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Manc AvGeekmancavgeek@social.teamb.space
2026-02-11

Winglet Wednesday 2 11th February 2026.

N8149S, Beech B2000 Starship, on static display at Farnborough Air Show, 10th September 1994.

#Farnborough #FAB #EGLF #Beech #B2000 #Starship #AirShow #WingletWednesday
#avgeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Close-up of the inside face of the left upturned wingtip of a white BizProp parked facing to the right. There are 5 blue stripes running from front to back, pale blue and thin at the top, getting darker and thinner as they get lower, the lowest one being almost black. The heads of people walking around in the background can be seen at the bottom of the frame. A couple of out-of-focus planes can be seen in the distance, with trees behind them stretching across the lower part of the frame, the rest being filled with streaks of pale blue sky and clouds.
Manc AvGeekmancavgeek@mancavgeek.co.uk
2026-02-11

Photo of the Day 11th February 2026.

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Side view of a high-winged, single-engined light aircraft taxiing from left to right along a short-mown grass taxiway. The plane is largely white, with a grey and red stripe running along the body, overlaid with the black registration "G0CIRZ" on the side of the rear fuselage. The white spats on the undercarriage has a red stripe resembling a stylised flying bird with wings outstretched for gliding. The white tail has a circular red logo for the manufacturer on the rear half, with the white text "C42" outlined in red on the bottom. The front half has the black text "MainAir Flying School", with a telephone number underneath. A red and grey stripe stretches across the whole of the tail, about 3 quarters of the way up.
Manc AvGeekmancavgeek@social.teamb.space
2026-02-04

Winglet Wednesday 4th February 2026.

N8149S, Beech 2000 A Starship in the static display park at Farnborough Air Show, 10th September 1994.
This is one of my fave planes, but I've only ever seen 1 out in the wild, away from airshows, and I saw that twice, 14 days apart, at Manchester, and then at Geneva, back in 1993!

#Farnborough #FAB #EGLF #AirShow #Beech #B2000 #StarShip #WingletWednesday
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Close-up of the twin tails of a twin engined BizProp parked on black tarmac facing to the right. The plane is mostly white, with a series of light and dark blue stripes running along the body and over the engines, which are mounted on the rear of the wings, facing backwards. The black registration "N8149S" is painted on the sides of the engine cowlings. As well as the twin tails on the ends of the wings, there is a small ventral tail under the rear fuselage - whether that is for additional stability, or to stop the propellor blades hitting the ground on take off or landing is unknown, at least to me. (It's probably a bit of both!) The tails of several other planes can be seen in the background on the left, and the feet of people in the crowd can be seen under this plane. Gorgeous blue sky with scattered fluffs of cloud fill the rest of the frame.
Manc AvGeekmancavgeek@mancavgeek.co.uk
2026-02-04

Photo of the Day 4th February 2026.

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Side view of a twin propellor-engined parked facing to the left on grass. The plane is largely white, with a black and brown stripe running along the body and engine cowlings, as well as along the top of the tail. The black registration "N889VF" is on the lower rear fuselage with a brown drop shadow. Green grass fills the foreground, with more grass leading up to trees in the distance under flat grey sky, with a tall electricity pylon reaching into the sky, with wires stretching across the width of the frame.
Manc AvGeekmancavgeek@social.teamb.space
2025-12-28

Bonus Photo of the Day 28th December 2025.

G-IIII, Pitts S-2B Special, in the colours of it's sponsor Microlease, at the Farnborough Air Show, some time in the 1990s.

#Farnborough #FAB #EGLF #AirShow #Pitts #S2 #Special
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Side view of a single-engined, 2 seat bi-plane with a large bubble canopy parked facing to the left on a patch of grass next to a concrete taxiway. The plane is mostly red, with red highlights on all the edges, and grey, inverted "Microlease" titles on the side of the fuselage, and the black registration "G-IIII" on the tail. Grey taxiways stretch across the background with grass and tree in the distance, with a large grey hangar in the top right corner, all under hazy grey sky.
Manc AvGeekmancavgeek@social.teamb.space
2025-11-21

Bonus Photo of the Day 21st November 2025.

F-GSTD, Airbus A300B4-608ST Super Airbus Transporter, Airbus Transport International, on static display at Farnborough Air Show, 12th September 1998.
Walking into the show, this was the first thing you saw, and if you weren't already excited, then this just ramped everything up.

