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Side view of a twin-engined jet airliner flying from left to right at a low altitude, with undercarriage still lowered, flaps extended from the rear of the wings, and the nose raised sharply, suggesting it has just taken off. The plane is white, with dark blue "Air France" titles on the upper forward fuselage, next to a short, diagonal, red stripe, with the black registration "F-GKXM" on the upper rear fuselage. The tail is white, with a series of 3 dark blue diagonal stripes, the thickest at the front and the thinnest at the rear, followed by a shorter, thick red stripe, and a circle made up of small gold stars at the top of the first stripe. Bright sunlight reflects strongly from the side of the fuselage, mostly running along the area around the passenger cabin windows, and the tail. Blue sky with a hint of grey haze fills the rest of the frame.

Photo Of The Day 30th September 2026.

On: September 30, 2026

Tagged: A320, Airbus, AirDolomiti, AirFrance, AirShow, ATR42, AvGeek, aviation, B737, Boeing, Corsair, EDDM, EGCC, EGSX, FighterMeet, LFPO, MAN, Manchester, MUC, Munich, NorthWeald, OnThisDay, Orly, ORY, Paris, photography, planespotting, RAF, RoyalAirForce, Runway23Right, SouthSide, Spitfire, Supermarine

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On This Day 30th September 1996.Read More

Low head-on view of a helicopter flying towards and over the camera. The aircraft is mostly white, with a blue belly and white undersides, with black text "National Grid" on the white underside. It is equipped with landing skids instead of wheels, and has a bright light shining in the nose, just above a black camera pod on a downward facing mounting. A high shutter speed means the 4-bladed main rotor appears frozen in place. Flat grey sky fills the rest of the frame.

Photo Of The Day 29th September 2026.

By: Manc AvGeek

On: September 29, 2026

In: Photo of The Day, Tails Tuesday

Tagged: A330, Airbus, ATR42, AvGeek, AviaNova, aviation, B429, B737, Barton, Bell, Boeing, BritishAerospace, Cointrin, DUS, Dusseldorf, EDDL, EGCB, EGCC, EGGP, EgyptAir, Geneva, GVA, J41, Jetstream, JohnLennon, Liverpool, LPL, LSGG, MAN, Manchester, NationalGrid, photography, planespotting, Runway05Right, SouthSide, Speke, SpekeAerodromeHeritageGroup, TailsTuesday, VirginAtlantic

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Side view of a twin propellor-engined airliner flying from right to left at a very low altitude, it's wheels just centimetres above the black runway, it's raised nose suggesting it is taking off. The plane is largely white, with a black belly, red "LoganAir" titles on the upper forward fuselage, and black text "Scotland's Airline" on the upper rear. The black registration "G-LGNE" is on the lower rear fuselage. The tail and part of the rear fuselage is covered in a red, black, and white tartan. The engine pods, mounted slightly above the wings, are mostly red, with a black bottom. Green grass lines the black runway in the foreground, with more grass in the background leading up to trees in the distance, with pale grey-blue sky filling the rest of the frame.

Manchester Monday 28th September 2026.

By: Manc AvGeek

On: September 28, 2026

In: Manchester Monday, On This Day

Tagged: A310, Airbus, AirJet, AirMalta, AirportHotel, AirShow, AirTransat, AvGeek, AviaNova, aviation, B747, BAE146, Barton, BN2, Boeing, BritishAerospace, BrittenNorman, CM170, EGCB, EGCC, EGCD, F70, Fokker, Fouga, IrishAirCorps, Islander, Kloten, L1011, L13, Lockheed, LoganAir, LOT, LSZH, Magister, MAN, Manchester, ManchesterMonday, NorthernAirlines, NorthWestParachuteCentre, OnThisDay, photography, PierB, PierC, planespotting, PolishAirlines, RAF, RoyalAirForce, Runway23Left, Runway24, Saab, SF340, SouthAfricanAirlines, SouthSide, TriStar, TU134, Tupolev, VC10, Viclers, Woodford, ZRH, Zurich

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On This Day 28th September 1996.Read More

Side view of a very large, 4 engined jet airliner lining up on a grey runway as it prepares for take-off. The plane is largely white, with large, thin, purple "Virgin Atlantic" titles on the upper forward fuselage, mostly between the windows of the upper and lower decks. There is an image of a flying woman, wearing a red leotard, and wearing a UK flag as a cape, under the cockpit windows at the front of the upper deck. The partial registration "-VAST" can be seen on the lower rear fuselage, the last two letters "ST" also appearing on the open nose-wheel doors. The tail and rear fuselage are a shiny, scarlet redd, with seemingly hand-drawn, white "Virgin" titles across the middle, and the small white letters "ST" right at the top. The engine pods are a similar shiny scarlet, as are the up-turned wing-tips. Green grass fills the foreground, with a couple of bushes in the bottom left corner, and black metal mesh fence supported by black metal poles runs across the bottom of the frame. More grass is visible in the background, under the body of this plane, with a terminal building on the right, with several planes parked against it. Pale blue sky with wisps of white cloud fill the top of the frame.

