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Photo of the Day 26th November 2023

Posted on November 26, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a 3 engined white jet airliner with an orange, red, and blue stripe runnning along the body, moving at high speed along a black runway. In the background, a low grey building with a white roof dominates the middle of the frame, with trees beyond disappearing in to haze in the distance, under a grey sky. — N7642U, Boeing 727-222, United Airlines, braking hard on Runway 23Left at London Heathrow, some time in the 1990s.

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Photo of the Day 23rd September 2023

Posted on September 23, 2023September 21, 2023 by mancavgeek

Low side view of a twin engined jet airliner flying from left to right at a low altitude, with flaps deployed from the rear of the wings, undercarriage being tucked away, and the nose raised sharply, suggesting it has just taken off. The plane is mostly white, with purple "virgin atlantic" titles on the belly, and an image of a flying woman wearing a red leotard and trailing a Union Flag on the nose. Thye tail and engine pods are bright red, with white "Virgin" titles on the tail. Behind, the sky is flat grey clouds, with hints of blue peeking through. — G-VGBR, Airbus A330-343, Virgin Atlantic, crossing the perimeter fence after taking off from Runway 08R at London Gatwick, 12th September 2014.

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Photo of the Day 5th September 2023

Posted on September 5, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a light helicopter parked on a concrete hardstanding surrounded by grass, facing to the right. The body is mostly dark blue, with a light blue lighting stripe under the cockpit windows. The roto mast on top of the body, tail boom, and tail are alsothe same dark blue. Behind, the airfield stretches off into the distance, it's perimeter marked by trees and bushes. Several light aircraft are parked across the airfield, mostly clustering around the control tower, which is just coming in to view in the top right corner. The sky above it all is mostly light blue with faint scattered white clouds. — G-HIZZ, Robinson R22 Beta II, at City Airport Manchester/Barton, 23rd May 2019.

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Photo of the Day 21st August 2023

Posted on August 21, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a helicopter facing to the right. The fuselage is mostly yellow, with purple bands under the belly, and a purple tail. There are purple "North West Air Ambulance Charity" titels on the forward door, and the web address "www.nwaa.net" on the rear door. The registration "G-NWAE"is displayed prominently displayed on the tail boom. In the background, trees with yellow leaves almost block the grey sky. — G-NWAE, Eurocopter EC-135T-2, North West Air Ambulance, at City Airport Manchester/Barton, 29th November 2022.

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Photo of the Day 8th August 2023

Posted on August 8, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner, with the engines mounted on the rear fuselage, taxiing from left to right. The plane is mostly white, with large "Star Alliance" titles running along the fuselage. The engines are a deep blue, with a wide black vertical vertical band in the middle with the registration "OH-BLP" in white, as well as a white flag with a black cross. The tail is black, with 5 silver arrowheads arranged in a circle. Those same arrowheads are visible in a smaller form under the cockpit windows at the front of the fuselage. In the background, a large terminal building is visible, with several planes parked on their stands. Above it all, the sky is a hazy grey-blue. — OH-BLP, Boeing 717-23S, Blue1, in Star Alliance livery, taxiing out to Runway 05L past the Aviation Viewing Park at Manchester Airport, 29th March 2014.

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Photo of the Day 6th August 2023

Posted on August 6, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a very large 4 engined passenger airliner being towed from left to right on a taxiway by a dark blue and grey tug. The plane is mostly white, with the top of the nose cone painted black, a reversed US flag between the upper and lower deck windows on the forward fuselage, and large black "Evergreen" titles over the front of the wings. The registration "N470EV" is painted prominently on the upper rear fuselage. In the background, a grey building is right up against a large concrete retaining wall, with houses, a church, and some tower blocks behind it, under a blue-grey sky. — N470EV, Boeing 747-273C, Evergreen International, being towed along a taxiway at London Heathrow, 28th July 1995.

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Photo of the Day 30th July 2023

Posted on July 30, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a 3 engined jet airliner taxiing from left to right. The plane is light blue on the top, with a silver belly, , and a thick darker blue stripe and thinner white stripe in the middle. There are white "KLM" titles under a stylised white crown on the forwar fuselage, with a similar, larger blue crown over blue "KLM" titles on the tail, as ell as on the white engine pods. Behind, there is a low brown building with red-framed doors and windows, with a short brown tower with glazed section on the roof, behind which is latrge green metal structure. Above it all, the sky is a depressingly dreary grey. — PH-DTB, Douglas DC10-30, KLM, taxiing to the terminal at Manchester |Airport, 13th February 1993.

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Photo of the Day 29th June 2023

Posted on June 29, 2023June 29, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner flying from left to right at low level, with undercarriage extended, flaps deployed from behind the wings, and the nose raised steeply, suggesting it has just taken off. There is a noticeable bend in the wings, the normal level wing surves upwards towards the tips. The plane is mostly white, with a grey belly, and thick light blue stripe running along the body, with a thick green stripe under the cockpit. There are green "Cathay Pacific" titles on the lower forward fuselage. The tail is white, with a thick green stripe with a stylised white bird, looking as if it was made with a single brush stroke. behind, the sky is a vivid blue, with some clouds at the bottom of the frame. — B-KQD, Boeing 777-367ER, Cathay Pacific, powering out of Runway 23R at Manchester Airport, 4th June 2015.

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Photo of the Day 8th June 2023

Posted on June 8, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a three engined jet airliner parked at it's gate, facing to the right. The plane is mostly white, with a grey belly, and large blue "Rich International" titles on the upper forward fuselage. The tail has large blue "RI" titles, with a red flame at the top of the "I". In the background, 5 airliners of different types and colour schemes are also parked on wome of the other gates at this terminal. — N765BE, Lockheed L1011-1-50 TriStar, Rich International, parked on Terminal 2 at Manchester Airport, 23rd September 1995.

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Photo of the Day 23rd May 2023

Posted on May 23, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin propellor engined air liner taxiing from left to right. The plane is mostly black, with a large white area on the forward fuselage, with blue "Crossair" titles over the cabin windows towards the front. The rear fuselage has white "The Phantom" titles in a fractured font, while the tail has a white half-face mask. The wing-mounted engines are white, with "crossair" titles. behind the plane is a circular teminal building, with a white twin-engined jet airliner parked on the left, facing away from the camera, with "Tunisair" titles on the forward fuselage. In the background, trees run in to the distance, running up the side of a mountain towards the rear. — HB-IZK, Saab 2000, Crossair, in a rather fancy Phantom of the Opera colour scheme, taxiing out at Geneva Cointrin, 5th October 1996.

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