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Gat On A Sat 3rd May 2025.

9H-ABG, Boeing 737-2Y5Adv, Air Malta, at London Gatwick, some time before April 1995.

#London #Gatwick #LGW #EGKK #Boeing #B737 #AirMalta #GatOnASat
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On This Day 3rd May 2017.

G-LGNR, Saab 2000, operated by LoganAir but in FlyBe colours, taxiing off Runway 05 Right at Manchester Airport, 3rd May 2017, as seen from one of the SouthSide mounds.

#Manchester #MAN #EGCC #Runway05Right #SouthSide #Saab #S2000 #LoganAir #FlyBe #OnThisDay
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Side view of a white, twin propellor-engined airliner taxiing from left to right off the runway.
The plane is almost entirely white, with blue "FlyBe" titles above a series of yellow, red, and purple dots on the forward fuselage, just behind the cockpit.
There is the web address "www[dot]flybe[dot]com" in blue on the sides of the engine cowlings.
The registration "G-LGNR" is on the upper rear fuselage, in black.
The last 2 letters "NR" are on the front of the nose wheel doors, and above the cockpit corner windows, also in black.
Green grass lines either side of the black runway in the foreground, with the taxiway this plane is on hidden by grass.
More grass in the background leads up to trees in the distance, under blue-grey sky.

On This Day 3rd May 1992.

OE-GSC, Dassault Falcon 10, Tyrolean Air Ambulance, parked on Gate 200 at Manchester Airport, 3rd May 1992, as seen from the top of the T1 car park.

#Manchester #Man #EGCC #Gate200 #L13 #Dassault #Falcon #FA10 #BizJet #TyroleanAirAmabulance #OnThisDay
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Side view of a twin engined Bizjet with the engines mounted on the sides of the rear fuselage, parked on grey concrete apron facing to the left.
The plane has blue and brown piping running along the planes body and engine pods, as well as along the tail.
The registration "OE-GSC" is on the engine pods in blue.
A man wearing a blue coat and black pants is leaning on the planes left wing, while another man wearing a hi-viz coat is standing on the planes steps (actually the lower half of the planes door, folded downward, the upper half folded upwards), leaning in to the plane.
Grey concrete apron fills the rest of the frame.

Photo of the Day 3rd May 2025.

240, Beechcraft 200 Super King Air, irish air Corps, in the static display park at the annual Woodford Air Show, some time in the 1990s.

4 photos behind the link.
https://mancavgeek.co.uk/blog/photo-of-the-day-3rd-may-2025/

#Manchester #Woodford #EGCD #AirShow #Beech #B200 #SuperKingAir #IrishAirCorps #BizProp
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Side view of a white, twin engined Bizprop parked on a black tarmac taxiway facing to the right.
There are small, black "Irish Air Corps" titles on the upper forward fuselage, in Irish at the front and English at the rear.
There is a green and orange stripe running along the body, as well as on the engine cowlings in front of the wings.
There is a green, orange, and white roundel resembling a 3-headed YinYang symbol on the side of the rear fuselage, and an orange, white, and green fin flash over the black number "240" on the tail.
Yellow chocks have been placed under the left main gear.
Crowds of people can be seen behind a metal fence in the background on the left of the frame, with an orange and grey plane on the right.
Grim grey sky fills the rest of the frame.

@MikeDunnAuthor I've said it before, and I'll say it again.
Our economy is based on the movement of money from one person or business to another.
Those at the top (say, the top 2%) hoover up all the money they can get their hands on, spend a little, and stash the rest away offshore, removing that money from the economy.
Those at the bottom (say, the bottom 50%) spend ~100% of their income, often more, spreading it around the economy, quite literally keeping the economy going.
Pump money in at the bottom, and tax those at the top to the hilt.

Frankfurt Friday 2nd May 2025.

OK-EFK, Tupolev TU-134A, CSA CzechSlovak Airlines, at Frankfurt Airport, either 1993 or 1996.

