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Rear view of a bulbous, 4 propellor-engined cargo plane in a bare metal finish with yellow, orange, red, and blue stripes running along the body, taxiing away from the camera, with it's nose-wheel turned sharply to the right.Bright but hazy sky fills the background.

Photo of the Day 21st July 2024.

Posted on July 21, 2024 by mancavgeek

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Side view of a white and blue, 3 engined jet airliner with the engines mounted on the rear fuselage, taxiing from right to left, withblack aircraft hangars stretching across the entire background, under the obligatory grey Mancunian skies.

Photo of the Day 29th February 2024.

Posted on February 29, 2024February 27, 2024 by mancavgeek

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Photo of the Day 26th July 2023

Posted on July 26, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a verly large 4 engined jet airliner flying from right to left at a VERY low altitude, with undercarriage lowered, flaps sextended from the rear of the wings, slats extended from the front of the wings, and the nose raised significantly, suggesting it has just taken off. The plane is mostly white, with large billboard style "virgin atlantic" titles on the forward fuselage. the rear fuselage and tail are red, with white "Virgin" titles. The engine cowlings and upturned wingtips are also red. In the foreground, a large grassed area is framed by tarmac areas, while in the background, a couple of other planes are parked at a large terminal building, under a grey sky — G-VLIP, Boeing 747-443, Virgin Atlantic, leaping off Runway 23R at Manchester Airport, 26th January 2018.

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Photo of the Day 5th June 2023

Posted on June 5, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a helicopter hovering several feet above the ground, facing to the right. The helicopter is completely black, with the registration "N520EA" on the engine on top of the fuselage. In the background is a brown building with a fully glazed room occupying the whole top floor, with several antennae on top. A man is standing on a blacony taking a photo of this helicopter, but looks as if he is taking a photo of me and my camera. — N520EA, Mcdonnell Douglas MD520N, kicking up grass as it comes in for a landing at City Airport Manchester/Barton, 3rd June 2023.
The control tower in the background is the oldest example of it’s type in the UK still in use as a control tower.

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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 3rd February 2023

Posted on February 3, 2023 by mancavgeek

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Photo of the Day 30th January 2023

Posted on January 30, 2023 by mancavgeek

https://g.mancavgeek.co.uk/picture.php?/2049/category/210

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