#Farnborough #FAB #EGLF #AirShow #Airbus #A300 #SAT #SuperAirbusTransporter #AirbusTransportInternational
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Side view of a very large, twin engined jet freighter with an over-sized cargo hold on top of an already pretty big body, with the front of the fuselage hinged upwards, giving access to the cargo area. The plane is mostly white, with very large titles "The Super Transporter" on the side of the upper fuselage, each word in yellow, red, and blue, respectively. The black registration "F-GTSD" is on the lower rear fuselage. The rear fuselage and tail have a thick, diagonal blue band with smaller red, orange, and yellow bands towards the rear, with the white word "Airbus" overlaid on the blue stripe. That same logo, minus the text, is repeated on the wingtip fences on the ends of the wings. There are large end plates on the horizontal stabiliser, with the number "4" on both the inner and outer faces. There is a large, white fillet extending the tail to meet the massively extended upper fuselage, that fuselage extension eating up a large chunk of the normal tail. There is a white set of mobile airstairs parked leading up to the open freight deck, with people climbing the stairs, and others admiring the view from the open deck. Cars are parked on grass in the foreground, with people wandering around, and more people in the background, in front of a large white building which stretches across the whole frame. Fluffy grey clouds with hints of blue peeking through fills the rest of the frame.
Manc AvGeekmancavgeek@social.teamb.space
2025-11-08

Bonus Photo of the Day 8th November 2025.

G-BRNM, Chichester-Miles Leopard, on static display at Farnborough Air Show, 7th September 1996.
This was an attempt to create a market for a very light, 4 seat BizJet with very small, fuel-efficient engines.
It didn't go too well…
Or at all!

#Farnborough #FAB #EGLF #AirShow #ChichesterMiles #Leopard #BizJet
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Head-on view of a small, twin engined, 4 seat BizJet, parked on black tarmac at an air show. The plane is rather angular, with a pair of small jet engines attached to the sides of the rear fuselage. The cockpit has large windows, with a pair of pretty comfortable-looking seats visible through the front windows. A man with a black cap and a woman with reddish brown hair are sitting at a collapsable table behind the plane. People are walking past fencing in the distance, with large temporary buildings rising up the side of a hill in the distance.
Manc AvGeekmancavgeek@social.teamb.space
2025-10-21

Bonus Photo of the Day 21st October 2025.

WM167/G-LOSM, Gloster Meteor NF11, in Royal Air Force colours, taking off for a display flight at one of the Farnborough air shows some time in the 1990s.

#Farnborough #FAB #EGLF #AirShow #Gloster #Meteor #RoyalAirForce #RAF
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Rear view of a twin engined military jet fighter accelerating from right to left along a runway, with small flaps extended at the rear of the wings, between the fuselage and engines.. The plane is covered in a grey and brown camouflage scheme, with pale blue belly, as well as the under-sides of the wings and engine pods. The wings appear to run through the sides of the engine pods, about a quarter of the way long the wings. There is a blue, white, and red roundel on the rear fuselage, with the black serial "WM167" further back under the tail. There is a red, white, and blue fin flash on top of the tail. A grey runway stretches across the bottom of the frame, with grass on the far side leading up to trees in the distance, under grey sky.
Manc AvGeekmancavgeek@social.teamb.space
2025-07-15

Bonus Photo of the Day 2 15th July 2025.

G-BUBN, Britten-Norman BN-2B-26 Islander, in Taiwan Airlines Airlines colours, at Farnborough Air Show, 10th September 1994.
This plane never actually went to Taiwan, instead going to Isles of Scilly Skybus, in Southern England, where it has been ever since.

#Farnborough #FAB #EGLF #AirShow #BrittenNorman #BN2 #Islander #TaiwanAirlines
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Side view of a very small, high-winged, twin propellor-engined airliner parked on black tarmac facing to the right. The plane is mostly white, with a blue and green stripe running along the belly, sweeping up in to the tail. There are small white "Taiwan Airlines" titles on the green stripe under the cockpit, with some black writing in a Chinese script above it. The registration "G-BUB_" is on the upper rear fuselage in black, the last letter obscured by the fixed landing gear coming down from the green and blue engine pods on the wings. A black tarmac taxiway fills most of the foreground, lined with grass on the left of the frame. The black tip of a planes wing is peeking in to frame on the left, while the nose and cockpit of a yellow 2-seat trainer is in the background on the right. Pale blue sky with fluffs of white cloud fill the rest of the frame.
Manc AvGeekmancavgeek@social.teamb.space
2025-05-16

Bonus Photo of the Day 16th May 2025.

