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Side view of a high-winged, twin engined jet airliner lined up waiting for take off on a grey runway. The plane is largely white with a dark blue belly, and dark blue "British Airways" titles on the lower forward fuselage. A twisted, red and blue ribbon is on the upper forward fuselage, immediately aft of the cockpit windows, and the black registration "OY-NCL" is on the upper rear fuselage. The tail is white, with rippling red stripes either side of a rippling dark blue triangle in the middle. The horizontal stabiliser, mounted at the top of the tail, is casting it's own shadow on the top and front of the tail, which suggests that the sun is up in the top left corner somewhere. Green grass fills the foreground, lining both sides of the runway. Trees in the distance meet grey clouds and blue sky.

Photo of the Day 10th May 2026.

2026-05-10

By: Manc AvGeek

On: May 10, 2026

In: Photo of The Day, Schipol Sunday

Tagged: AMS, AvGeek, aviation, B727, BAC111, Boeing, BritishAircraftCorporation, BritishAirways, DC10, DO328, Dornier, Douglas, EGCC, EGPF, EHAM, GLA, Glasgow, KLM, LoganAirAmsterdam, MaerskAir, MAN, Manchester, photography, planespotting, Runway23Left, Schipol, SchipolSunday, SD360, Shorts, SouthSide, SunAirOfScandinavia, TunisAir

Low side view of a white, twin engined Bizjet flying from left to right at a very low altitude. The plane has it's undercarriage lowered, and flaps extended from the rear of the wings, suggesting it is about to land. The plane is mostly white, with a dark blue, red, and grey stripe running along the body from the nose, getting slightly wider and sweeping up in to the lower reaches of the tail. A similar stripe is on the outer face of the up-turned wing-tips. Bright but hazy sky with hints of blue fill the rest of the frame.

Photo of the Day 9th May 2026.

2026-05-09

By: Manc AvGeek

On: May 9, 2026

In: Photo of The Day

Tagged: AcesHigh, AirAlgerie, AirShow, AvGeek, aviation, B727, B787, BizJet, Blackpool, BLK, Boeing, Bombardier, Cirrus, Collinstown, DreamLiner, DUB, Dublin, EGCC, EGNH, EGSX, EIDW, Global6000, HungarianAirForce, LFPO, MAN, Manchester, Mig21, MikoyanGurevich, NetJets, NorthWeald, Orly, ORY, Paris, photography, planespotting, QatarAirways, Runway23Right, ShadowMossRoad, SquiresGate, SR22

Low front view of a 3 engined jet airliner parked facing to the right on gravel. The plane is white on top, with a grey lower half, and a thick stripe that used to be dark blue but is now faded to dark green running along the body, covering the passenger cabin windows. There are red and white letters "BEA" on the upper forward fuselage, and a partial UK flag on the now-green tail. The underside of the wings is red. A long yellow pushback pole is attached to the nosewheel. White airstairs are attached to the front and rear cabin doors on the far side of the plane. Trees fill the background on the left of the frame, with a rather square and boxy green metal frame taking up most of the rest of the background, and the grey tail of another plane on the right, all under gorgeous blue sky.

Manchester Monday 4th May 2026.

2026-05-04

By: Manc AvGeek

On: May 4, 2026

In: Manchester Monday

Tagged: AirEuropaExpressManchester, Airport Hotel, AirShow, AirUK, ATP, AvGeek, aviation, B727, BAC111, Barton, BEA, Boeing, BritishAerospace, BritishAircraftCorporation, BritishAirways, BritishEuropeanAirlines, D119, DC8, Douglas, EGCB, EGCC, EGCD, F100, Fokker, HawkerSiddeley, HS121, Jodel, MAN, Manchester, ManchesterMonday, photography, planespotting, RingwayRoad, Runway24, RunwayVisitorPark, RVP, TopAir, TransLift, Trident, Woodford

Front side view of a glossy black helicopter parked facing to the right on grass, with the motor slowly spinning and the pilots door open. The grey registration "N520EA" is on the side of the engine pods on top of the fuselage, and grey text "MD520N" is on the top of the twin tails at the end of the long, fat tail boom. Notably, there is no vertical rotor at the end of the tail boom. There are 2 people sitting in the heavily glazed cockpit, the person sitting in the right-hand seat wearing a white shirt, and using their hands to demonstrate something to the person in the left hand seat, who is wearing a blue shirt. Green grass fills the foreground, with people sitting or standing behind a green metal mesh fence in the background, and a curved, green corrugated metal hangar behind them on the left, and a large brown brick building on the right. Pretty much everyone in the photo is wearing sunglasses, so it is probably a sunny day.

