rear fuselage and tail with orange and yellow sunburst can be seen in the top left corner, with a set of red airstairs parked near it, while a black chainlink fence runs across the rest of the frame, seperating us from a building right at the back. — G-VEVE, Airbus A350-1041, Virgin Atlantic, at Manchester Airport, 18th May 2023.

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Photo of the Day 18th October 2023

Posted on October 18, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner taxiing from right to left. The plane is mostly white, with a bright blue tail overlaid with the green, yellow, orange, red, and black outline of a 5 pointed star. There are "Air Transat" titles on the upper forward fuselage in dark and light blue. In the background, acres of apron space stretch out to trees marking the airfield perimeter, with a forest of tall lighting poles stretching up out of the frame, with a collection of various airport vehicles, baggage carts, and airstairs clustered around. — C-GOJC, Airbus A321-271NX, Air Transat, taxiing the last few metres to its gate on Pier C at Manchester Airport, 26th May 2023.

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Photo of the Day 10th October 2023

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

Side view of a single engined light aircraft parked on grass facing to the right. The plane is mostly white, with a red belly, with a blue, white, and red roundel on the rear fuselage, and blue, white, and red fin flash on the tail. the top of the nose cone is painted black. The serial "XX522" is under the horizontal stabiliser on the rear fuselage. The foreground is filled with grass, while in the background, some people are standing on the far side of the plane, their legsvisible under the fuselage. Further back, trees and bushes mark the airfields perimeter, with rolling hills in the far distance, under a hazy grey sky. — XX522/06/G-DAWG, Scottish Aviation Bulldog T.1, in RAF colours, at City Airport Manchester/Barton, 3rd June 2023.

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Photo of the Day 7th October 2023

Posted on October 7, 2023October 6, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner being pushed back from it's gate, to the left, by a grey tug attached to the nosewheel, with someone in a hi-viz vest walking alongside the nosewheel, and another person in a hi-viz jacket walking by the wingtip. The plane is mostly white, with a red and orange stripe running along the body and sweeping up in to the tail. There are black "air europe" titles on the upper forward fuselage, next to an Italian flag (vertical green, white, and orange bars), and diagonally on the tail. In the background, a white and red striped metal barrier runs most of the way across the frame from the left, seperating 2 sections of taxiway, with a small construction site at the end. In the background, a runway runs from one side of the frame to the other, lined with buildings on the far side, and with a very large dark blue and grey plane coming in to land, flying just feet above it. Trees lead off in to the distance, meeting a bright but hazy sky. — I-AEJB, Boeing 767-383ER, Air Europe Italia, at London Gatwick, 19th March 1993.

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Photo of the Day 30th September 2023

Posted on September 30, 2023September 27, 2023 by mancavgeek

Low side view of a twin engined jet airliner fying at a very low altitude from left to right, with flaps extended from the rear of the wings and undercarriage safely stowed away, suggesting it has just taken off. The plane is mostly white, the rear fuselage slowly fading to yellow just aft of the wings. There are large, blue, billboard-style "aurigny" titles on the forward fuselage, as well as inverted on the belly, with smaller "Channel Islands" titles on the lower rear fuselage. The engine pods and upturned wingtips are also bright yellow. Above and behind, the sky is a gorgeous blue, with wisps of white cloud. — G-NSEY, Embraer ERJ190-200STD, Aurigny, crossing the perimeter fence after taking off from Runway 08R at London Gatwick, 12th September 2014.

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