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Front side view of a white, twin engined jet airliner moving from left to right along a black runway, with flaps extended from the rear of the wings, and the rear section of the white engine pods pushed backwards, revealing the thrust reversers, suggesting it has just landed. There are dark blue "Air France" titles on the upper forward fuselage, next to a short, red diagonal stripe, and the black registration "F-HZUR" on the upper rear. There is an image of a dark blue winged sea horse in the outline of a blue circle on the side of the front section of the white engine pods under the wings. 3 diagonal blue stripes, getting thinner as they move rearwards, followed by a shorter red stripe, adorn the tail, with a small circle of gold stars at the top. Green grass lines the side of the runway in the foreground, with more grass in the background leading up to trees in the distance, with rolling hills beyond that, under pale blue sky.

Photo of the Day 21st May 2026.

2026-05-21

By: Manc AvGeek

On: May 21, 2026

In: Manchester Monday, Throw Thursday

Tagged: A220, AirAlgerie, Airbus, AirFrance, AvGeek, aviation, BAE, BritishAerospace, Canadair, Challanger, CL600, EGCC, Hercules, J41, Jetstream, L100, Lockheed, MAN, Manchester, MTMAviation, photography, planespotting, Runway10Right, Runway23Right, Runway28Left, RunwayVisitorPark, RVP

Rear side view of a creamy green, high-winged, single-engined light aircraft parked facing to the left on grey tarmac. The large green registration "G-BVIV" is on the side of the rear fuselage. A large green hangar fills the background, it's wide, open entrance on the left of the frame.

Manchester Monday 18th May 2026.

2026-05-18

By: Manc AvGeek

On: May 18, 2026

In: Manchester Monday, On This Day

Tagged: A330, AerLingus, Airbus, AirFrance, AirShow, AvGeek, aviation, Avid, B747, BAE146, Barton, Boeing, BritishAerospace, Edgely, EGCB, EGCD, F28, Fellowship, Flyer, Fokker, IL62, Ilyushin, Manchester, ManchesterMonday, NationAir, OA7, OnThisDay, Optica, photography, PierB, planespotting, RAF, RoyalAirForce, SpeedWing, Tarom, TAT, Woodford

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner taxiing from left to right along a grey taxiway. The plane is mostly white, with a yellow stripe running along the lower body, and large yellow "Buzz" titles outlined in black on the forward fuselage. These titles are repeated over a yellow stripe on the sides of the engine pods, under the wings. There is dark blue text "by RyanAir" under the cockpit windows, and the black registration "SP-RZD" just aft of a white and red Polish flag on the upper rear fuselage. The tail is bright yellow, with a large cartoon image of a bee, with a large upper-case letter "B" on it's black and yellow striped chest. Green grass fills the foreground, partially obscured by a stretched-out roll of razorwire on top. More grass in the background leads up to trees in the distance, under blue sky.

Photo of the Day 7th May 2026.

2026-05-07

By: Manc AvGeek

On: May 7, 2026

In: Photo of The Day, Throw Thursday

Tagged: A340, Airbus, AirFrance, AirJamaica, AvGeek, aviation, B737, BAC111, BAE146, Boeing, BritishAerospace, BritishAircraftCorporation, BritishMidland, Buzz, DC9, Douglas, EGCC, EGLL, Heathrow, JerseyEuropean, LHR, London, MAN, Manchester, Max, photography, planespotting, QueensBuilding, Runway05Left, Runway27Left, RunwayVisitorPark, RVP, Tarom, ThrowThursday

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner taxiing from right to left, turning on to a grey runway. The plane is in a silver finish, with dark blue "SkyTeam" titles on the upper forward fuselage, above the forward cabin windows, and smaller "Air France" titles under those windows. The rear fuselage has some dark blue scrollwork, next to the black registration "F-GKXS" on the upper rear fuselage. The dark blue tail has a thin crescent forming the bottom of a white circle, the white word "SkyTeam" forming the top, and has some more white scrollwork in the middle. Green grass lines the sides of the taxiway in the foreground, with blue-grey sky filling the rest of the frame.

Photo of the Day 6th May 2026.

2026-05-06

By: Manc AvGeek

On: May 6, 2026

In: Photo of The Day, Winglet Wednesday

Tagged: A320, AIR, Airbus, AirFrance, AirShow, ATR72, AvGeek, aviation, B737, Barton, Boeing, C172, Cessna, demonstrator, EGCB, EGCC, EGLF, EHRD, EV97, Evektor, FAB, Farnboroough, MaiAirFlyingSchool, MAN, Manchester, Manchester. MAN, photography, planespotting, Rotterdam, RTM, Runway23Left, Runway23Right, RunwayVisitorPark, RVP, SkyHawk, SkyTeam, SouthSide, TeamEuroStar, TUI, WingletWednesday

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

Photo of the Day 8th April 2026.

