Manchester

VP-BDF - Aeroflot Cargo, Douglas DC-10-40F (c/n 47855 l/n 349) Holding short of runway 23R to cross over to 23L at Manchester, operating the short lived freight route to Moscow-SVO. Since sold to Deta Air and now stored in the Californian desert. 11 September 2007

A6-EHC - Etihad Airways, Airbus A.340-541 (c/n 761) "EY8272" rotating on Manchester's runway 23L in glorious late evening sunshine, departing to Beijing on a sports team charter. 24 July 2012

N322SG - Atlas Air, Boeing 747-481 (c/n 30322 l/n 1250) Atlas operate this 747 in a passenger configuration and a different scheme to their freighter aircraft. Pictured on short finals to 23R at Manchester, UK arriving from Houston to take Manchester United FC on their 2012 pre-season tour. 15 July 2012