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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.

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Photo of the Day 3rd August 2023

Posted on August 3, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner rolling at high speed from right to left. The plane is mostly white, with a light blue belly, and a darker blue rear fuselage and tail, as well as dark blue engine pods and upturned wingtips. There are small "boeing 767-300" titles on the lower forward fuselage. The foreground is yellowy-green grass, the background is grass leading off to trees and buildings in the background, and the sky above is a mix of a pale blue with dark, stormy looking clouds. — N1469A, Boeing 767-3K1ER, Atlas Air, in basic Thomas Cook Airlines colours, in the middle of it’s take-off roll on Runway 23L at Manchester Airport, en route to Taipei for conversion to a freighter, 26th January 2018.

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Photo of the Day 1st July 2023

Posted on July 1, 2023 by mancavgeek

View from below of a twin engined jet airliner flying at low level with flaps deployed from the rear of the wings, suggesting it has just taken off. The plane is mostly white, with purple cartoon smiling mouths on either side of the fuselage, and large billboard-style "Wow" titles in the centre of the fuselage, over (and partially obscured by) the wing. The registration "LZ-MDD" is visible in black letters under the left wing. Above, the sky is a mix of vivid blue, and fluffy white clouds. — LZ-MDD, Airbus A320-232, Wow Air, crossing the perimeter fence after taking off from Runway 08R at London Gatwick, 12th September 2014.

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Photo of the Day 11th April 2023

Posted on April 11, 2023 by mancavgeek

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