2026-04-08

By: Manc AvGeek

On: April 8, 2026

In: On This Day, Photo of The Day

Tagged: A330, Airbus, AirFrance, AirShow, AvGeek, aviation, B747, Barton, Boeing, BritishAircraftCorporation, BritishAirways, Cointrin, Concorde, EGCB, EGCC, EGLF, FAB, Farnborough, G1159, G2, Gemini, Geneva, Gulfstream, GVALSGG, HainanAirlines, L13, LFPO, M65, MAN, Manchester, miles, Orly, ORY, Paris, photography, planespotting, SaudiAeroMedicalEvacuation, T2

Photo of the Day 16th March 2026.

2026-03-16

By: Manc AvGeek

On: March 16, 2026

In: On This Day, Photo of The Day

Tagged: A320, Airbus, AirFrance, Airtours, AvGeek, aviation, B300, B747, Barton, Beech, BizJet, BizProp, Boeing, C560, Cessna, Citation, EGCB, EGCC, EGGW, KingAir, Lego, LFPO, LTN, Luton, MAN, Manchester, OnThisDay, Orly, ORY, Paris, photography, planespotting, RAF, RoyalAirForce, Runway24, RV8, SouthBay, Vans

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner taxiing from left to right. The plane is mostly white, with blue "Air France" titles on the upper forward fuselage, the black registration "F-HEPD" on the upper rear, and 3 diagonal blue stripes on the tail, getting narrower as they move rearwards, followed by a single red stripe. There is a single bright light on the nose-wheel, flaring in the camera lens. A black runway and a wide grassed area fill the foreground, with a larger, white, twin-engined jet airliner in the background. Trees beyond that meet flat grey sky.

Photo of the Day 4th March 2026.

2026-03-04

By: Manc AvGeek

On: March 4, 2026

In: On This Day, Photo of The Day

Tagged: A320, Airbus, AirFrance, ATR42, AvGeek, aviation, Avro, B737, Barton, Boeing, C42, Collinstown, DUB, Dublin, DUS, Dussledorf, EDDL, EGCB, EGCC, EIDW, EuroWings, Hendon, Ikarus, London, MAN, Manchester, Museum, OnThisDay, photography, planespotting, RAF, RAFMuseum, RoyalAirForce, Royton, Runway23Left, RunwayVisitorPark, RVP, RyanAir, Vulcan, WingletWednesday

Side view of a twin engined BizJet with the engines mounted on the sides of the rear fuselage, taxiing from right to left along a grey taxiway. The plane is largely white, with a green stripe starting in the middle of the upper fuselage, running forward along the top of the body, down under the cockpit windows, then back along the lower body, and up into the tail, and the green registration "D-AJOY" on the tail-cone, partially obscured by one of the engines on the rear fuselage. A grey taxiway fills the foreground, with a patch of green grass in the bottom right corner, and more grass in the background, leading up to several jet airliners partially obscured by jelly pouring out of the rear of the planes engines. Flat grey sky fills the rest of the frame.

Photo of the Day 19th February 2026.

2026-02-19

By: Manc AvGeek

On: February 19, 2026

In: Photo of The Day, Throw Thursday

Tagged: A300, Airbus, AirFrance, AirInter, AirNewZealand, AirXCharter, AvGeek, aviation, B777, BizJet, Boeing, Bombardier, C9, Canadair, Challanger, CRJ100, DC9, Douglas, EGCC, EGLL, Heathrow, KuwaitAirForce, LHR, London, MAN, Manchester, Olympic, photography, planespotting, QueensBuilding, Runway09Left, Runway23Left, Runway27Left, SouthSide, StanwellMoorRoad, ThrowThursday

Side view of a twin propellor-engined parked facing to the left on grass. The plane is largely white, with a black and brown stripe running along the body and engine cowlings, as well as along the top of the tail. The black registration "N889VF" is on the lower rear fuselage with a brown drop shadow. Green grass fills the foreground, with more grass leading up to trees in the distance under flat grey sky, with a tall electricity pylon reaching into the sky, with wires stretching across the width of the frame.

Photo of the Day 4th February 2026.

2026-02-04

By: Manc AvGeek

On: February 4, 2026

In: On This Day, Photo of The Day, Winglet Wednesday

Tagged: A319, Airbus, AirFrance, AirShow, AvGeek, aviation, B2000, B747, Beech, Boeing, Cessna, Crusader, Dash8, DeHavilandCanada, DHC8, EasyJet, EGCB, EGLF, FAB, Farnborough, LFPO, LOWS, MAN, Manchester, OnThisDay, Orly, ORY, Paris, photography, planespotting, RunwayVisitorPark, Salzburg, Starship, SZG, T303, Tyrolean, WingletWednesday

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