Tag: McDonnellDouglas

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.

Photo of the Day 18th November 2023

Posted on November 18, 2023November 16, 2023 by mancavgeek

N803DE, McDonnell Douglas MD11, Delta Air Lines, at London Gatwick, some time in the late 1990s.

Photo of the Day 6th November 2023

Posted on November 6, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin propellor engined airliner taxiing from left to right, seen from a slightly elevated viewpoint. The plane is mostly white, with a light blue and grey stripe running along the body, repeated diagonally on the tail. There are large "Luxair" and smaller "Commuter" titles in black on the upper forward fuselage, with the flags of both the EU and Luxembourg a bit further back. The registration "LX-LGL" is on the rear fuselage in black. In the background, grey concrete apron fills most of the screen, with red-painted concrete with yellow hatchingdelineating a non-accessible area in the middle. — LX-LGL, Embraer EMB120 Brasilia, Luxair, at Manchester Airport, some time in the 1990s.

Photo of the Day 28th October 2023

Posted on October 28, 2023October 27, 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 dark blue belly, and blue "Air Liberte" titles on the lower forward fuselage. The tail has a wordcloud in blue and red, with French words such as "libres" (freedom, in English), "en droit" (legally, by law, by right), "egaux" (equal), and others. In the foreground is a metal-framed glass fence, with the tail of another plane beyond that in the bottom right corner of the image. In the background, grass and taxiways give way to trees in the distance, with some buildings visible beyond there. — F-GHEB, McDonnell Douglas MD83, Air Liberte, at London Gatwick, some time in the late 1990s.

Photo of the Day 27th October 2023

Posted on October 27, 2023October 26, 2023 by mancavgeek

F-GLNI, British Aerospace 146-200QC, Air Jet, being pushed back from it’s stand on Pier B at Manchester Airport, some time in the early 1990s.
For some reason, the clamshell air brakes on the rear fuselage are open.

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.

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.

Photo of the Day 3rd October 2023

Posted on October 3, 2023October 2, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a high-winged, twin propellor-engined aitrliner moving at high speed from right to left. The plane is mostly purple, with yellow and red bands around the rear fuselage, and a white tail extending down over the tail cone. There are large white "flybe" titles over 5 white dots on the forward fuselage, with white "Faster than road or rail" titles on the outside of the purple engine pods. There are diagonal "flybe" titles in 2 shades of blue on the tail , over 5 dots of varying colours. The registration "G-JEDP" is on the tailcone in black. Grass fills the foreground, while in the background, a pair of large grey hangars dominate the centre of the screen, with a green metal structure on the left of the frame, and an out-of-focus terminal building on the right. Above everything, the sky is a flat grey. — G-JEDP, De Haviland Canada DHC-8-402Q Dash 8, Flybe, accelerating for take off on Runway 23L at Manchester Airport, 13th March 2017.

Photo of the Day 26th September 2023

Posted on September 26, 2023September 25, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner throwing up large clouds of moisture as it slows down after landing on a rather damp runway, moving from left to right. The plane is mostly white, with black "Delta" titles next to a red triangle on the upper forward fuselage. The tail is dark blue, with ared triangle pointing North-East. The engines are also dark blue, with the thrust reversers open, helping to slow the plane. A pair of bright lights are shining on the nosewheel leg. In the background, trees mark the airfield perimeter, with rolling hills in the far distance, under a grey sky. — N711ZX, Boeing 757-231, Delta Airlines, drying Runway 23Right at Manchester Airport, 4th February 2016.

Photo of the Day 15th September 2023

Posted on September 15, 2023 by mancavgeek