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Side view of a 4 engined military jet submarine-hunter aircraft, parked facing to the right on concrete hard-standings in the middle of a field of gravel, on outdoor display in a small museum. The plane is entirely grey, with a large grey probe extending forward from above the cockpit windows, reaching out of the right side of the frame. The engines are buried in pairs in the wing root, with red covers inside the intakes. A blue pod hangs from a pylon under the right wing. Grey gravel fills the foreground, with metal barriers making a walkway up to a grey set of mobile airstairs parked against the planes main door behind the cockpit. Lush grey sky fills the top of the frame.

Manchester Monday 3rd August 2026.

On: August 3, 2026

Tagged: A320, AdvancedTurboProp, Air2000, Airbus, AirColumbus, AirShow, ATP, AvGeek, aviation, AviationHall, B737, Barton, Boeing, BritishAerospace, C42, Club, Comco, Cyclone, DC9, Douglas, EGCB, EGCC, EGCD, FinnAir, HawkerSiddeley, HS801, Ikarus, MAN, Manchester, ManchesterMonday, MOSI, MS880, Museum, MuseumOfScienceAndIndustry, Nimrod, photography, planespotting, RAF, Rallye, RingwayRoad, RoyalAirForce, Runway24, RunwayVisitorPark, ShadowMossRoad, Socata, THT, Woodford

Front view of a twin engined jet airliner being towed from right to left, although the white tug doing the towing has turned back to the right, and the plane is slowly turning to follow. The plane is white, with a red and yellow stripe coming from under the forward fuselage, swooping over the wing and back down under the rear fuselage, widening over the wing to fill the rear fuselage and tail. There are red "Hainan Airlines" titles on the upper fuselage, in a Chinese script between the two forward cabin doors, and in English over the wing root. The black registration "B-304K" can be seen on the upper rear fuselage. An intricate yellow and gold flowery design fills the red tale. Grey squares of concrete apron fills the foreground and most of the background, with temporary buildings, white and blue mobile airstairs, and the metal support structure of a new pier under construction in the background.

Manchester Monday 20th July 2026.

By: Manc AvGeek

On: July 20, 2026

In: Manchester Monday, On This Day

Tagged: A330, AdvancedTurboProp, Airbus, AirShow, Archer, ATP, AvGeek, aviation, Avro, B737, Boeing, BritishAerospace, Compaq, EGCC, EGCD, Fairford, FFD, Gate202, Gate5, Hainan, Harrier, InternationalAirTattoo, L13, LoganAir, MAN, Manchester, ManchesterMonday, Manx, MOSI, Museum, MuseumOfScienceAndIndustry, OnThisDay, PA28, photography, PierB, Piper, planespotting, RAF, RoyalAirForce, Runway24, Shackleton, SkyBalloons, Viva, Woodford

On This Day 20th July 1996.Read More

Side view of a grey, twin-engined, bi-plane airliner on display facing to the left inside a museum. The plane the black name "Pioneer" in an italic script on the nose, under the cockpit windows, and the black text "Allied Airways" over smaller text "(Gander Dower) Ltd" under the forward passenger windows. The black registration on the side of the rear fuselage is partially obscured by the wing, and is pretty much unreadable, except for "-AD" in the middle. The plane sits on a patch of pale blue concrete floor, the rest of the floor being grey, with low, blue, metal barriers marking a walkway around this and some of the other exhibits in the bottom left corner. Parts of other exhibits can be seen in the background, but no details. A large, arched roof, with wooden panels forming the sides, dirty glazed panels in the middle, and large windows at the end revealing bright sky, soar over everything else in the frame.

Photo of the Day 7th July 2026.

By: Manc AvGeek

On: July 7, 2026

In: On This Day, Photo of The Day, Tails Tuesday

Tagged: AlliedAirways, AvGeek, aviation, B757, Boeing, BritishAerospace, BritishMidland, DC9, DeHaviland, DH89, Douglas, DragonRapide, EDI, Edinburgh, EGCC, EGPH, F100, Fokker, HS125, Kloten, LOWW, LSZH, MAN, Manchester, MOSI, Museum, MuseumOfScienceAndIndustry, OnThisDay, photography, planespotting, RingwayRoad, Runway24, Scandinavian, Schwechat, TailsTuesday, Turnhoouse, Venus, VIE, Vienna, ZRH, Zurich

On This Day 7th July 1993. Tails Tuesday 7th July 2026.Read More

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 a grass runway, with flaps extended from the rear of the wings, and the nose raised sharply, suggesting it has just taken off. The plane is largely white, with a thick red stripe running along the body, overlaid with the black registration "G-CGFG" on the side of the rear fuselage, and a red panel on top of the engine cowling in front of the cockpit. A large area of grass fills the bottom of the frame in the background, with trees in the distance, under pale blue sky.

