Manc AvGeekSep 18, 2024
Whoops - because of stuff at home, forgot to post yuesterdays photos - so, a quick thread...
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Photo of the Day 18th September 2024.

OO-SSJ, Airbus A319-112, Brussels Airlines, lining up on Runway 23 Left at Manchester Airport, 5th May 2019, as seen from the SouthSide mound.

6 photos behind the link.
https://mancavgeek.co.uk/2024/09/18/photo-of-the-day-18th-september-2024/

#Manchester #MAN #EGCC #Runway23Left #SouthSide #Airbus #A319 #BrusselsAirlines
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Photo of the Day 18th September 2024. – Manc AvGeek

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Bonus Photo of the Day 18th September 2024.

C-FRSE, Boeing 787-8 DreamLiner, Air Canada, being pushed back from it's gate at Dublin Airport, 14th August 2024.
Heat haze from the black runway baking in the sun comes very close to ruining this shot.

#Dublin #Collinstown #DUB #EIDW #Boeing #B787 #DreamLiner #AirCanada
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Bonus Photo of the Day 2 18th September 2024.

XA564, Gloster Javelin FAW1, Royal Air Force, on display outside The Royal Air Force Museum, Cosford, 5th February 1996.

#Cosford #CFD #EGWC #RAFMuseum #Museum #Gloster #Javelin #RoyalAirForce #RAF
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Bonus Photo of the Day 3 18th September 2024.

PH-KFG, Fokker F27-200 Friendship, F27 Friendship Association, in the visitors park at Fairford International Air Tattoo, 22nd July 1995.

#Fairford #FFD #EGVA #IAT #InternationalAirTattoo #Fokker #F27 #Friendship #F27FriendshipAssociation
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Bonus Photo of the Day 4 18th September 2024.

G-BUKA, Swearingen SA227-AC Metro III, Air Corbiere, at Coventry Airport, 8th May 1993.

#Coventry #CVT #EGBE #Swearingen #SA227 #Metro #AirCorbiere
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Bonus Photo of the Day 5 18th September 2024.

G-AIYR, De Haviland DH.89A Dragon Rapide, taxiing out to the active runway while operating a pleasure flight before the annual Fighter Meet Airshow at North Weald, 17th May 1992.

#NorthWeald #EGSX #FighterMeet #AirShow #DeHaviland #DH89 #Dragon #Rapide
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@mancavgeek First sight thought it was GWR colours from their Scilly flights. A friend of mine back in the 40s had her honeymoon on the Isle of Wight and was flown there in a Rapide
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@mancavgeek I never realised how big they are until I saw this photo of my Dad standing in front of one.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/112125468@N06/53443153589/in/album-72157713865955566

Dad standing in front of RAF 23 Squadron Javelin FAW.7 XH845 at Changi, Singapore, XH849 immediately behind, May/June 1960

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@zkarj
Good grief - that thing must be the size of a WWII medium bomber!
A Wellington, or something like that!
According to Wikipedia, this is 8 feet shorter than a Wimpy, but 3 feet longer than a Handley-Page Hampden, another British medium bomber.