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Side view of a twin engined jet airliner facing to the left but being pushed back to the right by a very low, white tug attached to the planes nose wheel by a long white pole. The plane is mostly white, with a dark purple belly, and a yellow rear fuselage. There are black "Monarch" titles on the upper forward fuselage, and the black registration "G-MONS" on the yellow lower rear fuselage. There is additional purple text "FlyMonarchDotCom" on the upper rear fuselage. Slightly damp grey concrete apron fills the foreground, with more apron filling a large chunk of the background, and scattered jet airliners , mostly nearby in the top left corner, and further out in the top right. trees at the top of the frame mark the extent of the airfield in that direction.

Manchester Monday 1st May 2026.

On: June 1, 2026

Tagged: A300, AerLingus, Airbus, AirShow, AvGeek, aviation, B767, Boeing, BritishAntarcticSurvey, CanadianAirlines, Dash7, DeHavilandCanada, DHC7, EGCC, EGCD, EGKK, EGLL, F50, Fokker, G4, Gate5, Gatwick, GillAir, Gulfstream, Heathrow, JetFly, L13, LGW, LHR, London, MAN, Manchester, ManchesterMonday, Monarch, OnThisDay, photography, PierC, planespotting, Runway10Right, SD360, Shorts, Woodford

On This Day 1st May 1992.Read More

Side view of a bright orange, twin engined jet airliner flying from left to right at a low altitude, with undercarriage still lowered, flaps slightly extended from the rear of the wings, and the nose raised sharply, suggesting it has just taken off. There are large, white "EasyJet.com" titles written across the fuselage, with smaller "EasyJet" titles on the engine pods under the wings, as well as diagonally on the tail. There is a large white number "200" on the forward fuselage just under the cockpit windows, and the black registration "G-EZUI" on the lower rear fuselage. Pale blue sky with white patches of cloud fill the rest of the frame.

Photo of the Day 30th May 2026.

By: Manc AvGeek

On: May 30, 2026

In: Gat On A Sat, Photo of The Day

Tagged: A320, Airbus, AvGeek, aviation, B767, B777, Boeing, BritishCaledonian, CityFlyerExpress, DC10, Douglas, EasyJet, EGCC, EGKK, GatOnASat, Gatwick, LGW, London, MAN, Manchester, Metro, photography, Piedmont, planespotting, RegionalAirlines, Runway08Right, Runway23Right, Runway27Left, RunwayVisitorPark, RVP, SA227, SD360, Shorts, Swearingen, VietnamAirlines

Gat On A Sat 30th May 2026.Read More

Side view of a very blue, twin engined jet airliner acelerating along a black runway during it's take-off roll. The plane is in a metallic blue livery, with large white "ITA" titles on the upper forward fuselage, over small white text "Airways", amd the white registration "EI-DTM" on the lower rear fuselage. The tail is the same blue, with green, white, and red bands representing the Italian flag running down the trailing edge and round the tail-cone. Green grass and grey taxiways fill the foreground, with trees in the distance, under grey sky.

Manchester Monday 11th May 2026.

By: Manc AvGeek

On: May 11, 2026

In: Manchester Monday, On This Day

Tagged: 6ReserveFlyingSchool, 6RFS, A320, Airbus, AirShow, AvGeek, aviation, B737, Barton, Boeing, CityLine, Dash8, DeHaviland, DeHavilandCanada, DH82, DHC8, EGCB, EGCC, EGCD, EGSX, Fairey, FighterMeet, Galopin, Gate4, IEA, InterEuropeanAirways, ITAAirways, Lufthansa, MAN, Manchester, ManchesterMonday, Manx, NorthWeald, OnThisDay, photography, planespotting, RAF, Rallye, RingwayRoad, RN, RoyalAirForce, RoyalNavyHistoricFlight, Runway05Left, Runway24, RunwayVisitorPark, RVP, SD360, ShadowMossRoad, Shorts, Socata, Swordfish, TigerMoth, Woodford

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.

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

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner with the engines mounted on the sides of the rear fuselage, taxiing from left to right along a grey taxiway. The plane is mostly white, with billboard-style "Star Alliance" titles on the side of the fuselage, running the length of the body. The engine pods on the rear fuselage are blue, with white registration "OH-BLP" next to a small Finnish flag on the side, with a black square with white text "15 years" on the upper rear fuselage just in front. The black tail has a circle of 5 white and grey arrowheads pointing in different directions. Green grass lines the sides of the taxiway in the foreground, with a grey terminal building stretching across the frame from the left, with several planes parked in front, under pale blue-grey sky.

Manchester Monday 13th April 2026.

