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Side view of a twin engined jet airliner taxiing from left to right along a grey runway. The plane is primarily dark blue, with large white "Family Life" titles on the forward, with much smaller "Hotels" text below the last 2 letters. A pair of cartoon characters, an orange teddy bear and a yellow dog, are on the rear fuselage, either side of the white registration "G-FDZG". The tail is a light blue, with a red winky face that looks like the letters "T", "U", and "i" squished together. Green grass fills the foreground, with trees stretching across the background, under grey sky.

Manchester Monday 23rd February 2026.

2026-02-23

By: Manc AvGeek

On: February 23, 2026

In: Manchester Monday

Tagged: A220, A310, A350, AirBaltic, Airbus, AirLittoral, AirShow, AirTransat, ATR72, Aurigny, AvGeek, aviation, B737, Barton, BizJet, Boeing, C42, C525, Cessna, CitationJet, CJ2, EGCB, EGCC, EGCD, ExcellentAir, F100, F50, FamilyLifeHotels, Fokker, Hawker, Hunter, Ikarus, L13, MAN, Manchester, ManchesterMonday, PatrouilleSuisse, photography, planespotting, Runway05Left, Runway05Right, Runway23Right, Runway24, RunwayVisitorPark, ShadowMossRoad, SingaporeAirlines, SouthSide, SwissAirForce, Terminal2, Thomson, VLM, Woodford

Side view of a small, red, 2-seat autogyro taxiing from right to left along a grey tarmac taxiway. The aircraft is red, with a tandem 2 seat cockpit behind a large perspex panel, with a rotor mast with a 2-bladed rotor on top coming out of the top of the fuselage behind the rear seat. A triple tail unit is on a long boom coming from the lower rear of the fuselage, with the silver registration "G-CFZX" on the sides of the larger, central tail. Both of the seats are filled, with 2 people wearing red jumpsuits and white helmets, with black straps holding them in place. A silver car with black trim is in the background immediately behind this aircraft, with a white box on wheels on the left, a yellow square with the black letter "C" in the top left corner. Trees behind a black fence fill the rest of the frame.

Photo of the Day 21st February 2026.

2026-02-21

By: Manc AvGeek

On: February 21, 2026

In: Gat On A Sat, On This Day, Photo of The Day

Tagged: A321, Airbus, ATR72, AustrianAirlines, AutogyroEurope, AvGeek, aviation, B767, BAC111, Barton, Boeing, BritishAircraftCorporation, BritishWorldAirlines, EGCB, EGCC, EGKK, EuroWings, GatOnASat, Gatwick, IcelandAir, LGW, London, MAN, Manchester, MTOSport, OnThisDay, photography, planespotting, Runway23Right, RunwayVisitorPark, ShadowMossRoad

Side view of a high-winged, twin propellor-engined purple airliner flying from left to right at a very low altitude, with undercarriage extended and flaps deployed from the rear of the wings, suggesting it is about to land. The plane is mostly a lush purple, with a yellow and red band around the rear fuselage, and a whitetail and tail-cone. There are large white "FlyBe" titles over 6 white dots on the forward fuselage, a design replicated diagonally on the tail, only this time the text is in 2 shades of blue, and with 2 yellow dots, 2 red dots, and 2 purple. There are white "Stobart Air" titles under the forward fuselage, just over the nose-wheel doors, repeated over the rear passenger cabin windows, and the registration "EI-REM" just under those windows, also in white.

Photo of the Day 20th February 2026.

2026-02-20

By: Manc AvGeek

On: February 20, 2026

In: Fuselage Friday, Photo of The Day

Tagged: A310, Airbus, ATR72, AvGeek, aviation, CanadianAirlines, Dash7, DC10, DeHavilandCanada, DHC7, Douglas, EDDF, EGCC, FlyBe, FRA, Frankfurt, FrankfurtFriday, MAN, Manchester, MEA, MiddleEastAirlines, planespotting, Runway23Right, ShadowMossRoad, StobartAir, Tyrolean

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 twin engined jet airliner flying from left to right at a very low altitude, with undercarriage lowered and flaps drooping down from the rear of the wings, suggesting it is about top land. The plane is mostly white, with a dark blue belly, and a yellow stripe running along the body below the passenger cabin windows. There are large, dark blue "RyanAir titles on the sides of the forward fuselage, and the registration "G-RUKM" on the upper rear. The tail is dark blue, with a large, yellow, winged Irish harp in the middle. The engine pods are similar to the body, white on top, blue on the bottom, and a yellow stripe through the middle. The tops of trees can be seen at the bottom of the frame, with cloudy sky with patches of pale blue filling the rest.

Photo of the Day 9th January 2026.

2026-01-09

By: Manc AvGeek

On: January 9, 2026

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

Tagged: #Inverness #Dalcross #EGPE #INV #Saab #SF340 #BusinessAir #OnThisDay #AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography, A310, Airbus, AvGeek, aviation, B737, Boeing, DeHavilandCanda, DHC7, EDDF, EGCC, F100, Fokker, FRA, Frankfurt, FrankfurtFriday, MAN, Manchester, photography, planespotting, Runway23Left, RyanAir, ShadowMossRoad, TAT, THY, TurkishAirlines, Tyrolean

Side view of a twin engined jet 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 mostly a light blue, with a white belly, and red "TUI" titles on the forward fuselage. The white registration ""G-TAWM" is on the upper rear fuselage next to a small British flag. The tail is a slightly different pale blue, with a red smiley face made up of the letters "T", "U", and "I". This same design appears of the upturned wingtips. The white engine pods under the wings have the black web address "TUI.com". Flat white sky fills the rest of the frame.

Photo of the Day 6th January 2026.

2026-01-06

By: Manc AvGeek

On: January 6, 2026

In: Photo of The Day, Tails Tuesday

Tagged: AirShow, AMS, Amsterdam, AvGeek, aviation, Avro, B737, Boeing, BritishAerospace, Cointrin, DC9, Douglas, EGCB, EGCC, EGGP, EHAM, Geneva, GVA, HawkerSiddeley, HS748, IL62, Ilyushin, Liverpool, LPKL, LSGG, Lufthansa, MAN, Manchester, photography, planespotting, ReedAviation, RJ85, Runway23Right, SAS, ScandinavianAirlines, Schipol, ShadowMossRoad, Speke, TailsTuesday, Tarom, TUI, Woodford

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