Tag: OlympicAirways

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 5th November 2023

Posted on November 5, 2023November 3, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner taxiing from right to left. The plane has a white top half with a grey belly, seperated with a thick light blue stripe with thinner yellow and red stripes at the bottom, and a dark blue stripe at the top, sweeping up in to the tail. There are blue "Olympic" titles on the upper fuselage. In the background, a grey terminal with yellow airbridges, some attached to grey planes, is on the upper right of the frame, and with a couple of hangars, one blue, one brown, with some bizjets parked in front. Hi-rise buildings in the distance dominate the left of the frame, under a grey sky. — SX-BEI, Airbus A300B4-103, Olympic Airways, at London Heathrow, some time in the 1990s.

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Photo of the Day 4th June 2023

Posted on June 4, 2023 by mancavgeek

Low side view of a twin engined jet airliner flying from right to left, with flaps still deployed behind the wings, undercarriage being tucked away, and nose raised, suggesting it has just taken off from an airport. The plane is mostly white, with black "Japan Air Lines" titles on the upper forward fuselage, partially obscured by the engines, the registration "JA845J" under the left wing and on the rear fuselage, and a red bird with wings outstretched in a circle with red "JAL" titles on the body, on the tail. In the background, the sky is a mix of vivid blue, and fluffy white cloud. — JA845J, Boeing 787-8, Japan Air Lines, shortly after taking off from Runway 27L at London Heathrow, 22nd March 2018.

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