By: Manc AvGeek

On: April 13, 2026

In: Manchester Monday

Tagged: A320, Aerospatiale, AhhhDeHaviland, Airbus, AirShow, AS555, AvGeek, aviation, Avro, B717, Barton, Blue1, Boeing, C172, C30, Cessna, Cierva, D120, DeHaviland, DH82, EGCB, EGCC, EGCD, Excalibur, Fennec, FrenchAirForce, G115, Grob, Jodel, LancashireAeroClub, LatAvio, LoganAir, MAN, Manchester, ManchesterMonday, ParisNice, photography, PierB, planespotting, RAF, Rota, RoyalAirForce, Runway05Left, Runway24, RunwayVisitorPark, SD360, Shorts, SkyHawk, StarAlliance, TigerMoth, TU154, Tupolev, Woodford

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.

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 blue rear fuselage and tail, and 2 tone blue "Air Transat" titles on the upper forward fuselage. Grey concrete apron fills most of the background, with various pieces of airport furniture -mobile air stairs, lighting poles, luggage carts, and more - littering the area, and another airliner in the top right corner, with trees in the distance.

Photo of the Day 12th March 2026.

By: Manc AvGeek

On: March 12, 2026

In: Photo of The Day, Throw Thursday

Tagged: A321, AdriaAirways, Airbus, AirTransat, AvGeek, aviation, B777, Boeing, BritishAircraftCorporation, BritishAirways, Concorde, EGCC, EGLL, Heathrow, KoreanAirlines, L13, LHR, London, MAN, Manchester, ManxAirlines, McDonnellDouglas, MD81, Neo, photography, planespotting, QueensBuilding, RingwayRoad, Runway09Left, Runway09Right, Runway24, SD360, Shorts, StanwellMoorRoad, ThrowThursday

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner accelerating from right to left along a black runway. The plane is mostly white, with multi-coloured "Small Planet" titles along the fuselage, successive letters in red, blue, purple, yellow, and green. The black registration "LY-SPE" is on the lower rear fuselage. The engine pods mounted under the wings are a deep blue, with white "SmallPlanet.Aero" text. The tail is dark blue, with a stylised multi-coloured globe and yellow stars. Lush green grass fills the foreground, with tall green trees in the distance behind the plane on either side, under blue sky with smears of cloud.

Manchester Monday 9th March 2026.

By: Manc AvGeek

On: March 9, 2026

In: Manchester Monday

Tagged: A330, Airbus, AirShow, Airtours, AtlanticAirlines, AugsburgAirways, AvGeek, aviation, B737, Barton, Boeing, BritishAirways, CCF, Dash8, DeHavilandCanada, DHC8, EGCB, EGCC, EGCD, F100, Fokker, Harvard, HuntingAviation, IL62, Ilyushin, L13, LoganAir, Lufthansa, MAN, Manchester, McDonnellDouglas, MD83, NorthAmerican, photography, planespotting, Portugalia, RAF, RoyalAirForce, Runway23Left, Runway24, ScottishAviation, SD360, Shorts, Slingsby, SmallPlanet, SouthSide, T6, T67, TwinPioneer, UzbekistanAirways, Woodford

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner moving from right to left along a runway, with flaps drooping from the front and rear of the wings, suggesting it is decelerating after landing. The plane is mostly white, with large green "Alba" and red "Star" titles on the forward fuselage, and the black registration "EC-NAB" on the lower rear fuselage, next to a small Spain and EU flags. The rear fuselage is green with a curved, diagonal red bandtowards the front, while the tail is red with a large, white, stylised letter "A" in the middle, a design replicated on the up-turned wingtips. Red engine pods hang down in front of the wings. Green grass fills the foreground, with grey taxiways passing through from one side to the other. Green trees line the background, under blue-grey skies.

Manchester Monday 16th February 2026.

By: Manc AvGeek

On: February 16, 2026

In: Manchester Monday

Tagged: A350, AerLingus, Airbus, AirShow, AlbaStar, AvGeek, aviation, B737, Barton, Boeing, BritishAirways, Commuter, CSA, CzechoslovakAirlines, EGCB, EGCC, EGCD, F50, Fokker, Gate6, L5, Lynx, MAN, Manchester, ManchesterMonday, photography, planespotting, RingwayRoad, RoyalNavy, Rubnwaay23Right, Runway06, Runway23Right, SDS360, Shorts, SingaporeAirlines, SouthSide, TU154, upolev, Westland, WG13, Woodford, Yak52, Yakovlev

Photo of the Day 11th February 2026.

By: Manc AvGeek

On: February 11, 2026

In: Photo of The Day, Winglet Wednesday

Tagged: AirEngineeringSquadron, AirShow, AvGeek, aviation, B2000, BAE, Barton, Beech, BizJet, BritishAerospace, C42, EGCB, EGCC, EGGW, EGLF, EGVA, FAB, Fairford, Farnborough, FFD, G4, Gate40, GIV, Gulfstream, IAT, Ikarus, InternationalAirTattoo, LTN, Luton, MainAirFlyingSchool, MAN, Manchester, ManxAirlines, MSFAviation, Nimrod, photography, planespotting, RAF, RoyalAirForce, SD360, Shorts, Starship, Terminal1, Terraces, WingletWednesday, WingWednesday

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