G-BMPL, Edgley OA.7 Optica, FLS Aerospace, performing a display flight at one of the Farnborough Air Shows, some time in the 1990s.

#Farnborough #FAB #EGLF #AirShow #Edgley #OA7 #Optica #FLSAerospace
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Low, almost head-on view of a white, single engined light aircraft with a bulbous, heavily glazed cockpit canopy in front of a fuselage that is basically a shrouded propellor engine in the middle of a long, straight wing. There are long tail-booms extending part way through each of the wings, with the fixed undercarriage attached to the front of the booms. The plane is heavily tilted to the side, obviously performing a spirited flying display routine. Grey sky fills the rest of the frame.
Manc AvGeekmancavgeek@social.teamb.space
2025-03-27

Bonus Photo of the Day 26th March 2025.

G-BOAB, British Aircraft Corporation Concorde 102, British Airways, Taxiing along the runway after landing at Farnborough Airshow, some time in the 1990s.

#Farnborough #FAB #EGLF #AirShow #BritishAircraftCorporation #Concorde #BritishAirways
#Avgeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Side view of a long, thin, and pointy white, 4 engined jet airliner, taxiing from left to right along a black runway. There is a thin, red stripe running along the body, with a red arrowhead just behind the cockpit. There are black "British Airways" titles on the lower forward fuselage. The top of the tail is dark blue, with a white crest, while the bottom half has a blue triangle and diagonal red stripe. The registration "G-BOAB" is on the lower rear fuselage in black. In the foreground, a large crowd is gathered, watching the plane, separated from it by a large area of grass. More grass is visible in the background under the planes body, leading up to tall trees in the distance, under fluffy grey clouds.
Manc AvGeekmancavgeek@social.teamb.space
2024-12-14

Bonus Photo of the Day 14th December 2024.

G-BRNM, Chichester-Miles Leopard, on static display at Farnborough Air Show, some time in the 1990s.

#Farnborough #FAB #EGLF #AirShow #ChichesterMiles #Leopard #BizJet #PhotoOfTheDay
#avgeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Front view of a small, twin engined BizJet with the engines mounted on the rear of the angular fuselage, parked on black tarmac. The plane is mostly white, with blue "Leopard" titles on the fuselage under the heavily glazed cockpit windows. orange tags are attached to several ports on the fuselage and under the wings. In the background, a large expanse of grass stretches in to the distance, with people walking past, standing around and talking, or sitting, with low, wide white buildings right at the back of the frame, under hazy grey skies.
Manc AvGeekmancavgeek@mancavgeek.co.uk
2024-12-14

Photo of the Day 14th December 2024.

ZS-SAL, Boeing 747-244, South African Airlines, taxiing past the Airport Hotel pub as it turns on to Runway 24 at Manchester Airport, some time in the 1990s.

 

    Gat On A Sat 14th December 2024.
G-EZEB, Airbus A319-111, EasyJet, crossing the perimeter fence after taking off from Runway 08 Right at London Gatwick, 12th September 2014.

 

    Bonus Photo of the Day  14th December 2024.
G-BRNM, Chichester-Miles Leopard, on static display at Farnborough Air Show, some time in the 1990s.

#A319 #airbus #AirportHotel #airshow #avgeek #aviation #b747 #BizJet #boeing #ChichesterMiles #easyjet #egcc #egkk #eglf #fab #farnborough #GatOnASat #gatwick #Leopard #lgw #london #man #manchester #photography #PhotoOfTheDay #planespotting #Runway08Right #runway24 #SouthAfricanAirlines