Photo Of The Day 20th September 2026.

By: Manc AvGeek

On: September 20, 2026

In: Photo of The Day, Schipol Sunday

Tagged: AMS, Amsterdam, AvGeek, aviation, Avro, B737, B747, Boeing, BritishAerospace, City, CrownePlazaHotel, DanAir, EGCC, EGGP, EGLC, EHAM, EstonianAir, HawkerSiddeley, HS748, JohnLennon, LCY, Liverpool, London, LPL, MAN, Manchester, NewhamTownHall, photography, planespotting, RJ100, Runway23Left, Runway27, Schiphol, SchipholSunday, SouthSide, SpekeAerodromeHeritageGroup, Swiss, VirginAtlantic

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Side view of a twin engined jet airliner moving from left to righ along a runway. The plane is mostly white, with a red and yellow stripe running along the body, spilling over the front of the wings, and running up and down to fill the rear fuselage, with a second yel;low stripe on the upper rear. The tail is red, with yellow swirls in the middle. There are red "Hainan Airlines" titles on the upper forward fuselage, just aft of the forward mid-cabin door, with the same titles in a Chinese script further forward, partially obscured by the wing. There is black text "Boeing 787-8" under the rear-most cabin windows, above larger, yellow "DreamLiner" text. The black registration "B-2731" si on the upper rear fuselage, with the number "2731" repeated on the sides of the open nose-wheel doors. White engine pods, with scalloped rear edges, are suspended under the wings. Green grass fills the foreground, with trees in the background, those on the left blurred by the jellyfied hot air coming from the rear of the engines. Blue sky fills the rest of the frame.

Photo Of The Day 19th September 2026.

By: Manc AvGeek

On: September 19, 2026

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

Tagged: 05Left, Aeronca, AirShow, Aurigny, AvGeek, aviation, B787, Boeing, BritishAerospace, CityHopper, DreamLiner, EGCC, EGGW, EGKK, EGXI, Embraer, ERJ190, Finningley, FNY, GatOnASat, Gatwick, HainanAirlines, J31, Jetstream, KLM, LGW, London, LoveAir, LTN, Luton, MAN, Manchester, OnThisDay, photography, planespotting, Runway08Right, Runway23Left, Saab, SF340, SouthSide

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On This Day 19th September 2026. Gat On A Sat 19th September 2026.Read More

Side view of a high-winged, 4 engined jet airliner moving from right to left along a black runway. The plane is almost entirely white, with small, black "Jota" and orange "Aviation" titles on the side of the upper forward fuselage, and black registration "G-JOTR" on the lower rear fuselage, and black and orange bands around the rear fuselage and the front of the tail. There are similar orange and black stripes running along the length of the white engine pods slung under the wings. Green grass fills the foreground, with more grass on the far side of the runway, and a black taxiway running through, with trees in the distance, under blue sky.

Photo Of The Day 18th September 2026.

By: Manc AvGeek

On: September 18, 2026

In: Frankfurt Friday, Photo of The Day

Tagged: A300, AerolineasArgentinas, Airbus, AirbusTransportInternational, AirClassic, AirShow, AvGeek, aviation, Avro, B747, Beluga, Besucherterrasse, Boeing, BritishAerospace, C352, Casa, Cessna, DND, Dundee, EDDF, EGCC, EGCD, EGPN, FRA, Frankfurt, FrankfurtFriday, Jota, JU52-3m, Junkers, Lufthansa, MAN, Manchester, photography, planespotting, RiverSide, RJ85, Runway23Left, SAT, SkyDiving, SouthSide, StationAir, SuperAirbusTransporter, Terminal1, U206, Woodford

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Side view of a high-winged, single engined light aircraft flying from right to left at a very low altitude, less than a metre above the ground, with flaps extended from the rear of the wings, suggesting it is about to land on the grass runway below it. Thew plane is mostly white, with a red stripe running along the body, overlaid with the black registration "G-CGFG" on the side of the rear fuselage, a red panel on top of the engine cowling in front of the cockpit, and a red stripe at the top of the tail. A bright red light is shining right on the top of the tail. Short green grass fills the foreground, with longer grass in the background, and trees in the distance, all blurred into a smear.

Manchester Monday 14th September 2026.

