Photo of the Day 27th May 2025.
G-LGNH, Saab SF-340B, operated by LoganAir on behalf of FlyBe, just seconds after taking off from Runway 23 Left at Manchester Airport, 18th August 2015, as seen from the Western end of SouthSide.
Most of 23Left/05Right is easily visible from raised mounds running alongside the runway just outside the airport perimeter, with a gap of 3-400 metres where it crosses a road and a small river valley.
The Eastern end is fairly easy to access, but the other end involves a LOT of walking if you don't have a car, and in fact is impossible in anything other than really sunny weather - the first part of the path leading there is almost completely impassable after rain, I wrecked more than a couple of pair of trousers figuring this out!
3 photos behind the link.
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![Side view of a white, twin engined jet airliner facing to the left on a grey runway.
The plane has a pale blue belly, and pale and dark blue "FlyBe" titles above a series of yellow, red, and purple dots on the forward fuselage.
These titles are repeated on the sides of the engine cowlings with additional "[dot] com" titles, as well as on the tail, minus the dots.
Green grass fills the bottom of the frame, with the razor-wire on the top of the perimeter fence visible right at the bottom.
More grass in the background leads up to a large grey hangar in the distance on the right, and trees on the left, under blue-grey sky.](https://files.mastodon.social/cache/media_attachments/files/114/451/543/013/595/878/original/7abe9bb0a156a6e7.jpeg)
![Side view of a white, twin propellor-engined airliner taxiing from left to right off the runway.
The plane is almost entirely white, with blue "FlyBe" titles above a series of yellow, red, and purple dots on the forward fuselage, just behind the cockpit.
There is the web address "www[dot]flybe[dot]com" in blue on the sides of the engine cowlings.
The registration "G-LGNR" is on the upper rear fuselage, in black.
The last 2 letters "NR" are on the front of the nose wheel doors, and above the cockpit corner windows, also in black.
Green grass lines either side of the black runway in the foreground, with the taxiway this plane is on hidden by grass.
More grass in the background leads up to trees in the distance, under blue-grey sky.](https://files.mastodon.social/cache/media_attachments/files/114/447/615/518/633/678/original/b86f23025bed2823.jpeg)
![Side view of a white, twin engined jet airliner flying from left to right at a very low altitude, with it's undercarriage still lowered, flaps extended from the rear of the wing, and the nose raised sharply, suggesting it has just taken off.
The plane is almost all white, with a pale blue belly.
There are large, blue "FlyBe" titles on the forward fuselage, over 6 coloured dots - 2 orange, 2 red, 2 purple.
The same logo is on the white engine pods under the wing - the word "FlyBe" over 6 coloured dots, only this time with "[dot]com" added at the end.
The word "FlyBe" also appears on the tail and rear fuselage.
The registration "G-FBJJ" is on the upper rear fuselage in black.
Pale blue sky fills the rest of the frame.](https://files.mastodon.social/cache/media_attachments/files/114/394/694/172/137/474/original/c21c38874706a326.jpeg)