#Frankfurt #FRA #EDFF #Tupolev #TU134 #CSA #CzechslovakAirlines #FrankfurtFriday
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Side view of a white, twin engined jet airliner with the engines mounted on the sides of the rear fuselage, taxiing from right to left.
The plane is mostly white, with large red "CSA" titles on the sides of the forward fuselage, with white "Czechslovak Airlines" text just below on a thin blue stripe running along the body.
A pair of red triangles separated by a blue triangle adorn the leading edge of the tail, with red piping underneath.
The engine pods on the rear fuselage are grey, with the registration "OK-EFK" in black.
A white building with a flat, sandy brown roof and blue roller doors stretches across most of the frame from the right, with the tails of other jet airliners next to a brown building in the distance.

On This Day 2nd May 2014.

A6-EEU, Airbus A380-861, Emirates, on final approach to Runway 05 Left at Manchester Airport, as seen from the Runway Viewing Park 2nd May 2014.

#Manchester #MAN #EGCC #Runway05Left #RunwayViewingPark #Airbus #A380 #Emirates #OnThisDay
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Photo of the Day 2nd May 2025.

G-GONE, De Haviland DH.112 Venom FB1, in vaguely Royal navy colours, taxiing along the runway after performing a display flight at Woodford Air Show, some time in the 1990s.

3 photos behind the link.
https://mancavgeek.co.uk/blog/photo-of-the-day-2nd-may-2025/

#Manchester #Woodford #EGCD #AirShow #DeHaviland #DH112 #Venom #RoyalNavy
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Side view of a black, single engined military jet fighter taxiing from left to right along a grey runway.
The plane is basically a large black engine pod with a white belly, with twin black tail booms stretching backwards from the wing root, carrying the small twin tails.
The cockpit canopy at the front of the plane is open, slid back along the top of the fuselage, with the bright red helmet of the pilot clearly visible in the gap.
The tail booms has white "Rioyal Navy" titles, just aft of a blue, white, and red roundel.
The registration "G-GONE" is on the end of the boom in white, under the tail.
Green grass fills the foreground, with a large grey building dominating the frame on the right, and trees on the left in the background, under bright but hazy skies.

Manc AvGeek boosted:

On this May Day, let us remember that it wasn’t the CEOs and billionaires who saved us during COVID-19. It was the janitors, nurses, cleaning crews, grocery and food workers with their hard, often invisible labor.

@User47 We have a ceiling fan in our bedroom, but until a couple of nights ago we never used it.
And we're not planning on using it again, at high enough revs for us to feel it, it shakes like it's about to come off, there is all sorts of electrical crackling and popping, and it's really noisy and I can't sleep.
Yeah, I'm not a fan...
(Pun intended)

Manc AvGeek boosted:

I got up at 5 this morning, so I could do some writing before leaving for work at 7.
*sigh*
Yeah, about that...
I spent an hour trying to figure up the name of the drummer of the support band for a 2008 tour by an American band I stalked around the country.
Yeah, about that...
It turns out that the only references to them online are either references to them possibly having a minor role in a movie, or changing the bands name.
There is one single, solitary reference to them going on tour with this particular bunch of Americans, but no names of anyone in the band.
So, look up the new band name.
Oh, look, 1 article out of dozens that gives me a name.
Only there is no indication if this is the same person.
He actually played bass for this American band, but there is no mention of him anywhere.
Oh, wait, the singer from said American band did a solo UK tour, with his backing band all coming from the Oxford area, and didn't this guy play bass?
YES!
A limited edition CD of rehearsals for that tour was released, and I found a track listing with a list of the band members!
And it's the same name I found earlier!
Right. Let's get this thing written!
Yeah, about that...
I have to leave in 20 minutes, and I haven't had breakfast yet.
Or got dressed.
Or had a shower...
Yeah, no writing done this morning.
I really must set up a band wiki or something, for keeping track of these things.

Bonus Photo of the Day 1st May 2025.

