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Side view of a twin engined jet airliner moving from right to left at speed along a runway with flaps slightly extended behind the wings, and the nose raised slightly, suggesting it is taking off.The plane is largely white, with large, blue, billboard-style "IcelandAir" titles on the side of the forward fuselage, partially covering the passenger cabin windows. The registration "TF-ICC" is on the upper rear fuselage, next to a small Icelandic flat. A thin light blue stripe wraps around the rear fuselage and the leading edge of the tail, with a thicker dark blue stripe wraps around the tail-cone and the rest of the tail, with a white, waving, double ribbon in the middle. A black taxiway winds it's way through a large grassed area in the foreground, with more grass visible under the planes in the background. The dark blue and yellow tail of another jet airliner is visible over the rear fuselage of this one, with trees beyond that in the distance, under grim grey sky.

Photo of the Day 11th June 2026.

On: June 11, 2026

Tagged: AfricanInternational, AvGeek, aviation, B737, B7776, BalkanBulgarian, Boeing, BritishAirways, Dassault, DC8, Douglas, EGCC, EGLL, EssoGarage, FA900, Falcon, freighter, Heathrow, IcelandAir, IL18, Ilyushin, LHR, London, LOT, MAN, Manchester, Max, photography, planespotting, PolishAirlines, QueensBuilding, Runway05Left, Runway27Left, RunwayVisitorPark, SaudiArabianSpecialFlightServices, SothernPerimeterRoad, ThrowThursday

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Side view of a single engined light aircraft flying from right to left at a very low altitude, maybe 2 or 3 metres above a grass runway, with flaps extended from the rear of the wings, and flying straight and level, suggesting it is about to land, the fixed undercarriage not telling us anything. The plane is white, with a thin yellow and blue stripe running along the body, overlaid with the blue registration "G-LACB" on the side of the rear fuselage. There is a red star, with the side arms made from a pair of pilots wings, overlaid with an image of a light aircraft soaring into the sky, in the middle of the white tail. Grass fills the foreground and most of the background, with trees and bushes marking the airfield perimeter in the distance.

Photo of the Day 4th June 2026.

By: Manc AvGeek

On: June 4, 2026

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

Tagged: A300, Airbus, AirFrance, AirUK, AvGeek, aviation, B777, Barton, Boeing, CathayPacific, EGCB, EGCC, EGLL, F27, Fokker, Friendship, HattonCross, Heathrow, LancashireAeroClub, LHR, London, MAN, Manchester, McDonnellDouglas, MD11, OnThisDay, PA28, photography, Piper, planespotting, Runway10Right, Runway23Right, Runway28Left, RunwayVisitorPark, RVP, ThrowThursday, Varig, Warrior

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Side view of a very large, 4 engined jet airliner parked facing to the left. The plane is mostly white, with a blue belly, and blue "Kabo Air" titles on the upper forward fuselage, between the upper and lower deck cabin windows. A blue circle with a red outline is on the tail, with a stylised white lightning bolt (or possibly upper case letter "N") in the middle. A tall, grey lighting pole in the foreground partially obscures the tail-cone and tail. Grey concrete apron fills the foreground, with various white airport trucks and mobile airstairs gathered in the bottom right corner. Trees fill the background, under grey skies.

Photo of the Day 28th May 2026.

By: Manc AvGeek

On: May 28, 2026

In: Photo of The Day, Throw Thursday

Tagged: A319, Airbus, AirSerbia, AirUK, AustrianAirlines, AvGeek, aviation, B747, Boeing, DC10, Douglas, EGCC, EGLL, F27, Fokker, Friendship, Heathrow, Iberia, KaboAir, L13, LHR, London, MAN, Manchester, McDonnellDouglas, MD87, OnThisDay, photography, planespotting, QueensBuilding, Runway09Left, Runway28Left, StanwellMoorRoad, ThrowThursday

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Side view of a metallic blue small helicopter parked on a concrete landing pad, facing to the right. There is a light blue lightning flash on the lower fuselage and door, with silver "R22"text on the upper rear fuselage, above smaller "Beta II" text. The silver registration "G-HIZZ" is at the front of the tail boom, just as it comes out of the fuselage, above the partially exposed engine. The black and white striped tail rotor is on the left side at the rear of the tail boom. Green grass fills the foreground, with several planes parked on more grass in the background, leading up to trees and bushes marking the airfield perimeter in the distance, under blue sky with smatterings of thin white cloud.

