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Side view of a long, thin, 4 engined jet airliner taxiing from left to right. The plane is in a pale cream colour, with a gold and red pinstripe running along the body, under the passenger cabin windows. There are large, gold, "Etihad" titles on the upper centre fuselage, with a smaller version in an Arabic script on the upper forward fuselage. There is more Arabic text, in gold, on the lower forward fuselage. There is a large sticker with black and gold text on the upper rear fuselage, with a large black and gold "F1", then smaller text "2016 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix". Grey concrete apron fills the foreground, with a mobile set of airstairs with a brown perspex awning over the top seeming to drive towards this plane, and a white van driving from right to left by an airbridge on the left of the frame that seems to hang out of nowhere. Low, grey cargo sheds stretch across the background, with several planes parked nose-in towards them. Taller office buildings and hotels nestled in trees are in the distance, under hazy grey sky.

Photo of the Day 18th April 2026.

2026-04-18

By: Manc AvGeek

On: April 18, 2026

In: Gat On A Sat, Manchester Monday, On This Day

Tagged: A340, Airbus, AirShow, AvGeek, aviation, B737, BAC111, Boeing, BritishAircraftCorporation, Bulldog, CityHopper, Dublin, EGCC, EGGP, EGKK, EGXI, Etihad, Finningley, FlyOver, FNY, Gatwick, KLM, L13, LGW, Liverpool, London, LPL, MAN, Manchester, OnThisDay, photography, planespotting, RAF, RoyalAirForce, Royton, RyanAir, Saab, ScottishAviation, SF340, Speke, Stansted

Side view of a twin propellor-engined, bi-plane, pre-World War 2-era airliner taxiing from left to right on a grass airfield. The plane has a white top half with a grey belly, with a green and black stripe running along the body, and green "Caernarfon Air World" titles on the lower forward fuselage. A man can been seen sitting in the highly glazed cockpit, with a woman staring out from one of the curved, angular passenger cabin windows. A brown brick control tower can be seen in the middle of the background, with a couple of parked light aircraft on the left, and a red fire truck on the right, under flat grey sky.

Photo of the Day 25th March 2026.

2026-03-25

By: Manc AvGeek

On: March 25, 2026

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

Tagged: AvGeek, aviation, B737, B777, BAC111, Barton, Boeing, BritishAerosopace, BritishAircraftCorporation, CaernarfonAirWorld, Cranfield, DeHaviland, DH89, Dragon, EGCB, EGCC, EGCD, EGGP, Emirates, Etihad, FlyByLight, HandleyPage, HP137, Jetstream, Liverpool, LPL, MAN, Manchester, OnThisDay, photography, planespotting, Rapide, Runway23Left, Runway23Right, RunwayVisitorPark, RVP, SouthSide, Speke, Thomson, WingletWednesday, Woodford

Side view of a high-winged, single-engined light aircraft flying from right to left at a very low altitude, just a couple of metres above the white numbers on a grass runway. The plane is mostly white, with a light and dark blue stripe running along the body and up into the lower parts of the tail, overlaid with dark blue registration "G-BPVA" on the rear fuselage. The plane has flaps extended from the rear of the wings, and is flying more or less straight and level, suggesting it is just about to land. Green grass fills the foreground, with trees filling the background.

Photo of the Day 11th March 2026.

2026-03-11

By: Manc AvGeek

On: March 11, 2026

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

Tagged: A320, Airbus, AirShow, Amelia, AvGeek, aviation, Barton, C130, C172, CanadianAirForce, Cessna, CrossAir, EasyJet, EDDF, EGCB, EGCC, EGGP, Embraer, ERJ145, Fairford, FFD, FRA, Frankfurt, Hercules, IAT, InternationalAirTattoo, JohnLennon, Liverpool, Lockheed, LPL, MAN, Manchester, OnThisDay, photography, planespotting, Runway09, Runway23Right, RunwayVisitorPark, RVP, Saab, SF340, SkyHawk, ViscountDrive, WingletWednesday

