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Photo of the Day 15th November 2023

Posted on November 15, 2023November 15, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a 3 engined jet airliner with the engines mounted on the rear fuselage taxiing from right to left, The plane has a white top half and bare metal lower half, seperated by a blue cheatline running over the passenger cabin windows. There are blue "Lufthansa" titles on the upper forward fuselage, and black "Boeing 727" titles on the side mounted engine pods. The tail is a dark blue, with a large yellow circle containing a blue bird with wings outstretched flying from right to left, abnd the registration "D-ADPI" on the centre engine intake. Concrete apron fills most of the rest of the frame, with a couple of white airbridges sticking out, one of which at the top of the frame has a white plane with a blue and white tail attached. In the distance, right at the top of the frame, a red, brown, and white building is at the edge of the apron, with trees behind under a light pink sky. — D-ADPI, Boeing 727-230, Lufthansa, at Manchester Airport, some time in the early 1990s, taken at a fairly extreme angle to try and fit the whole thing in – I had borrowed a pentax SLR with a 70-210 zoom from a friend, and could really have done with a 50mm (possibly a 35mm!) lens for this shot from this point.

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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 25th October 2023

Posted on October 25, 2023October 25, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner flying from left to right at a very low altitude, with the undercarriage being tucked away, flaps extended from the rear of the wing, and the nose raised significantly, suggesting that it has just taken off. The plane is mostly white, with dark blue "Virgin Atlantic" titles on the forward fuseelage and under the belly. The tail is bright red, with white "Virgin" titles in a pseudo-handwritten font. The engine pods are the same bright red. In the background, the sky is a bright but hazy blue. — EI-EZW, Airbus A320-214, Virgin Atlantic, seconds after leaping off Runway 23 Right at Manchester Airport, 27th September 2013.

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Photo of the Day 24th October 2023

Posted on October 24, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin propellor-engined airliner taxiing from left to right. The plane is mostly purple, with yellow, red, and white bands around the rear fuselage, the white extending up to fill the tail. There are large white "flybe" titles on the forward fuselage above a series of large white dots, with smaller white "operated by Loganair" titles below, and white "Spirit of Lewis" titles under the nose. The engine pods are purple, and have white "Think in minutes not miles" titles in white. The registration "G-LGNA" is on the rear fuselage in white. The white tail has diagonal "flybe" titles in light and dark blue, above a series of 6 coloured dots. In the background, grass and taxiways lead off to trees in the distance, under a hazy blue sky. — G-LGNA, Saab SF340B, Flybe, operated by Loganair, taxiing past the Aviation Viewing Park after landing on Runway 23 Right at Manchester Airport, 19th May 2016.

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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 9th October 2023

Posted on October 9, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner flying from right to left at a very low altitude, with the undercarriage extended, flaps deployed from the rear of the wings, and the nose raised sharply, suggesting it has just taken off. The body is almost completely white, with "AIRFRANCE" titles on the upper forward fuselage, next to a short red ribbon, and the registration "F-GKXM" on the upper rear fuselage. The tail has a seris of 4 diagonal blue lines, each thinner than the previous, and a thicker red line, with a circle of gold stars in the upper left corner. In the background, blue-grey sky fills the rest of the frame. — F-GKXM, Airbus A320-214, Air France, seconds after taking off from Runway 23R at Manchester Airport, 25th March 2015.

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Photo of the Day 5th October 2023

Posted on October 5, 2023October 4, 2023 by mancavgeek

Rear view of a 4 engined, very thin, very long, very pointy jet airliner, with wings tilted slightly down, facing almost directly away from the camera and turning to the right. The plane is almost entirely white, with a series of red and blue diagonal stripes on the tail. A set of wheels, not connected to the ground, can be seen coming from below the tailcone. In the foreground, a group of people can be seen watching it through a chain link fence topped with barbed wire, while in the background, grass and trees meet a bright white sky. — F-BTSD, Aerospatiale Concorde 101, Air France, turning on to Runway 24 at Manchester Airport, as seen from tthe Airport Hotel, some time in the 1990s.

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Photo of the Day 19th September 2023

Posted on September 19, 2023September 18, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner taxiing from left to right. The plane is mostly white, with large billboard-style "STAR ALLIANCE" titles running along the upper fuselage, with smaller "SINGAPORE AIRLINES" titles next to a golden flying bird on the lower forward fuselage. There are 5 grey pyramids on the tail, arranged in a circle, each one inb a different alignment. In the foreground, grassed areas on the left have low orange or yellow and black signs are scattered around.In the background, a low terminal buildingis bisible behind this plane on the right, with taller buildings looming over the scene on the left, one of which has a heavliy glazed tower on top with green tinted glass. Above it all, white and grey clouds complete the image. — 9V-SWJ, Boeing 777-312ER, Singapore Airlines, in a Star Alliance livery, taxiing out to the active runway at Manchester Airport, 4th February 2016.

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Photo of the Day 12th September 2023

Posted on September 12, 2023September 11, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner flying from left to right at a very low altitude, with undercarriage lowered and flaps deployed from the rear of the wings, suggesting that it is just about to land. The plane is mostly white, with a light blue belly.There are light and dark blue "flybe" titles on the forward fuselage, above a series of 7 different coloured dots. There are also "flybe" titles painted diagonally on the tail and rear fuselage. The engines are white, with "flybe.com" titles. The rest of the frame is filled with a a gorgeous blue sky. — G-FBJI, Embraer ERJ170-200STD, Flybe, on final approach to Runway 23R at Manchester Airport, 23rd May 2023.

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Photo of the Day 12th August 2023

Posted on August 12, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a high-winged, 4 engined jet airliner taxiing from right to left. The plane is mostly white, with a thin blue line running along the body. There are blue "Flightline" titles on the upper forward fuselage, wnd additional "red "Alpine" titles below the cabin windows. There is an blue stylised image of a mountain peak on the tail. In the background, large grassed areas interspersed with taxiways, runways, and a road, lead off in to the distance. — G-HWPB, British Aerospace 146-200, Flightline, taxiing out to Runway 9L at London Gatwick, 26th July 1995.

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