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Photo of the Day 28th November 2023

Posted on November 28, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a high-winged, 4 engined, grey jet airliner with a dark blue belly and tail, taxiing from left to right. In the background, a large expanse of grass leads up to trees in the distance. — G-MANS, British Aerospace 146-200, British Airways Express, at Manchester Airport, some time in the late 1990’s.

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Photo of the Day 9th September 2023

Posted on September 9, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner being pushed back from it's stand, facing to the left and away from the camera. The plane is mostly white, with a thin red and blue stripe running along the body and sweeping up to fill the tail.There are dark blue "Yemenia" titles on the upper fuselage, in English at the front, and in an Arabiv script towards the middle. The tail has a white circle, with a dark blue oval with a white hoile, and 3 lines trailing off the back, with a red crescent overlaid on top. There are "Airbus A310" titles on the lower rear fuselage. The engine pods are red at the front, and blue at the rear. There is a blue tow truck attached to the nose gear. In the backgrpound is a view across the airfield, mostly concrete apron, with a handful of airliners parked by a large building in the top left corner. — F-OHPQ, Airbus A310-222 Yemenia, at London Gatwick, 26th July 1995.

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Photo of the Day 18th July 2023

Posted on July 18, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a single engined light aircraft parked facing to the right. The plane is mostly white, with a thick brown stripe covering most of the upper fuselage and thin orange and red stripes running along the middle of the body. The same design covers the spats over the fixed undercarriage, as well as on the tail. In the background, the rain-covered apron stretches off into the distance, giving way to grass which runs off to the airfield perimeter, vanishing in to the rain. — G-BIDP, Piper PA28-181 Cherokee Archer II, parked at Liverpool Speke, 22nd January 1993.

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Photo of the Day 27th June 2023

Posted on June 27, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin propellor engined business aircraft moving from right to left, with the nose lifted slightly off the ground as it rotates off the runway. The plane is mostly white, with a thin blue and gold stripe running along the body from the nose, widening behind the cabin windows, before sweeping up to occupy most of the tail. The registration "G-LYDF" is on the tail in large golden letters. In the background is a large grey-brown hanger, behind which is a white jet airliner with "Avro RJX" titles on the forward fuselage. — G-LYDF, Piper PA-31-350 Chieftain, taking off from Runway 23L at Manchester Airport, 15th March 2017.

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