Photo of the Day 14th May 2026.

By: Manc AvGeek

On: May 14, 2026

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

Tagged: A319, Airbus, AvGeek, aviation, B707, Barton, Beta, Boeing, DC9, Douglas, EGCB, EGCC, EGLL, EGSX, Heathrow, JAT, LHR, London, MAN, Manchester, NorthWeald, OnThisDay, PA34, photography, Piper, planespotting, QueensBuilding, R22, Robinson, Runway23Left, Runway27Left, SAS, ScandinavianAirlines, Seneca, SouthSide, TBNAircraft, ThrowThursday

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner taxiing from left to right along a grey taxiway. The plane is mostly white, with a yellow stripe running along the lower body, and large yellow "Buzz" titles outlined in black on the forward fuselage. These titles are repeated over a yellow stripe on the sides of the engine pods, under the wings. There is dark blue text "by RyanAir" under the cockpit windows, and the black registration "SP-RZD" just aft of a white and red Polish flag on the upper rear fuselage. The tail is bright yellow, with a large cartoon image of a bee, with a large upper-case letter "B" on it's black and yellow striped chest. Green grass fills the foreground, partially obscured by a stretched-out roll of razorwire on top. More grass in the background leads up to trees in the distance, under blue sky.

Photo of the Day 7th May 2026.

By: Manc AvGeek

On: May 7, 2026

In: Photo of The Day, Throw Thursday

Tagged: A340, Airbus, AirFrance, AirJamaica, AvGeek, aviation, B737, BAC111, BAE146, Boeing, BritishAerospace, BritishAircraftCorporation, BritishMidland, Buzz, DC9, Douglas, EGCC, EGLL, Heathrow, JerseyEuropean, LHR, London, MAN, Manchester, Max, photography, planespotting, QueensBuilding, Runway05Left, Runway27Left, RunwayVisitorPark, RVP, Tarom, ThrowThursday

Side view of a very small, high-winged, single-engined light aircraft taxiing from right to left on grass. The plane is almost entirely white, with blue "Sky Ranger" text over a stylised image of a mountain range on the upper fuselage immediately behind the cockpit doors, the blue registration "G-CFJG" on the tail, and the head of a fire-breathing dragon that, coincidentally, lines up perfectly with the pilots legs, as seen through the bottom of the glazed doors. Green grass fills the foreground and most of the background, with trees lining the airfield perimeter in the distance, and patches of blue sky visible in gaps.

Photo of the Day 30th April 2026.

By: Manc AvGeek

On: April 30, 2026

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

Tagged: A380, Airbus, AirCanada, AN12, Antonov, AvGeek, aviation, Avro, B787, BalkanBulgarian, Barton, BestOff, Blackpool, BLK, Boeing, DreamLiner, EGCB, EGCC, EGLL, EGNH, EssoGarage, Heathrow, LHR, London, MAN, Manchester, OnThisDay, photography, planespotting, RAF, RoyalAirForce, Runway09Left, Runway27Left, SingaporeAirlines, SkyRanger, SouthernPerimeterRoad, SquiresGate, StanwellMoorRoad, Swift, ThrowThursday, Vulcan

Front side view of a glossy black helicopter parked facing to the right on grass, with the motor slowly spinning and the pilots door open. The grey registration "N520EA" is on the side of the engine pods on top of the fuselage, and grey text "MD520N" is on the top of the twin tails at the end of the long, fat tail boom. Notably, there is no vertical rotor at the end of the tail boom. There are 2 people sitting in the heavily glazed cockpit, the person sitting in the right-hand seat wearing a white shirt, and using their hands to demonstrate something to the person in the left hand seat, who is wearing a blue shirt. Green grass fills the foreground, with people sitting or standing behind a green metal mesh fence in the background, and a curved, green corrugated metal hangar behind them on the left, and a large brown brick building on the right. Pretty much everyone in the photo is wearing sunglasses, so it is probably a sunny day.

Photo of the Day 23rd April 2026.