Photo of the Day 1st July 2026.

By: Manc AvGeek

On: July 1, 2026

In: Photo of The Day, Winglet Wednesday

Tagged: A300, Airbus, AvGeek, aviation, B787, Barton, Boeing, C152, Canadair, Cessna, CRJ100, DreamLiner, EGCB, Gate3, LaudaAir, Manchester, photography, planespotting, PremiAir, QatarAirways, Runway23Right, Runway24, RunwayVisitorPark, Tarom, TU154, Tupolev, WingletWednesday

Winglet Wednesday 1st July 2026.Read More

Front view of a single-engined bi-plane taxiing from left to right along a black asphalt taxiway, it's propellor in the nose little more than a spinning black blur. The plane is mostly yellow, with a wide black stripe outlined in red , running along the body, overlaid with the red registration "G-OKAY" on the side of the rear fuselage. A thinner black stripe with thicker red outline is on the spats over the main wheels on the front of the body. The pilot can be seen through the large bubble canopy. Green grass fills most of the background, with several light aircraft parked on the left, with trees beyond, under grey-blue sky.

Photo of the Day 30th June 2026.

By: Manc AvGeek

On: June 30, 2026

In: On This Day, Photo of The Day, Tails Tuesday

Tagged: AustrianAirlines, AvGeek, AviaNova, aviation, B737, Barton, BHX, Birmingham, BizJet, Boeing, Dassault, EGBB, EGCB, EGCC, F70, Falcon50, Fokker, Kloten, LOWW, LSZH, MAN, Manchester, McDonnellDouglas, MD81, MD87, OnThisDay, photography, Pitts, planespotting, Runway15, Runway24, S1, Schwechat, Special, SunExpress, TailsTuesday, VIE, Vienna, ZRH, Zurich

On This Day 30th June 1996. Tails Tuesday 30th June 2026.Read More

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner flying from left to right at a low altitude, with flaps extended from the rear of the wings, undercarriage being retracted, and the nose raised sharply, suggesting it has just taken off. The plane is mostly white, with a dark blue belly, and dark blue "British Airways" titles on the lower forward fuselage. There is a dark blue and red twisted ribbon on the upper forward fuselage, and the dark blue registration "G-EUUM" on the lower rear fuselage. The tail is white, with diagonal, waving red stripes either side of a waving blue triangle in the middle. Pale blue sky with wisps of white cloud fills the background.

Manchester Monday 29th June 2026.

By: Manc AvGeek

On: June 29, 2026

In: Manchester Monday

Tagged: AerLingus, Aerobat, AirAtlantis, AirportHotel, AirShow, AvGeek, aviation, Avid, Avro, B737, Barton, Boeing, EGCB, EGCC, EGCD, F50, Fairey, Flyer, Fokker, GillAirways, MAN, Manchester, ManchesterMonday, MOSI, MuseumOfScienceAndIndustry, photography, planespotting, RoyalAircraftEstablishment, RoyalNavy, Runway23Right, Runway24, RunwayVisitorPark, SD360, Shorts, Swordfish, TransAvia, Type707, Woodford

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner taxiing from left to right along a black taxiway. The plane is mostly white, with grey, lowercase "vueling" and yellow "com" titles on the upper forward fuselage. The tail and rear fuselage start off with small grey dots towards the front, the dots gradually getting larger and merging into a solid wall of grey, with a single yellow dot up towards the top. Green grass lines the sides of a pair of black taxiways in the foreground, and more in the background separates the plane from a black runway, with trees in the distance meeting grey sky.

Manchester Monday 22nd June 2026.