By: Manc AvGeek

On: September 14, 2026

In: Manchester Monday, On This Day

Tagged: A300, AirAtlantaIcelandic, Airbus, AirportHotel. Embraer, ATP, AvGeek, aviation, Avro, B747, Barton, Boeing, Brasilia, BritishAerospace, C152, CargoCentre, Cessna, Cranfield, EGCB, EGCC, EGCD, EMB120, Gate7, HandleyPage, HP137, Jetstream, JU52, Junkers, LARTransRegional, Lufthansa, MAN, Manchester, ManchesterMonday, Manx, McDonnellDouglas, MD87, MOSI, Museum, MuseumOfSciendceAndIndustry, OnThisDay, photography, planespotting, PremiAir, RAF, RingwayRoad, RoyalAirForce, Runway24, SD360, Shackleton, ShadowMossRoad, Shorts, SouthSide, T1, Terminal1, TranSwede, Woodford

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Side view of a yellow, high-winged, single-engined light aircraft parked facing to the right on short-0mown grass. The plane has blue stripes running along the top and bottom of the rear fuselage, swooping above and below the cockpit, respectively. The blue registration "G-RODW" is on the side of the rear fuselage, and diagonal grey "EuroFox" text behind the large, highly-glazed cockpit door. Short green grass fills the foreground and part of the background, with the tail of a similar yellow aircraft with the black registration "G-FOKS" peeking out from behind this plane's cockpit, on the right. Longer grass leads off to trees in the distance, under blue sky.

Photo Of The Day 9th September 2026.

By: Manc AvGeek

On: September 9, 2026

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

Tagged: A320, Aero, Airbus, AirShow, AvGeek, aviation, B737, Barton, Boeing, DO328, Dornier, EasyJet, EGCB, EGCC, EGLF, EuroFox, FAB, Farnborough, FlyBe, LoganAir, MAN, Manchester, OnThisDay, PC6, photography, Pilatus, planespotting, Runway05Right, Runway23Left, RunwayVisitorPark, SouthSide, Sunwing, TUI, TurboPorter, WingletWednesday

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On This Day 9th September 1990. On This Day 9th September 2014. On This Day 9th September 2015. Winglet Wednesday 9th September 2026.Read More

Rear view of a very large, 4 engined jet airliner facing directly away from the camera. The plane is almost entirely white, with a red band around the rear fuselage, with a green and black diagonal stripe visible on the tail, and a red patch under the body. A large engine under each of the massive wings (and another engine further out on each side) match the planes humungous fuselage and tail, and somehow manage to make the trees in the background seem small. Shooting through a chainlink fence results in some slight vignetting in the bottom half of the frame. Cloudy grey sky with streaks of blue fill the rest of the frame.

Manchester Monday 7th September 2026.

By: Manc AvGeek

On: September 7, 2026

In: Manchester Monday, On This Day

Tagged: A380, AerLingus, Airbus, AirShow, AirVIA, AMX, AvGeek, aviation, B727, Barton, BASE, BizJet, Boeing, Brasilia, BritishAirwaysExpress, BusinessAirlines, C310, Cessna, ChichesterMiles, Commuter, EGCB, EGCC, EGCD, EGLF, EMB120, Embraer, Emirates, F50, FAB, Farnborough, Fokker, ItalianAirForce, Leopard, MAN, Manchester, ManchesterMonday, OnThisDay, photography, PierB, planespotting, RingwayRoad, Runway23Right, Runway24, Sabre, SD360, Shorts, SouthSide, Tupolev, VarnaInternational, Woodford

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On This Day 7th September 1996.Read More

Side view of a very large, white, 4 engined jet airliner moving from right to left . The plane is mostly white, with purple "Virgin Atlantic" titles on the upper forward fuselage, and a scarlet red rear fuselage and tail, with white "Virgin" titles. The upturned wing-tips have part of a waving Union Flag. The engine pods slung under the wings are the same scarlet red, with the rear 1/3rd of the cowling having moved backwards to expose the thrust reversers, which along with the flaps hanging from the rear of the wings is slowing the plane after landing. Taxiways lined with strips of grass fill the foreground, with a grey terminal building with several planes parked in front of it stretching across the frame, under grey-blue skies.

Photo Of The Day 3rd September 2026.

By: Manc AvGeek

On: September 3, 2026

In: Photo of The Day, Throw Thursday

Tagged: AIrLanka, AvGeek, aviation, B747, B757, Boeing, BritishAircraftCorporation, BritishAirways, Concorde, DUS, Dusseldorf, EDDL, EGCC, EGLL, Heathrow, L1011, LHR, Lockheed, London, MAN, Manchester, photography, planespotting, Runway23Right, Runway27Left, SouthSide, ThrowThursday, TriStar, VirginAtlantic

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