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Side view of a single engined light aircraft parked facing to the left on grass. The plane is covered in wavy black and white stripes, looking vaguely like a zebra would if it had wings. Bright green grass fills the foreground and much of the background, with trees in the distance under blue skies. The tail of another light aircraft can be seen in the background on the left, silver at the front and a black and yellow checkerboard pattern at the rear, overlaid with a red star outlined in yellow, and the black letters "FA" under the horizontal stabiliser.

Photo of the Day 22nd April 2026.

On: April 22, 2026

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

Tagged: A330, Airbus, AirShow, AvGeek, aviation, Barton, BMA, Bradford, BritishMidland, Cherokee, DC10, DC9, Douglas, EGCB, EGCC, EGNM, EGSX, Gloster, HainanAirlines, Kloten, L13, LBA, Leeds, LSZH, MAN, Manchester, Meteor, NorthWeald, OnThisDay, PA28, photography, Piper, planespotting, RAF, RoyalAirForce, Varig, WingletWednesday, ZRH, Zurich

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.

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 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

Manchester Monday 30th March 2026.

By: Manc AvGeek

On: March 30, 2026

In: Manchester Monday

Tagged: A32000, Airbus, AirShow, AirUK, AvGeek, aviation, Avro, B737, Barton, BizProp, Boeing, BritAir, BritishAerospace, C421, Canadair, Cessna, CRJ100, DeHaviland, DH98, Edelweiss, EGCB, EGCC, EGCD, F100, Fokker, GoldenEagle, KLM, LancashireAeroClub, LaudaAir, M38, MAN, Manchester, ManchesterMonday, Messenger, miles, Monty, Mosquito, PA28, photographyManchester, PierC, Piper, planespotting, RAF, RJ85, RollsRoyce, RoyalAirForce, Runway23Left, Runway24, Saab, SF340, SouthSide, Warrior, Woodford

Side view of a high-winged, 4 propellor-engined military cargo plane parked on a black runway, with the red and white tips of the propellors a spinning blur indicating they are running full tilt, flaps extended from behind the wings, and the rear cargo loading ramp almost fully deployed, with a man wearing olive-green fatigues crouched by the end of the ramp. The plane is covered in an olive-green and grey camouflage scheme, with a blue and red roundel on the rear fuselage, next to the black serial number "VX232". There is a black number "232" on the nose under the cockpit, repeated on the tail, where it is sandwiched between a British flag above, and a red and blue fin flash below. Green grass fills the foreground, with more grass leading up to a tall grey hangar on the left, and a lower blue hangar on the left, with a couple of grey fighter jets in front of the latter. Grey sky fills the rest of the frame.

Photo of the Day 26th March 2026.

By: Manc AvGeek

On: March 26, 2026

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

Tagged: AirShow, Alitalia, ATI, AvGeek, aviation, B787, Boeing, C130, DC9, Douglas, EGCD, EGLL, EssoGarage, Heathrow, Hercules, JapanAirLines, LHR, Lockheed, London, Manchester, photography, planespotting, QueensBuilding, RAF, RoyalAirForce, Runway27Left, SouthernPerimeterRoad, ThrowThursday, 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.

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

Photo of the Day 16th March 2026.

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 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 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.

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

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