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Photo of the Day 26th September 2023

Posted on September 26, 2023September 25, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner throwing up large clouds of moisture as it slows down after landing on a rather damp runway, moving from left to right. The plane is mostly white, with black "Delta" titles next to a red triangle on the upper forward fuselage. The tail is dark blue, with ared triangle pointing North-East. The engines are also dark blue, with the thrust reversers open, helping to slow the plane. A pair of bright lights are shining on the nosewheel leg. In the background, trees mark the airfield perimeter, with rolling hills in the far distance, under a grey sky. — N711ZX, Boeing 757-231, Delta Airlines, drying Runway 23Right at Manchester Airport, 4th February 2016.

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Photo of the Day 8th May 2023

Posted on May 8, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a very large 4 engined jet airliner taxiing from left to right. The plane is mostly white, with large "Corsair" titles on the forward fuselage. The tail has a stylised image of crashing ocean waves in dark blue, light blue, and white. The foreground has part of the roof of the terminal building just popping in to the bottom of the frame, while, the background has a large hangar on the left, large white fuel tanks in the middle, and some random buildings on the right. Above, the sky is a hazy blue, while golden sunlight is streaming across the entire scene, especially the plane. — F-BPVG, Boeing 747-128, Corsair, taxiing to it’s gate at Manchester Airport, 28th October 1995.

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