Tag: Runway05L

Photo of the Day 2nd October 2023.

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

Side view of a twin propellor-engined airliner parked facing to the right in front of a grass bank. the plane is mostly pale blue, with darker blue diagonal bands around both the front and rear fuselage, and blue "star airways inc" titles outlined in gold on the upper fuselage. The name "Ian Drury" is on the nose in a fancy blue italic font. The registration N3455 is on the rear fuselage in black. The tail has gold "star" titeles in gold, overlaid on the outline of a gold 4 pointed star, with smaller blue "Group plc" titles immediately below. Grass and trees make up the background, under a pale grey sky. — N3455, Douglas C-47B-35-DK, Star Airways, at North Weald during the annual Fighter Meet air show, some time during the 1990s.

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Photo of the Day 8th September 2023

Posted on September 8, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a 4 engined jet airliner flying from right to left at a very low altitude, with undercarriage lowered, and flaps extended from the rear of the wings. The way the main wheels are angled suggests theat it is just about to land. The plane is mostly white, with a dark blue belly, and a thick grey stripe running along the belly, swooping over the wings and up in to the tail. The engine pods are also dark blue. Grass fills the foreground, while most of the background is made up of trees on the far side of the airfield. with a radar tower visible on a nearby hillside near the centre of the frame. The sky is a flat white. — CS-TFX, Airbus A340-542, HiFly, seconds from landing on Runway 05L at Manchester Airport, 1st October 2015.

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Photo of the Day 3rd July 2023

Posted on July 3, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner taxiing from left to right. The plane is mostly white, with large grey "Condor" titles on the forward fuselage. The rear fuselage and tail are light and dark grey, with an orange stripe, and an orange and yellow heart. The engine cowlings are the sime intense orange. In the foreground, there is an expanse of grass, covered with a light dusting of snow.In the background, trees run off in to the distance, under a dull grey sky. — EC-NAD, Airbus A320-212, Condor, lining up on Runway 05L at Manchester Airport, 1st February 2019.

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Photo of the Day 3rd May 2023

Posted on May 3, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin engined light aircraft parked at an airport. The plane is almost entirely white, whith a thin blue line running along the body, while the tail has a thicker blue line. The registration "F-BOEY" is prominetly displayed on the rear fuselage, although the tops of the "EY" are partially obscured. In the background is a flat view across the airfield, with the edge of the airport meeting the sky., which is a mixwhite clouds and occasional blue smears. — F-BOEY, Beech C-55 , Baron, parked at Nice Airport, 9th October 1996.

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Photo of the Day 2nd May 2023

Posted on May 2, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin engined bizjet flying at low altitude with it's flaps extended from the rear of the wings, and the nose raised fairly significantly. The plane is mostly white, with a gold, brown, and black stripe starting under the nose, running along the body, then sweeping up into the lower part of the tail. The registration "G-OXLS" is displayed prominently in gold on the tail, and in black under the wing. — G-OXLS, Cessna 560XL Citation XLS, taking off from Runway 05L at Manchester Airport, 2nd May 2023.

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Photo of the Day 10th April 2023

Posted on April 10, 2023 by mancavgeek

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