Side view of a white, 4 engined, very large jet airliner taxiing from right to left. The plane has a silver belly, and a thick blue and thin orange stripe running along the body, with large "SAA" titles on the upper forward fuselage, and smaller blue "South African Airways" on the upper mid -fuselage, above the wings. There are additional blue "B747 Super B" titles on the upper rear fuselage, and the registration "ZS-SAL" under the tail. The tail is a bright orange, with a stylised, blue gazelle with wings leaping to the left. There is a black, chain-link fence in the foreground, with a large grassed area behind it. Grey sky fills the rest of the frame.View from below of a white, twin engined jet airliner flying from left to right at a very low altitudes with the undercarriage tucked away, flaps extended from the rear of the wings, and the nose raised sharply, suggesting it has just taken off. There are orange "EasyJet dot Com" titles on the side of the fuselage, an orange tail, orange engine pods under the wings, and orange brackets on the lower side of the wings holding the flaps in place. Blue skies with wispy white clouds fill the rest of the frame.Front view of a small, twin engined BizJet with the engines mounted on the rear of the angular fuselage, parked on black tarmac. The plane is mostly white, with blue "Leopard" titles on the fuselage under the heavily glazed cockpit windows. orange tags are attached to several ports on the fuselage and under the wings. In the background, a large expanse of grass stretches in to the distance, with people walking past, standing around and talking, or sitting, with low, wide white buildings right at the back of the frame, under hazy grey skies.
Manc AvGeekmancavgeek@social.teamb.space
2024-12-04

Bonus Photo of the Day 2 4th December 2024.

N830PH, De Haviland Canada DHC-8-102A, HorizonAir, at Farnborough Air Show, 10th September 1994.

#Farnborough #FAB #EGLF #AirShow #DeHaviland#Canada #DHC8 #Dash8 #HorizonAir #PhotoOfTheDay
#avgeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Forward view of a white, high-winged, twin propellor-engined airliner taxiing along a runway almost directly towards the camera. There is a red and black stripe running along the lower fuselage and around the lower part of the nose. The leading edges of the wings, tail, and horizontal stabiliser are black. The runway stretches off into the background, surrounded by grass, with rows of trees in the distance, under orange skies.
Manc AvGeekmancavgeek@mancavgeek.co.uk
2024-12-04

Photo of the Day 4th December 2024.

 

EI-FKB, Fokker F50, Aer Lingus Commuter, taxiing the last few metres to Gate 5 at Manchester Airport, 1992.
    Bonus Photo of the Day  4th December 2024.
XB812, Canadair CL-13 Sabre F.4 (license-built North American F-86 Sabre), in RAF colours, at RAF Museum, Hendon.
    Bonus Photo of the Day 2 4th December 2024.
N830PH, De Haviland Canada DHC-8-102A, HorizonAir, at Farnborough Air Show, 10th September 1994.

#AerLingus #airshow #avgeek #aviation #canadair #dash8 #DehavilandCanada #dhc8 #egcc #eglf #f50 #F86 #fab #farnborough #fokker #Hendon #HorizonAir #man #manchester #museum #NorthAmerican #photography #PhotoOfTheDay #planespotting #raf #RAFMuseum #RoyalAirForce #Sabre

Side view of a high-winged, twin propellor-engined airliner taxiing from left to right. The top of the plane's fuselage is bright green, with thick blue, dark green, and white stripes running along the body, and a grey belly, There are large black "Aer Lingus Commuter" titles on the white section on the lower forward fuselage, and the registration "EI-FKB" at the rear. There is a large, white shamrock on the green tail. Grey concrete apron fills the foreground, marked with several yellow lines, one of which the plane is following to the right. Several white airliners sit in the background, with white being the predominant colour, with patches or blue, red, and orange. Further back, areas of green grass and grey taxiways lead off into the distance.Side view of a single-engined, single seat military jet fighter plane on display in a museum, facing to the right. The plane has a green and grey camouflage scheme, with a lighter grey belly, and the letter "U" in the centre of the fuselage in yellow. There is a blue, white, and red roundel on the rear fuselage, with a blue bar outlined in yellow and containing a yellow arrow pointing to the right on wither side. There is also a blue, white, and red fin flash on the tail. Several display plaques can be seen on posts in the foreground, giving information on this and other exhibits. White horizontal support beams holding up the white metal roof fill the background.Forward view of a white, high-winged, twin propellor-engined airliner taxiing along a runway almost directly towards the camera. There is a red and black stripe running along the lower fuselage and around the lower part of the nose. The leading edges of the wings, tail, and horizontal stabiliser are black. The runway stretches off into the background, surrounded by grass, with rows of trees in the distance, under orange skies.
Manc AvGeekmancavgeek@social.teamb.space
2024-11-27

Bonus Photo of the Day 27th November 2024.

G-DAAM, Robinson R22 Beta, on static display at Farnborough Air Show, 12th September 1992.