By: Manc AvGeek

On: June 22, 2026

In: Manchester Monday, On This Day

Tagged: A320, Airbus, AirColumbus, AirLittoral, AirShow, ATP, AvGeek, aviation, B737, Boeing, BritishAerospace, BritishAirways, CM170, EGCC, EGCD, F100, Fokker, Fouga, Gate42, GillAir, L13, Magister, MAN, Manchester, ManchesterMonday, McDonnellDouglas, MD83, OnThisDay, PatrouilleCrystaline, photography, PierC, planespotting, Runway23Right, Runway24, RunwayVisitorPark, SD360, Shorts, Sunways, Terminal1, THT, Vueling, Woodford

On This Day 22nd June 1996.Read More

A single-engined light aircraft parked facing to the left in the middle of a grass field. The plane is mostly white, with a pair of thin grey stripes starting from the engine cowling, running backwards and getting wider as it moves rearwards, under a single, thin red stripe, with a similar design on the spats over the undercarriage. The text "Piper Archer II" is on the upper rear fuselage, just behind the cockpit, followed by a block of text in an Arabic script, and a small Palestinian flag with the words "Free Palestine" across the middle in white and black text. Larger grey and red diagonal bands can be seen on the white tail. Green grass fills the foreground, with several light aircraft parked on more grass in the background, leading up to trees meeting grey sky in the distance.

Photo of the Day 16th June 2026.

By: Manc AvGeek

On: June 16, 2026

In: Manchester Monday, Tails Tuesday

Tagged: A320, AerLingus, Archer, AustrianAirlines, AvGeek, aviation, B747, Barton, BizJet, Boeing, Collinstown, Condor, DUB, Dublin, EDDF, EGCB, EGCC, EIDW, FRA, Frankfurt, LearJet, LJ55, LOWW, MAN, Manchester, McDonnellDouglas, MD81, MD87, Neo, OnThisDay, PA28, photography, Piper, planespotting, Runway24, Schwechat, SwordsRoad Airbus, TailsTuesday, VIE, Vienna

On This Day 16th June 1996. Tails Tuesday 16th June 2026.Read More

Side View of a single engined, single seat bi-plane light aircraft flying from right to left at a very low latitude, less than a metre above a grass runway. The plane is mostly red, with a pair of white stripes running along the body, overlaid with the white registration "G-HOON", with similar white stripes running the length of the spats on the main wheels, under the wings. The front of the tail is red, with white "Pitts S-1S"text, while the rear is covered in a red and white checkerboard pattern, which can also be seen on the outer panels of the under side of the wings. A person wearing a white flying helmet can be seen in the single seat cockpit, under a domed canopy. Grrn grass fills the rest of the frame, with the plane casting a strong shadow on the ground behind it, suggesting that the sun is coming from the top left corner.

Manchester Monday 15th June 2026.

By: Manc AvGeek

On: June 15, 2026

In: Manchester Monday, On This Day

Tagged: A300, AerLingus, Airbus, AirShow, AMX, AvGeek, aviation, B737, Barton, Boeing, Dash8, DeHavilandCanada, DHC8, EGCB, EGCC, EGCD, F50, Fokker, InterEuropean, ItalianAirForce, L13, LufthansaCityLine, MAN, Manchester, ManchesterMonday, Monarch, OnThisDay, photography, PierB, Pitts, planespotting, RAF, RingwayRoad, RoyalAirForce, Runway06, Runway24, S1, ShadowMossRoad, Special, VC10, Vickers, Woodford

On This Day 15th June 1996.Read More

Side view of a white, twin engined jet airliner taxiing from right to left, along a grey taxiway. The plane has red "Jet2DotCom" titles on the upper forward fuselage, and the black registration "CS-WFP" just aft of a small Portugese flag on the lower rear. The tail is a deep blue, with a stylised number "2" made up of red, mint green, and light blue sections. The engine pods mounted under the wings are the same deep blue as the tail, with the up-turned wing-tips are the same mint green as in the number on the tail. A strip of green grass stretches across the foreground, with a grey cargo building stretching across the background with a grey and red jet airliner parked in front on the right. A couple of grey buildings with hotel logos on top are visible over the top off that building, with trees beyond them, under hazy grey skies.

Manchester Monday 8th June 2026.

By: Manc AvGeek

On: June 8, 2026

In: Manchester Monday, On This Day

Tagged: A330, AdvancedTurboProp, AerLingus, AirAtlantis, Airbus, AirportHotel, ATP, ATR72, AvGeek, aviation, B737, BACExpress, BAE146, Boeing, BritishAerospace, EGCC, EGCD, F50, Fokker, GillAir, Jet2, L13, L5, MAN, Manchester, ManchesterMonday, ManxAirlines, OnThisDay, photography, PierB, planespotting, Runway24, SD360, Shorts, TransAvia, Woodford, World2Fly

On This Day 8th June 1992.Read More

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