By: Manc AvGeek

On: April 23, 2026

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

Tagged: AirFrance, AvGeek, aviation, B727, BAE146, BahrainAmiriFlight, Barton, BizJet, Boeing, BritishAerospace, C9, DC9, Douglas, EGCB, EGLL, FlightInternational, FlyIn, Heathrow, JerseyEuropean, KuwaitAirForce, LearJet, LHR, LJ35, London, Manchester, McDonnellDouglas, MD520, OnThisDay, photography, planespotting, QueensBuilding, Runway27Left, ThrowThursday

Side view of a very large, 4 engined jet airliner taxiing from left to right. The plane is mostly white, with diagonal light and blue bands around the plane's nose, with large black "China Airlines" titles on the upper forward fuselage, next to larger blue "Cargo" text. The black registration "B-18721" is under the upper deck windows, as well as on the upper rear fuselage. The tail is white at the top and a pale purple at the bottom, with a pink and red flower filling most of the rest. The roof of a terminal building fills the foreground, with large air conditioning ducts in the middle, with large grey metal structures on either side of the screen. A large grey hangar fills most of the background, with a white and blue twin engined jet airliner parked in front. Hazy grey skies fill the rest of the frame.

Photo of the Day 16th April 2026.

By: Manc AvGeek

On: April 16, 2026

In: Photo of The Day, Throw Thursday

Tagged: A340, AdriaAirways, Airbus, AvGeek, aviation, B747, Boeing, ChinaAirlines, DC9, Douglas, EGCC, EGLL, F70, Fokker, Heathrow, KLMQueensBuilding, KuwaitAirways, L13, LHR, London, LOT, MAN, Manchester, NorthernPrimeterRoad, photography, planespotting, PolishAirlines, Runway09Left, Runway27Right, StanwellMoorRoad, ThrowThursday, TU154, Tupolev

Side view of a single engined light aircraft parked on tarmac facing to the right. The plane is mostly white, with a black belly, and a thick yellow stripe running along the body, over-laid with the black registration "G-BKAE" on the rear fuselage, the last letter partially obscured by the slightly up-turned wing-tip. White spats cover the fixed main landing gear, under the wings. A man with short dark hair and beard, wearing a blue top, can be seen in the cockpit, possibly running an engine test, as the propellor on the nose looks to be slightly blurred. Black tarmac apron fills the foreground, with a green hangar on the right of the frame in the background, with cars parked behind the plane on the left, with brown brick buildings beyond that. Flat white sky fills the rest of the frame.

Photo of the Day 9th April 2026.

By: Manc AvGeek

On: April 9, 2026

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

Tagged: A340, Airbus, AvGeek, aviation, B737, Barton, Boeing, CrossAir, D120, DO328, Dornier, EGCB, EGCC, EGLL, Heathrow, Jodel, LHR, LithuanianAirlines, LoganAir, London, MAN, Manchester, McDonnellDouglas, MD83, NorthernPerimeterRoad, ParisNice, photography, planespotting, QueensBuilding, Runway23Left, Runway27Left, SouthSide, ThrowThursday, VirginAtlantic

Side view of a very large, 4 engined jet airliner taxiing from left to right. The plane is mostly white, with a maroon stripe running along the body, covering the lower deck windows, and maroon "Qatar Airways" titles on the forward fuselage, in an Arabic script between the upper and lower deck windows, and in English below the lower deck windows. The tail is also maroon, with the white head of a horned, goat-like animal inside the outline of a white circle. Grey concrete apron fills the foreground, with a large grey hangar in the background on the left, several pale blue fuel tanks towards the middle, and a selection of other airport buildings on the right. Trees in the distance slowly vanish into a bright but hazy sky.

Photo of the Day 2nd April 2026.

By: Manc AvGeek

On: April 2, 2026

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

Tagged: AvGeek, aviation, B737, B747, BAC111, Boeing, BritishAircraftCorporation, BrymonEuropean, Budapest, Dash7, DeHavilandCanada, DHC7, Dublin, EGCC, EGLL, Embraer, ERJ190, FlyOver, Heathrow, KLMCityHopper, LHR, London, MAN, Manchester, Oldham, OnThisDay, photography, planespotting, QatarAirways, QueensBuilding, Runway09Left, RyanAir, StanwellMoorRoad, Tarom, ThrowThursday

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