#Merchantman

2023-11-05
SX-BEI, Airbus A300B4-103, Olympic Airways, at London Heathrow, some time in the 1990s.

G-OBMX, Boeing 737-59D, British Midland, at a rather misty Amsterdam Schipol, 5th November 1993.

 

G-APET, Vickers 953C Merchantman, parked on the freight apron at Manchester Airport, some time in the early 1990s.
Notice the “pogo stick” under the tail, to help balance the plane during cargo loading/unloading.

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Side view of a twin engined jet airliner taxiing from right to left and away from the camera at a misty airport. The plane has a dark blue top half and a light grey belly, with a thin white stripe seperating the 2 sections. There are white "British Midland" titles on the upper forward fuselage, just behind the red letters "BM", with a white diamond in the angle of the "M". A larger version of that logo appears on the tail. The registration "G-OBMX" appears on the upper rear fuselage in white, with "Boeing 737-500" titles on the lower rear fuselage in black. Black taxiways fill most of the rest of the frame, with occasional large patches of grass.Side view of a twin engined jet airliner taxiing from right to left. The plane has a white top half with a grey belly, seperated with a thick light blue stripe with thinner yellow and red stripes at the bottom, and a dark blue stripe at the top, sweeping up in to the tail. There are blue "Olympic" titles on the upper fuselage. In the background, a grey terminal with yellow airbridges, some attached to grey planes, is on the upper right of the frame, and with a couple of hangars, one blue, one brown, with some bizjets parked in front. Hi-rise buildings in the distance dominate the left of the frame, under a grey sky.
2023-07-19

G-OOBA, Boeing 757-28A, TUI, on final approach to Runway 23R at Manchester Airport, 23rd May 2019.

G-AXUI, Handley-Page HP-137 Jetstream Mk.1, Cranfield, Cranfield University, taxiing at Manchester Woodford, 25th March 1993.

 

RA-72972, Antonov An72, Russian Navy but wearing Aeroflot colours, on static display at Fairford International Air Tattoo, 20th July 1996.

 

G-APEG, Vickers V953C Merchantman, derelict, in faded Air Bridge carriers colours with painted-over Air Fast titles, abandoned at East Midlands Airport, 29th April 1992.

 

I-BUSC, Airbus A300B4-203, Alitalia, at London Heathrow, some time in the early 1990s.

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Side view of a small twin propellor engined airliner taxiing from left to right. The plane has a white top half and grey lower sections, with a thick light blue stripe running backwards from just behind the cockpit, thinning down as it gets towards the rear, with the word "Cranfield" above it on the rear fuselage. The tail is white, with a long thin bright orange triangle pointing slightly backwards, overlaid with the registration "G-AXUI". In the background, grassed and paved areas lead off to trees and bushes in the distance marking the airfield perimeter, with rolling hills rising up beyond that, under a hazy grey sky.Front view of a high-winged, twin engined jet airliner, with the engines mounted over the wings, parked facing slightly to the left of the camera. The plane is mostly white, with a grey lower section and a dark blue stripe running along the body. There are dark blue "Aeroflot" titles in a Cyrillic script below the line, running across the open door. There are large red covers over the engine inlets. In the background, there are parked cars visible below the wing, with a fence and trees behind them. Bright sunlight from the left washes out the sky, with heavy shadows of the plane being cast on the ground.Side view of a 4 propellor-engined cargo plane parked facing to the left at the top of a slight incline. The plane is white on the top, with a light grey belly, with a thick darker grey stripe seperating the 2 sections. There is a grey splodge on the upper forward fuselage where the airline titles have been painted over. The tail is mostly grey, with a pair of white lines at the bottom, with a splash of red on the top of the tails leading edge. In the foreground, a grass-covered hillside leads down to the camera, with a small black bird flying through the middle of the frame. In the background, a fence on the right of the frame marks the perimeter of the airfield, with trees visible over the top of the plane, under a leaden grey sky.Side view of a twin engined jet airliner taxiing from right to left. the plane is mostly white, with a thick green stripe running along the body, sweeing up into the tail to form one leg of a letter "A", before turning down to form the other leg, with a red triangle in the middle. there are black "Alitalia" titles on the upper forward fuselage, again with the red triangle in the leading letter "A". In the background,a pair of dark blue and grey airliners are attached to a terminal building on the right, with several bizjets are parked in front of a brown and red hangar with "Fields" titles on the top of the building. Above, a hazy grey sky fills the rest of the frame.
Photo of the Day 18th October 2022: G-APEM, Vickers V.953C Merchantman, DHL, at manchester Airport, some time in the early 1990s.

Photo of the Day 18th October 2022: G-APEM, Vickers V.953C Merchantman, DHL, at manchester Airport, some time in the early 1990s.

Bonus Photo of the Day 18th October 2022: G-ASYD, British Aircraft Corporation BAC 1-11-670 Fly-by-light demonstrator at Liverpool Speke Airport, either 1992 or 1993. On This Day 18th October 1993 (October 18, 1993): PH-SVB, Robin R.2112, at Rotterdam R.2112 at Rotterdam Airport, 18th October 1993. Tails 18th October 2022: Tail of N610TW, Boeing 767-231, TWA, at London Gatwick, some time in the early 1990s.

 

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2020-04-29

On This Day 29th April 2020.
G-APEG, Vickers 953 Merchantman, derelict, in basic Air Bridge Carriers colours, at East Midlands Airport, 29th April 1992.
#avgeek #planespotting #otd #eastMidlandsAirport #ema #egnx #vickers #vanguard #merchantman #airBridgeCarriers #derelict

Derelich Vickers Vanguard in basic Air Bridge colours at East Midlands Airport, 1992.
Photo of the Day 2020-01-09: F-BUTI, Fokker F28-1000, British Airways, on final approach to Manchester Airport, some time in 1994 or 1995.

Photo of the Day 2020-01-09 (Bonus) (October 18, 1993): PH-FXA, Dornier Do228-202K, Flexair, at Rotterdam, 18th October 1993. On This Day 9th January 1995 (January 9, 1995): G-BLNW, Britten-Norman BN-2B-27 Islander, Scottish Ambulance Service, at Inverness Airport, 9th January 1995. IMG 20191113 0025 (January 7, 1995): G-BKZG, Aerospatiale AS-332L1 Super Puma, British International Helicopters,at Aberdeen Dyce, 7th January 1995. IMG 20191129 0066: G-APEM, Vickers V953C Merchantman, DHL, at Manchester Airport, some time in the early 1990s.

 

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