A Moment in Time . Whilst the Lauda (Ryanair) aircraft shows how things can change, nothing quite captures it the same way as the cars in this image.
Captured on an autumn day in 2025, it will forever preserve a moment in time. Some things in the world change so slowly that we barely notice - the wild landscapes of the British countryside, or the jagged shores of our coastlines.
Other things, however, change so rapidly that we barely notice them at all. We simply move with time and technological progress, and it feels like we’ve barely blinked and ten years have passed. These changes often only become apparent when we look back at moments like this, frozen in time.
By 2035, these cars will undoubtedly look outdated, just as cars from 2015 do now. Yet we rarely notice this as it happens; we are too wrapped up in the present and the everyday chaos around us. That, ultimately, is not a bad thing. Many people actively strive to live this way, often without realising how naturally it comes to us as humans.
Still, there are moments when it is worth stepping back - to sit, to breathe, and truly take in what surrounds us, appreciating the small details we usually overlook, knowing that one day they too will be gone.
Welcome to Manchester . Ever since I was a little girl and first flew from Manchester Airport, I knew I wanted to move to this city one day.
Coming from Lancaster, the draw of a big, bustling place full of people was magnetic - a far cry from where I’d grown up.
In my late teens and early twenties, I had delusions of moving to London: a bigger city with what I believed were more, and better, opportunities. It was never meant to be. I was rejected over and over again from jobs I so desperately wanted at the time.
I stayed in Manchester.
Yet something never quite made it feel like home. Something was missing. I moved to Germany. I moved back to Lancaster. I moved somewhere in between, with a distant view of the growing Manchester skyline.
Something kept pulling me back, and eventually I followed that calling. Over the last six years, I finally worked out what had always been missing. The puzzle piece that stopped it from ever quite feeling like home before.
The people.
Because it’s the people who make Manchester what it is.
I found my place and I found my people. I’m proud to be part of this city. I’m proud to call Manchester my home.
It’s been a whole year since the last commercial Jet2 757 flight from Manchester Airport. . Just as there is this year, there was snow on the ground in Manchester. Stepping off the bus to board, there hung that distinctive silence in the air that only snow brings, whilst simultaneously the aircraft engines, whirring in anticipation, cut through with their distinctive sounds.
The snow and subsequent airport closure resulted in a delay, but on this flight nobody complained and instead excitedly seized the rare and final opportunity to visit the flight deck and speak to the pilots.
The take-off can only be compared to what you imagine it feels like the first time you get on a plane as a child: forced back into your seat, feeling as though you might actually shoot into space. They do say that nothing quite compares to the power of the 757, but this felt different. This felt like, for one last time, the pilots were going to show us what this plane could really do.
It was a wonderful flight. The sun greeted us in Geneva with open arms, and we said goodbye to a legendary aircraft that has been sadly missed at Manchester ever since.
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A Moment in Time
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Whilst the Lauda (Ryanair) aircraft shows how things can change, nothing quite captures it the same way as the cars in this image.
Captured on an autumn day in 2025, it will forever preserve a moment in time. Some things in the world change so slowly that we barely notice - the wild landscapes of the British countryside, or the jagged shores of our coastlines.
Other things, however, change so rapidly that we barely notice them at all. We simply move with time and technological progress, and it feels like we’ve barely blinked and ten years have passed. These changes often only become apparent when we look back at moments like this, frozen in time.
By 2035, these cars will undoubtedly look outdated, just as cars from 2015 do now. Yet we rarely notice this as it happens; we are too wrapped up in the present and the everyday chaos around us. That, ultimately, is not a bad thing. Many people actively strive to live this way, often without realising how naturally it comes to us as humans.
Still, there are moments when it is worth stepping back - to sit, to breathe, and truly take in what surrounds us, appreciating the small details we usually overlook, knowing that one day they too will be gone.
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Welcome to Manchester
.
Ever since I was a little girl and first flew from Manchester Airport, I knew I wanted to move to this city one day.
Coming from Lancaster, the draw of a big, bustling place full of people was magnetic - a far cry from where I’d grown up.
In my late teens and early twenties, I had delusions of moving to London: a bigger city with what I believed were more, and better, opportunities. It was never meant to be. I was rejected over and over again from jobs I so desperately wanted at the time.
I stayed in Manchester.
Yet something never quite made it feel like home. Something was missing. I moved to Germany. I moved back to Lancaster. I moved somewhere in between, with a distant view of the growing Manchester skyline.
Something kept pulling me back, and eventually I followed that calling. Over the last six years, I finally worked out what had always been missing. The puzzle piece that stopped it from ever quite feeling like home before.
The people.
Because it’s the people who make Manchester what it is.
I found my place and I found my people.
I’m proud to be part of this city.
I’m proud to call Manchester my home.
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It’s been a whole year since the last commercial Jet2 757 flight from Manchester Airport.
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Just as there is this year, there was snow on the ground in Manchester. Stepping off the bus to board, there hung that distinctive silence in the air that only snow brings, whilst simultaneously the aircraft engines, whirring in anticipation, cut through with their distinctive sounds.
The snow and subsequent airport closure resulted in a delay, but on this flight nobody complained and instead excitedly seized the rare and final opportunity to visit the flight deck and speak to the pilots.
The take-off can only be compared to what you imagine it feels like the first time you get on a plane as a child: forced back into your seat, feeling as though you might actually shoot into space. They do say that nothing quite compares to the power of the 757, but this felt different. This felt like, for one last time, the pilots were going to show us what this plane could really do.
It was a wonderful flight. The sun greeted us in Geneva with open arms, and we said goodbye to a legendary aircraft that has been sadly missed at Manchester ever since.
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If you are looking for some epic spray action in slow motion have we got you got you sorted this New Years Day 🤩
Please check it out!!!
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HAPPY NEW YEAR 🎉🥂
We wish you all the very best for 2026!
Here’s to even more aviation, loud engines, pilot waves, epic take offs and butter landings ✈️
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If you haven’t already please check out our Christmas Day upload featuring the amazing Beluga XL from a very unique perspective 🎄
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Merry Christmas Everyone! 🎄🥂
We hope you have an amazing and restful day and we hope Santa brought you everything you wanted!
Sending love to those who need it today, we know it’s a tough day for many so please know you’re in our thoughts 🩷
Finally a big shout out to anyone who’s working today! You deserve a drink and a mince pie more than anyone!!
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Check this amazing spraytastic upload from earlier today where we had rare take off and landings in n runway 23L at Manchester Airport 🙌🏻✈️💦
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