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Side view of a white, 4 engined jet airliner taxiing from right to left along a grey taxiway. The plane has a grey and dark blue stripes running along the body, swooping up over the wing and back down again, and a smaller, similar stripe on the white tail. The engine pods under the wings are s deep blue, almost purple. The black registration "CS-TFX" is on the upper rear fuselage. Green grass fills the foreground on the left, with a black taxiway with a yellow line down the middle on the right. Grey airport buildings fill the background, with tall lighting towers climbing into the blue sky.

Manchester Monday 5th January 2026.

On: January 5, 2026

Tagged: A340, Airbus, AirportHotel, AirShow, AOP9, ArmyAirCorp, Auster, AvGeek, aviation, B727, Barton, Boeing, BritishAerospace, BritishAirways, CzechAirlines, EAS, EGCB, EGCC, EGCD, EMB145, Embraer, EuropeAeroService, HiFly, J31, Jetstream, MAN, Manchester, ManchesterMonday, photography, planespotting, Runway24, RunwayVisitorPark, TU154, Tupolev, Woodford

(Re)Introduction

By: Manc AvGeek

On: January 4, 2026

In: Blog, Updates

Tagged: AvGeek, blog, Fediverse, hello, introductions

So, the site has been up and running (again!) for a few days now, so I thought I shouldsay a few words. Hi! I’m MancAvGeek, a planespotter and aviation enthusiast (and occasional commiter of photography), based in the north of Manchester, UK. I’ve been spotting since 1986, on and off,Read More

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner taxiing from left to right along a grey taxiway surrounded by grass. The plane is mostly white, with a pale green-bluebelly, which sweeps up to fill most of the tail. There are pale, green-blue, billboard-style "FlyNas" titles on the side of the forward fuselage, with smaller titles between the cockpit and the forward door. Additional titles in an Arabic script are on the upper rear fuselage, with the black registration "CS-TFZ" below. A grey runway lined by green grass stretches across the foreground, with more grass in the background leading up to a blue and white light aircraft visible under this plane on the right of the frame, and a white high-winged airliner on the left, with another pair of large jet aircraft in the distance, under layered grey-whiter clouds.

Photo of the Day 4th January 2026.

By: Manc AvGeek

On: January 4, 2026

In: Photo of The Day

Tagged: A330, Airbus, AMS, AOM, AvGeek, aviation, DC3, Douglas, DutchRoyalFlight, EDDM, EGCC, EHAM, Electra, F28, Fellowship, FlyNas, Fokker, FredOlson, KLFPO, L188, Lockheed, LOWW, MAN, Manchester, McDonnellDouglas, MD83, MUC, Munich, Museum, Orly, ORY, Paris, photographyAmsterdam, planespotting, Runway05Right, Schipol, Schwechat, SouthSide, Strauss, SwissAir, VIE, Vienna, VisitorsHill

Side view of a white, twin engined jet airliner asccelerating from right to left as it starts it's take-off run on a black runway. The plane has large red "Swiss" titles on the forward fuselage, covering the forward passenger cabin windows, and the black registration "HB-JBD" on the lower rear fuselage. A thick red stripe on the white tail has a large white cross in the middle, a design replicated on the up-turned wingtips. Green grass fills the foreground, lining the sides of the black runway, with more grass in the background leading up to trees in the distance, under blue sky.

Photo of the Day 3rd January 2025.

By: Manc AvGeek

On: January 3, 2026

In: Gat On A Sat, Photo of The Day

Tagged: A330, AirBristol, Airbus, AirTransat, ATR72, AvGeek, aviation, B737, BAC111, Boeing, Bombardier, BritishAircraftCorporation, BritishAirways, CityFlyerExpress, CS100, Cseries, EGCC, EGKK, GatOnASat, Gatwick, LaudaAir, LGW, London, MAN, Manchester, photography, planespotting, Runway08Right, Runway23Left, SouthSide, Swiss

Side view of a small, white helicopter parked on a muddy patch of grass next to an orange and white traffic cone. The chopper is almost entirely white, with golden "Adern" titles on the sides of the cockpit doors, and the golden registration "G-BRBY" on the tail boom. 2 people can be seen in the cockpit, obviously having a discussion about something judging by the pointing hands. Green grass fills most of the background, leading up toa row of bushes in the distance, with trees and houses beyond that, under flat white sky.

Photo of the Day 2nd January 2026.

By: Manc AvGeek

On: January 2, 2026

In: Frankfurt Friday, On This Day, Photo of The Day

Tagged: A340, AeroLloyd, AhhhDeHaviland, Airbus, AirClassic, AirColumbus, AvGeek, aviation, B727, B757, Barton, Beta, Boeing, DeHaviland, DH89, Dragon, EDDF, EGCB, EGCC, FRA, Frankfurt, FrankfurtFriday, LTUSud, Lufthansa, MAN, Manchester, McDonnellDouglas, MD83, OnThisDay, photography, planespotting, R22, Rapide, Robinson, SterlingAirways, Terminal1

Side view of a 4-engined jet airliner taxiing from right to left at a busy airport. The plane is mostly white, with blue-green "BWIA West Indies" titles on the upper forward fuselage, over the wings, and black "Airbus A340" text on the lower forward fuselage, just aft of the forward cabin door. The black registration "9Y-JIL" is on the upper rear fuselage, with the web address "www.bwee.com" on the lower rear. The green-blue tail has a stylised, white steel drum filling most of the space. The engine pods, mounted under the wings, are da deep purple, while the up-turned wing-tips being a similar colour to the tail, possibly a bit greener. Grey concrete apron fills the foreground, with 5 jet airliners, some white and blue, others white and orange, parked on apron in the background, stuck amongst some tail lighting poles, with trees in the distance under flat grey sky.

Photo of the Day 1st January 2026.

By: Manc AvGeek

On: January 1, 2026

In: Photo of The Day, Throw Thursday

Tagged: A340, Airbus, AirFrance, AirIndia, AirInter, AirLittoral, AvGeek, aviation, B787, Boeing, BritishAirways, BWIA, Canadair, CRJ100, Dash8, DeHavilandCanada, DHC8, DreamLiner, EGCC, EGLL, EssoGarage, HattonCross, Heathrow, L13, LHR, London, MAN, Manchester, McDonnellDouglas, MD81, photography, planespotting, QueensBuilding, Runway27Left, SAS, ScandinavianAirlines, SouthernPerimeterRoad, ThrowThursday, WestIndies

Hello World

By: Manc AvGeek

On: January 1, 2026

In: Blog, Updates

And welcome to MancAvGeek version… 9? 8? 10? I’ve lost count. Anyhoo, here is my ongoing attempt to show-off my attempts at aviation photography, a hobby which developed (HA!) out of my hobby of planespotting – I started Spotting in 1986 and bought my first camera in 1992, although IRead More