Photo of the Day 23rd April 2026.

2026-04-23

By: Manc AvGeek

On: April 23, 2026

In: On This Day, Photo of The Day, Throw Thursday

Tagged: AirFrance, AvGeek, aviation, B727, BAE146, BahrainAmiriFlight, Barton, BizJet, Boeing, BritishAerospace, C9, DC9, Douglas, EGCB, EGLL, FlightInternational, FlyIn, Heathrow, JerseyEuropean, KuwaitAirForce, LearJet, LHR, LJ35, London, Manchester, McDonnellDouglas, MD520, OnThisDay, photography, planespotting, QueensBuilding, Runway27Left, ThrowThursday

Rear view of a squat and boxy, high-winged, twin propellor-engined airliner facing slightly to the right but mostly away from the camera. The plane has a grey upper half and dark blue lower, with a thin red pinstripe on the lower fuselage, ending in a half arrowhead at the front. There are black "British Airways Express" titles on the upper forward fuselage. The top half of the tail are dark blue, with a large grey heraldic crest in the middle. The lower half is grey, with a dark blue and red triangle at the rear. A group of people, some wearing bright yellow hi-viz jackets, are clustered around the left rear of the plane. Grey concrete apron fills most of the background, with A pair of white airbridges hanging off the side of a grey building on the left of the frame, and a larger jet airliner wearing the same livery nosing into frame from the right.

Manchester Monday 6th April 2026.

2026-04-06

By: Manc AvGeek

On: April 6, 2026

In: Manchester Monday, On This Day

Tagged: 504, A310, AdvancedTurboProp, Airbus, AirportHotel, AirShow, AirTransat, ATP, AvGeek, aviation, Avro, B121, B727, BAE146, Barton, Beagle, Boeing, BritishAerospace, BritishAirways, CardinalHelicopterService, EAS, EGCB, EGCC, EGCD, EuropeAeroService, F27, Firefly, Fokker, MAN, Manchester, ManchesterMonday, Manx, OnThisDay, photography, PierB, PierC, planespotting, Pup, RFC, RoyalFlyingCorps, RoyalNetherlandsAirForce, Runway24, RunwayVisitorPark, RVP, S76, SD360, Shorts, Sikorsky, Slingsby, T1, T67, Troopship, Woodford

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner taxiing from right to left. The plane is mostly white, with a red and yellow stripe swooping from under the lower forward fuselage and over the wing, with the yellow descending back under the rear fuselage, while the red takes over the rear fuselage and tail, with additional yellow swirls at the top and on the tail. There are red "Hainan Airlines" titles on the upper forward fuselage, in a Chinese script forward if the mid-cabin door, and in English aft of that door. The black registration "B-304K" is on the upper rear fuselage. Grey concrete apron and black tarmac taxiway fill the foreground, with trees stretching across the background under hazy grey sky. In the middle of the background, a green fire training rig, vaguely resembling a 3-engined Boeing 747, is sitting there looking a bit sorry for itself.

Manchester Monday 23rd March 2026.

2026-03-23

By: Manc AvGeek

On: March 23, 2026

In: Manchester Monday

Tagged: A330, AdvancedTurboProp, Airbus, AirShow, ATP, AvGeek, aviation, B727, Barton, BN2, Boeing, BritishAerospace, BrittenNorman, CityLine, CzechAircraftWorks, EGCC, F50, FlyIn, Fokker, HainanAirlines, HawkerSiddeley, HS801, Islander, L5, Lufthansa, MAN, Manchester, ManchesterMonday, Manx, McDonnellDouglas, MD87, Nimrod, NorthernAirlines, photography, PierB, planespotting, RAF, RoyalAirForce, Runway23Left, SAS, ScandinavianAirlines, SportCruiser

Side view of a white, twin propellor-engined airliner parked on a runway facing to the left, it's propellors blurred as they spin. The plane has red "LoganAir" titles on the upper forward fuselage, followed by black text "Scotlands Airline". The registration "G-LGNT" is on the upper rear fuselage, in black. The tail is covered in a red, black, and white tartan pattern. Green grass fills the foreground, with more grass in the background leading up to a large grey building in the distance. Pale blue sky with smears of grey cloud fill the rest of the frame

Photo of the Day 10th March 2026.

