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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 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 12th September 2023

Posted on September 12, 2023September 11, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner flying from left to right at a very low altitude, with undercarriage lowered and flaps deployed from the rear of the wings, suggesting that it is just about to land. The plane is mostly white, with a light blue belly.There are light and dark blue "flybe" titles on the forward fuselage, above a series of 7 different coloured dots. There are also "flybe" titles painted diagonally on the tail and rear fuselage. The engines are white, with "flybe.com" titles. The rest of the frame is filled with a a gorgeous blue sky. — G-FBJI, Embraer ERJ170-200STD, Flybe, on final approach to Runway 23R at Manchester Airport, 23rd May 2023.

Photo of the Day 3rd September 2023

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

View from below of a very large 4 engined jet airliner flying from left to right at a very low altitude with slats and flaps deployed from the front and rear of the wings respectively, and the nose raised significantly, suggesting it has just taken off. The plane is mostly white, with a dark blue belly and engine pods., and red stripes on the tail. The registration "G-CIVB" is painted in black on the outer section of the left wing. In the background, the sky is a flat grey. — G-CIVB, Boeing 747-436, BritishAirways, flying out of Runway 09R at London Heathrow, 3rd April 2014.

Photo of the Day 14th August 2023

Posted on August 14, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a high-winged, twin propellor-engined airliner taxiing from left to right. The plane is mostly white, with blue "aurigny" titles on the forward fuselage. The rear fuselage fades rapidly from white to yellow, with blue "Channel Islands" titles. The tail is also yellow, with an image of a flying black and yellow bird. The engine pods are yellow, with a white flag with a red cross and a golden insignia in the middle. In the foreground, there are signs planted in the grass, the front faces being orange, all other sides are yellow. In the background, large grass areas are seperated by stretches of tarmac, some of which have red and white barriers with red lights on top, indicating that some of the taxiways are shut. Trees show the perimeter of the airfield, with a hill fading in to haze under a grey sky. — G-VZON, ATR72-500, Aurigny, taxiing out to cross Runway 23R on it’s way to 23L at Manchester Airport, 10th January 2017.

Photo of the Day 20th June 2023

Posted on June 20, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner parked facing to the left. The plane is mostly white, with a deep blue lower half, seperated by blue, white, and thin red stripes running the length of the body. There are blue "Britannia" tiitles on the upper forward fuselage, just aft of a large blue head wearing a helmet with a large, backward-swept plume. The tail is almost reversed, white ant the base and deep blue at the top, seperated by a series of white, blue, and red stripes. Overlaid on the tail is the image of a seated woman carrying a trident vertically in her left hand, her right hand holding a circular shield bearng a blue and white variant of the Union Flag, her head covered with the helmet mentioned earlier. The left side of the plane has an airbridge attached to door just forward of the wing. There is a light blue, low-slung truck attached to the nose wheel by a long pole. In the foreground is a black chainlink fence, with a couple of luggage carts parked to the lower left of the frame. Above it all, the sky is a flat grey. — G-BYAD, Boeing 757-204, Britannia, parked on Gate 201 at Manchester Airport, some time in the 1990s.

Photo of the Day 5th May 2023

Posted on May 5, 2023 by mancavgeek

N619FF, Boeing 747-212B, Saudi Arabian Airlines, wearing a hybrid colour scheme, taxiing to the terminal after landing on Runway 24, operating a Hajj flight in to Manchester Airport, 5th May 1996.

Photo of the Day 2nd April 2023

Posted on April 2, 2023 by mancavgeek

Photo of the Day 30th March 2023

Posted on March 30, 2023 by mancavgeek

Photo of the Day 18th February 2023

Posted on February 19, 2023 by mancavgeek

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