Tag: Runway23L

Photo of the Day 21st November 2023

Posted on November 21, 2023November 21, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a 4 engined cargo plane taxiing from left to right. The plane is mostly white, with a red, orange, and yellow cheatline swooping down from above the forward fuselage, then running along the middle of the body, with white "Iberia Cargo" titles overlaid towards the front. The tail is white, with the large letters "IB" in red and yellow, respectively, , and the registratyion "EC-EMO" at the top of the tail. In the background, a large grey hangar with blue "British Airways" titles fills the right side of the frame, with a brown brisk tower with a glazed top floor on the right, next to a low building with large red glazed doors and a white roof. Behind that, a large, green, metal box-like structure reaches into the grey sky. — EC-EMD, Douglas DC8-62F, Iberia Cargo, taxiing to the cargo apron at Manchester Airport, 15th January 1996.

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Photo of the Day 17th October 2023

Posted on October 17, 2023 by mancavgeek

G-PITZ, Pitts S-2A Special, at Manchester Barton, some time in the 1990s.

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Photo of the Day 16th October 2023

Posted on October 16, 2023October 16, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner taxiing from left to right. The plane is mostly white, with black "AIR FRANCE" titles on the upper forward fuselage next to a short red diagonal ribbon, while the tail has a thick red diagonal stripe, with dark blue bands, getting thicker as they move from left to right. In the foreground, a dark grey runway gives way to green grass, while in the background, a much ;larger twin engiend jet airliner is visible, with a white fuselage and indecipherable golden billboard titles, with trees beyond that, under a hazy grey sky. — F-HEPD, Airbus A320-214, Air France, at a slightly misty Manchester Airport, 4th February 2016.

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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.

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Photo of the Day 28th September 2023

Posted on September 28, 2023September 25, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin engoinned jet airliner taxiing from right to left, turning slightly away from the camera. The plane is mostly white, with a grey belly, and blue "FREEBIRD" titles on the upper forward fuselage. There are orange vertical endplates on the wingtips. The tail is orange, with a white circle containing an orange flying bird. green grass fills most of the foreground, as well as a lare bit of background visible under the planes body. There is a large grey hangaron the laft of the frame, behind the planes tail. Above, the sky is a pale blue. — TC-FHC, Airbus A320-214, Freebird, Turning on to Runway 23L at Manchester Airport, 15th May 2019.

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Photo of the Day 25th September 2023

Posted on September 25, 2023September 24, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner taxiing from right to left and slightly towards the camera. The planes body is an unfortunate shade of brown, with "I (heart) Cook's Club" titles on the forward fuselage, with a large yellow and orange heart shape in place of the word. The rear fuselage and tail are dark grey, with a diagonal yellow band running around the fuselage. The engine pods are the same bright yellow. In the background, several planes can be seen clustered under the left wing, while several tall cranes soar into the glorious blue sky above the left wing. — G-TCDV, Airbus A321-211, Thomas Cook, in their “I 💛 Cook’s Club” colours, taxiing on to Runway 23L at Manchester Airport, 14th May 2018.

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Photo of the Day 20th September 2023

Posted on September 20, 2023September 19, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner with the engines mounted on the rear fuselage, taxiing from right to left. The plane has a white body, with "Scandinavian Airlines" titles above and below the cabin windows on the forward fuselage. The engine pods are red, with white "Scandinavian" titles. The tail is dark blue, with large white "SAS" titles. Green grass fills most of the foreground, while the in the background, various airport buildings stretch across the middle of the frame, with blue-grey sky above. — EI-FPJ, Canadair CRJ-900LR, SAS Scandinavian Airlines, lining up on Runway 23L at Manchester Airport, 15th May 2019.

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Photo of the Day 10th September 2023

Posted on September 10, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner flying from right to left at a low altitude, with undercarriage being retracted and flaps deplyed from the rear of the wings, and the nose raised sharply, suggesting it has just taken off. The plane is mostly white, with black billboard-style "virgin atlantic" titles across the forward fuselage, as well as along the belly. There is an image of a red-haired woman wearing a red leotart flying through the air, arms stretched out behind her, with a British flag worn as a cloak streaming behind her. The registration "G-VBOW" is visible on the lower rear fuselage, and under the left wing. The tail and part of the rear fuselage is a bright red, with large, seemingly hand-written "Virgin" titles in white, as well as the letters "OW" right at the top of the tail, also in white. The engine pods are the same bright red. Behind, the sky is a fairly intense blue. — G-VBOW, Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, Virgin Atlantic, powering out of Runway 27L at London Heathrow, 22nd March 2018.

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Photo of the Day 7th September 2023

Posted on September 7, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner taxiing from left to right. The plane's body is almost entirely white, with large red "Swiss" titles on the forward fuselage, and the registration "HB-IPT" on the lower rear fuselage in black. The tail is white, with a thick red stripe running along it, with a large white cross over the top. Green grass fills the foreground, while a terminal buildingstretches across the middle of the frame in the background, under a grey sky. — HB-IPT, Airbus A319-112, Swiss, taxiing out to Runway 23 Left at Manchester Airport, as seen from the Aviation Viewing park, 4th February 2016.

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Photo of the Day 6th September 2023

Posted on September 6, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin propellor-engined airliner accellerating from right to left on a runway. The plane is mostly white, with very small "Stobart Air" titles on the forward door, and just aft of the rear door. The registration "EI-FMK" is on the upper rear fuselage, just forward of the rear door, and just aft of an Irish flag (equal green, white, and orange vertical bands). Grass fills the foreground, while in the background, red and white banded metal towers are behind the plane, made blurry by panning the camera, with trees in the far distance, under a grey sky. — EI-FMK, ATR72-600, Stobart Air, operating for Aer Lingus, starting it’s take off roll on Runway 23 Left at Manchester Airport, 13th March 2017.

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