2026-03-10

By: Manc AvGeek

On: March 10, 2026

In: On This Day, Photo of The Day, Tails Tuesday

Tagged: A330, AdvancedTurboProp, Airbus, AirShow, ATP, AvGeek, aviation, B121, B727, Barton, Beagle, Boeing, BritishAerospace, EAS, EGCB, EGCC, EGCD, EGLL, EuroDirect, EuropeAeroService, Heathrow, LFPO, LHR, LoganAir, London, MAN, Manchester, MyrtleAvenue, OnThisDay, Orly, ORY, Paris, photography, planespotting, Pup, Runway23Left, Runway27Left, S2000, Saab, SouthSide, TailsTuesday, TurkishAirlines, Woodford

Side view of a white, twin engined jet airliner with the engines mounted on the sides of the rear fuselage, taxiing from right to left. The body is all white, with black "Star Alliance" titles running the whole length. The tail is black, with a 5-pointed star made up of grey pyramids, arranged in a circle. The engine pods are grey with blue exhausts, with the registration "OH-BLP" in white, next to a Finnish flag. Green grass surrounding taxiways fill the foreground, with more grass and a runway in the background, under grey-blue skies.

Photo of the Day 8th March 2026.

2026-03-08

By: Manc AvGeek

On: March 8, 2026

In: On This Day, Photo of The Day

Tagged: A320, Airbus, AMS, Amsterdam, AvGeek, aviation, B717, B727, Blue1, Boeing, CityHopper, DO328, Dornier, DutchCoastguard, EGCC, EgyptAir, EHAM, F70, Fokker, KLM, MAN, Manchester, OlympicAirways, photography, planespotting, Runway05Left, Schipol, SchipolSunday, Start Alliance

Side view of a high winged, single engined light aircraft parked facing to the left on grass, with large weights attached to the wings by long red straps to keep it in place. The plane is mostly white, with an orange and grey swirl reaching from near the front of the engine cowling, below and the up around the back of the cockpit, and the silver registration "G-IHXD" on the side sf the rear fuselage. Green grass fills the foreground and a large part of the background, with a couple more planes parked on the left of the frame behind this one, and trees in the distance, meeting flat grey sky.

Photo of the Day 5th March 2026.

2026-03-05

By: Manc AvGeek

On: March 5, 2026

In: On This Day, Photo of The Day, Throw Thursday

Tagged: A310, Airbus, AirIndia, AvGeek, aviation, B727, BAE146, Barton, Boeing, BritishAerospace, Cessna, EGCB, EGCC, EGLL, F150, Heathrow, LHR, London, MalmoAviation, MAN, Manchester, McDonnellDouglas, MD11, OnThisDay, planespotting, QueensBuilding, Reims, Sterling, SwissAir

Side view of a white, high-winged, twin propellor-engined light aircraft, parked facing to the left in a brown brick hangar. The plane has a pair of green stripes running along the body, widening as they move rearwards, and a green tail outlined in white. The fixed undercarriage has spats covering the top of the wheels, with the top half painted green, the lower half in white. The registration "G-BFBD" is on the rear fuselage in black. Several light aircraft can be seen parked in the background on the left, behind this plane's nose. Brown brick walls stretch across the background, with grey vertical metal support beams at intervals. Boarded-up windows fill the top of the walls.

Photo of the Day 24th February 2026.

2026-02-24

By: Manc AvGeek

On: February 24, 2026

In: On This Day, Photo of The Day, Tails Tuesday

Tagged: AirAlgerie, AvGeek, aviation, B727, B737, Barton, Boeing, BritishAirways, DeutscheBA, DUS, Dusseldorf, EDDL, EGCB, EGCC, F100, Fokker, HawkerSiddeley, HS121, LFPO, MAN, Manchester, MOSI, Museum, MuseumOfScienceAndIndustry, OnThisDay, Orly, ORY, P68, Paris, Partenavia, Pegasus, planespotting, Runway23Left, SouthSide, TailsTuesday, Trident

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