G-BAAD, Evans VP-1 Volksplane, in one of the static display parks at Finningley Air Show, some time in the 1990s.

#Finningley #FNY #AirShow #Evans #VP1 #Volksplane
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Side view of a cream and blue, long and thin single-engined light aircraft parked facing to the left.
A glazed, low windshield is the only concession to protection for the open cockpit and any pilot that may fly this.
The plane has dark blue upper surfaces and a cream body, with a white tail with a blue stripe containing a white circle with the letters "VP" in the middle in blue.
The registration "G-BAAD" are on the side of the rear fuselage, also in blue.
A pair of other single-engined light aircraft, both with military markings, are parked behind this one.
Grey metal fencing surrounds these planes, with crowds of people on the other sides, as well as a couple of vehicles.
A large green and brown hangar stretches across the frame from the left, under grim grey sky.

'Throw Thursday 1st May 2025.

G-BMYK, British Aerospace ATP, British Midland, on final approach to Runway 27 Right at London Heathrow, 1992 or 1993, as seen from Eastchurch Road while I was trying (and failing) to get some photos over by the BA hangars.

#London #Heathrow #LHR #EGLL #EastchurchRoad #BritishAerospace #ATP #BritishMidland
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Photo of the Day 1st May 2025.

EI-IJT, Boeing 737-8200 MAX, Ryanair, loading passengers while parked on Gate 53 at Manchester Airport, 14th August 2024, as seen from inside Terminal 3 while waiting for a flight.
Photo taken on my Samsung A55S.

#3 photos behind the link.
https://mancavgeek.co.uk/blog/photo-of-the-day-1st-may-2025/

#Manchester #MAN #EGCC #Gate53 #Terminal3 #Boeing #B737 #MAX #Ryanair
#Avgeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Side view of a white and blue, twin engined jet airliner parked facing to the right.
The plane is mostly white, with a blue belly and tail, with yellow piping on the body, and dark blue "RyanAir" billboard-style titles on the upper forward fuselage next to a blue, winged Irish harp.
The same harp appears in yellow on the dark blue tail.
A grey electrical generator is plugged into the planes nose below the cockpit, while a built-in set of airstairs is extended from the forward on the opposite side, with passengers climbing up into the plane.
There is a luggage belt loader parked against an open door in the lower right rear fuselage, with a luggage cart parked nearby, with 2 men in hi-viz jackets loading bags onto the belt.
Grey concrete apron with white and yellow markings fills the lower half of the frame, with grass, a black runway, and trees under cloudy grey skies at the top.

@welshpixie https://youtu.be/oyiWQ3l66Nk?feature=shared

@welshpixie Got to be better than what Sealion Dying did with the original!
Mind you, I could fart a better version than that!

@motoridersd That song by mental As Anything that played during her characters wedding to jason Donova in Neighbours?
Sorry, yes, I'm old enough to remember that, back in the days when she was known as an actress, not a singer.
Anything except The Locomotion, which was painful to listen to as a teenager, and is even more so now?

On This Day 2 30th April 1993.

G-BLZT, Shorts SD3-60-100, Jersey European, at Blackpool Squires Gate, 30th April 1993.

#Blackpool #SquiresGate #BLK #EGNH #Shorts #SD360 #JerseyEuropean
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Head-on view of a white, boxy, high-winged, twin propellor-engined airliner parked facing the camera.
Sponsons sticking out from the bottom of the fuselage contain the main wheels, and are connected to the undersides of the wings by long thin struts.
Spinning propellors on the engines are blurred, not quite becoming smears.
In the background, a varied array of light aircraft are parked facing in different directions, with a couple of brown and grey buildings at the back, under grey skies.

On This Day 30th April 1993.

LZ-BAF, Antonov AN-12B, Balkan Bulgarian Cargo, taxiing to the cargo ramp after landing at Manchester Airport, 30th April 1993.

#Manchester #MAN #EGCC #Antonov #AN12 #BalkanBulgarian
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

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