Low side view of a high-winged, twin propellor-engined airliner flying from left to right at a low altitude, with undercarriage lowered and flaps extended from the rear of the wings, suggesting it is about to land. The plane is almost entirely purple, with an orange and purple band around the rear fuselage, and a white tail-cone and tail. There are white., billboard-style "FlyBe" titles above 6 white dots on the side of the forward fuselage, with similar diagonal titles in light and dark blue on the tail, over 2 orange, 2 red, and 2 purple dots. The white titles are also inverted on the underside of the fuselage. The engine pods mounted out on the wings are also purple, with the main undercarriage hanging down on long, spindly legs from the rear. The black registration "G-JECZ" is on the side of the tail-cone right at the rear. Flat grey clouds fill the rest of the frame.

Photo of the Day 3rd February 2026.

2026-02-03

By: Manc AvGeek

On: February 3, 2026

In: Photo of The Day, Tails Tuesday

Tagged: AirShow, AvGeek, aviation, Avro, B737, BAC111, Boeing, BritishAerospace, BritishAircraftCorporation, Dash8, DeHavilandCanada DHC8, DUS, Dusseldorf, EDDH, EDDL, EGCC, EGCD, EGGP, FlyBe, HAM, Hamburg, HapagLloyd, L1011, Liverpool, Lockheed, LPL, LTU, Lufthansa, MAN, Manchester, photography, planespotting, RingwayRoad, RJ85, Runway23Right, RyanAir, ShadowMossRoad, Speke, TailsTuesday, TriStar, Woodford

Side view of a high-winged, twin propellor engined light transport plane parked on grass facing to the right. The plane is mostly white, with a dark blue lower body, sweeping up to fill the rear fuselage and tail. Green grass fills the foreground, with a white, single engined light aircraft just nosing in to frame from the left. There are several buildings in various shades of grey in the background, with a white fuel tank with red "Total" markings on the left of the frame, all under flat white sky.

Photo of the Day 22nd January 2026.

2026-01-22

By: Manc AvGeek

On: January 22, 2026

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

Tagged: A320, Aeronavale, Air Canada, Airbus, AirFrance, AirShow, ATP, AvGeek, aviation, B787, BalkanHolidays, Barton, BN2, Boeing, BritAir, BritishAerospace, BritishMidland, BrittenNorman, BusinessAir, DreamLiner, EastchurchRoad, EGCB, EGCC, EGGP, EGLL, Fregate, FrenchMarine, HattonCross, Heathrow, Iberia, Islander, LHR, Liverpool, London, LPL, MAN, Manchester, N262, Nord, OnThisDay, photography, PierA, planespotting, Police, Runway09Left, Runway24, Runway27Left, Saab, SF340, Speke, StanwellMoorRoad, ThrowThursday, TU154, Tupolev

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner taxiing from right to left along a grey concrete taxiway. The plane is mostly white, with red "Jet2.com" titles on the upper forward fuselage, and much smaller black text "Airbus A330-300" under the forward passenger windows. The tail is a deep blue, with a heavily stylised number "2" in red, light blue, and aquamarine. The engine pods under the wings are the same deep blue. In the background, another jet airliner, this one grey with red and white "Jet2" titles and red text "Friendly low fares" on the upper fuselage sits in the middle of the frame, in front of a wide, grey building that stretches the width of the frame. A pair of larger grey buildings are in the distance, both with "Premier Inn" signs near the top. Grey sky fills what little space is left at the top.

Photo of the Day 18th January 2026.

2026-01-18

By: Manc AvGeek

On: January 18, 2026

In: Photo of The Day, Schipol Sunday

Tagged: A330, AerLingus, Airbus, AirShow, AMS, Amsterdam, ATR72, AvGeek, aviation, B707, Boeing, DC10, Douglas, EGCC, EGGP, EGVA, EHAM, F27, F27FriendshipAssociation, Fairford, FFD, Fokker, Friendship, IAT, InternationalAirTattoo, Jet2, JohnLennon, KLM, L13, Liverpool, LPL, MAN, Manchester, photography, planespotting, Runway09, Schipol, SchipolSunday, Tarom, World2Fly

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