ThrowThursday – MancAvGeek

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.

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

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 white, twin engined jet airliner taxiing from right to left. The plane has a grey belly, and a thin red and blue stripe running along the body, getting wider as it moves rearwards, then sweeping up to fill the tail. The engines, mounted on the sides of the rear fuselage, are in a bare metal state. The registration "G-OBWD" is visible on the upper rear fuselage. Grey concrete taxiways fill almost all the frame, apart from a red and white banded metal barrier stretching across the top of the frame.

Photo of the Day 19th March 2026.

By: Manc AvGeek

On: March 19, 2026

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

Tagged: A380, Airbus, AvGeek, aviation, B707, BAC111, Boeing, BritishAircraftCorporation, BritishAirFerries, BritishWorld, DanAir, DeHavilandCanada, DHC8, EGCC, EGKK, EGLL, Embraer, ERJ190, Gatwick, Heathrow, Helvetic, LGW, LHR, London, MAN, Manchester, OnThisDay, photography, planespotting, Qantas, QueensBuilding, Romavia, Runway09Left, Runway23Left, Runway27Left, Sabena, SchreinerAirways, SouthSide, StanwellMoorRoad, ThrowThursday

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner taxiing from right to left. The plane is mostly white, with a blue rear fuselage and tail, and 2 tone blue "Air Transat" titles on the upper forward fuselage. Grey concrete apron fills most of the background, with various pieces of airport furniture -mobile air stairs, lighting poles, luggage carts, and more - littering the area, and another airliner in the top right corner, with trees in the distance.

Photo of the Day 12th March 2026.

By: Manc AvGeek

On: March 12, 2026

In: Photo of The Day, Throw Thursday

Tagged: A321, AdriaAirways, Airbus, AirTransat, AvGeek, aviation, B777, Boeing, BritishAircraftCorporation, BritishAirways, Concorde, EGCC, EGLL, Heathrow, KoreanAirlines, L13, LHR, London, MAN, Manchester, ManxAirlines, McDonnellDouglas, MD81, Neo, photography, planespotting, QueensBuilding, RingwayRoad, Runway09Left, Runway09Right, Runway24, SD360, Shorts, StanwellMoorRoad, ThrowThursday

A small, single engined light aircraft parked on black tarmac, facing to the right and away from the camera. The plane is almost entirely white, with only the black registration "G-CIFL" on the side of the rear fuselage, and the large bubble canopy over the cockpit marring the whiteness. Black tarmac apron fills the foreground, with a high-winged light aircraft parked on the other side of a fuel pump in the background. A large road bridge soars into the sky in the distance, stretching across the frame, under grey sky.

Photo of the Day 26th February 2026.

By: Manc AvGeek

On: February 26, 2026

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

Tagged: AvGeek, aviation, B717, B737, Barton, Blue1, BMI, Boeing, BritishMidland, EGCB, EGCC, EGLL, F27, Fokker, Friendship, GlassHouse, HattonCross, Heathrow, LHR, London, LuxAir, MAN, Manchester, OnThisDay, photography, planespotting, QueensBuilding, Runway23Left, Runway27Left, RunwayVisitorPark, RV6, ThrowThursday, Vans

Side view of a twin engined BizJet with the engines mounted on the sides of the rear fuselage, taxiing from right to left along a grey taxiway. The plane is largely white, with a green stripe starting in the middle of the upper fuselage, running forward along the top of the body, down under the cockpit windows, then back along the lower body, and up into the tail, and the green registration "D-AJOY" on the tail-cone, partially obscured by one of the engines on the rear fuselage. A grey taxiway fills the foreground, with a patch of green grass in the bottom right corner, and more grass in the background, leading up to several jet airliners partially obscured by jelly pouring out of the rear of the planes engines. Flat grey sky fills the rest of the frame.

Photo of the Day 19th February 2026.

By: Manc AvGeek

On: February 19, 2026

In: Photo of The Day, Throw Thursday

Tagged: A300, Airbus, AirFrance, AirInter, AirNewZealand, AirXCharter, AvGeek, aviation, B777, BizJet, Boeing, Bombardier, C9, Canadair, Challanger, CRJ100, DC9, Douglas, EGCC, EGLL, Heathrow, KuwaitAirForce, LHR, London, MAN, Manchester, Olympic, photography, planespotting, QueensBuilding, Runway09Left, Runway23Left, Runway27Left, SouthSide, StanwellMoorRoad, ThrowThursday

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner parked on grey concrete apron, facing to the left. The plane is largely white, with a dark blue belly, and a yellow stripe running along the body, separating the 2 colours. There are large, blue, billboard-style "RyanAir" titles on the sides of the forward fuselage, next to a blue, stylised winged Irish harp. The black registration "EI-EPA" is on the upper rear fuselage, next to a small Irish flag. The engine pods hanging under the wings are the same colours as the body - white on top, and dark blue at the bottom, separated by a yellow stripe. Built-in airstairs are deployed below the closed forwards cabin door, while white mobile airstairs are parked by the closed rear doors. Grey concrete apron fills the foreground, with a wide strip of grass leads up to a runway in the background, with trees beyond that. Pale blue sky with wisps of thin grey cloud fill the top half of the image.

Photo of the Day 12th February 2026.

By: Manc AvGeek

On: February 12, 2026

In: Photo of The Day, Throw Thursday

Tagged: A319, Airbus, AirInter, AirSerbia, AvGeek, aviation, B737, Boeing, CarPark2, EGCC, EGLL, F100, Fokker, Heathrow, LHR, London, MAN, McDonnellDouglas, MD11, MyrtleAvenuue, photography, planespotting, Queens Building, QueensBuilding, RingwayRoad, RoyalAirForce, RoyalSuite, Runway27Left, RyanAir, T3, ThrowThursday, Varig, VC10, Vickers

Photo of the Day 29th January 2026.

By: Manc AvGeek

On: January 29, 2026

In: Photo of The Day, Throw Thursday

Tagged: A330, AirAlgerie, Airbus, AvGeek, aviation, B737, Boeing, Dassault, EGCC, EGLL, F50, FA900, Falcon, Fokker, Heathrow, Hercules, L100, L13, LHR, Lockheed, London, LuxAir, MAN, Manchester, MiddleEastAirlines, MyrtleAvenue, photography, planespotting, QueensBuilding, Runway27Left, Terminal2, ThrowThursday, TUI

Side view of a high-winged, twin propellor engined light transport plane parked on grass facing to the right. The plane is mostly white, with a dark blue lower body, sweeping up to fill the rear fuselage and tail. Green grass fills the foreground, with a white, single engined light aircraft just nosing in to frame from the left. There are several buildings in various shades of grey in the background, with a white fuel tank with red "Total" markings on the left of the frame, all under flat white sky.

Photo of the Day 22nd January 2026.

By: Manc AvGeek

On: January 22, 2026

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

Tagged: A320, Aeronavale, Air Canada, Airbus, AirFrance, AirShow, ATP, AvGeek, aviation, B787, BalkanHolidays, Barton, BN2, Boeing, BritAir, BritishAerospace, BritishMidland, BrittenNorman, BusinessAir, DreamLiner, EastchurchRoad, EGCB, EGCC, EGGP, EGLL, Fregate, FrenchMarine, HattonCross, Heathrow, Iberia, Islander, LHR, Liverpool, London, LPL, MAN, Manchester, N262, Nord, OnThisDay, photography, PierA, planespotting, Police, Runway09Left, Runway24, Runway27Left, Saab, SF340, Speke, StanwellMoorRoad, ThrowThursday, TU154, Tupolev