#Farnborough #FAB #EGLF #AirShow #Robinson #R22 #Beta
#avgeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Side view of a small, white helicopter on display on a raised platform, facing to the right. There is a blue stripe running along the body and along the tail boom, with the registration G-DAAM" overlaid on the boom. The rotor mast is white, with the blue outline of a letter "S" in the middle, and "Sloane Helicopters" and a telephone number underneath. In the foreground, a man wearing sunglasses and a sandy brown jacket is leaning on the platform the plane is sitting on, talking to someone in a green jacket and blue cap. In the background, green grass leads up to trees in the distance, with an array of planes parked in the middle distance. Bright but hazy grey-blue skies fill the rest of the frame.
Manc AvGeekmancavgeek@mancavgeek.co.uk
2024-11-27

Photo of the Day 27th November 2024.

G-LOGA, British Aerospace ATP, in basic LoganAir colours but with Manx Airlines titles, sailing past the Airport Hotel pub on final approach to Runway 24 at Manchester Airport, some time between March and September 1994.
    Winglet Wednesday 27th November 2024.
EI-DLI, Boeing 737-8AS, RyanAir, parked on the tarmac at Manchester Airport, taken as I walked out to board via the rear doors.
    Bonus Photo of the Day 27th November 2024.
G-DAAM, Robinson R22 Beta, on static display at Farnborough Air Show, 12th September 1992.

#airshow #atp #avgeek #aviation #b737 #Beta #boeing #BritishAerospace #egcc #eglf #fab #farnborough #loganair #man #manchester #Manx #photography #planespotting #R22 #Robinson #ryanair #WingletWednesday

Side view of a white, twin propellor-engined airliner flying from left to right at a low altitude. Flaps are extended from behind the wings, and the undercarriage is lowered, suggesting it is about to land. There is a red and black stripe running from the nose to the tail, and black "Manx" titles on the upper forward fuselage. There is a red and black logo resembling a square with the top right corner being a triangle pointing off to the north-east. Grey sky fills the rest of the frame.Closeup portrait view of the blue uptuirned wingtip of a white, twin engined jet airliner parked facing to the left. The plane has a blue belly, with a yellow stripe running along the body, with a similar livery on the underwing engine pod. The front fuselage is emblazoned with blue "RyanAir" titles, partially obscured by the left wing. The wing has black registration "EI-DLI" on the lower surface, while the blue upturned wingtips have yellow "RyanAir" titles. Cloudy grey skies fill the rest of the frame.Side view of a small, white helicopter on display on a raised platform, facing to the right. There is a blue stripe running along the body and along the tail boom, with the registration G-DAAM" overlaid on the boom. The rotor mast is white, with the blue outline of a letter "S" in the middle, and "Sloane Helicopters" and a telephone number underneath. In the foreground, a man wearing sunglasses and a sandy brown jacket is leaning on the platform the plane is sitting on, talking to someone in a green jacket and blue cap. In the background, green grass leads up to trees in the distance, with an array of planes parked in the middle distance. Bright but hazy grey-blue skies fill the rest of the frame.
Manc AvGeekmancavgeek@social.teamb.space
2024-10-25
Manc AvGeekmancavgeek@mancavgeek.co.uk
2024-10-25

    Photo of the Day 25th October 2024.
G-COES/EI-CMM, McDonnell Douglas MD-83, EuroFly, being pushed out of a maintenance hangar at Manchester Airport after being painted prior to delivery, late 1995 or early 1996.

 

    Bonus Photo of the Day 25th October 2024.
KAF112, Shorts Tucano T52, Kuwait Air Force, on static display at Farnborough Air Show, 12th September 1992.

 

    Fuselage Friday 25th October 2024.
9V-SMU, Boeing 747-412, Singapore Airlines, parked at a sunny (!) Manchester Airport, some time after October 1993.
This was the 1000th Boeing 747 off the production line, only the 3rd civilian airliner ever to reach that milestone, only the B727 and B737 managing it before it.

https://mancavgeek.co.uk/2024/10/25/photo-of-the-day-25th-october-2024/

#airshow #avgeek #aviation #b747 #boeing #egcc #eglf #Eurofly #fab #farnborough #KuwaitAirForce #man #manchester #McDonnellDouglas #md83 #photography #planespotting #Shorts #SingaporeAirlines #Tucano

Side view of a white, twin engined jet airliner parked facing to the left and slightly away from the camera. The engines are mounted on the side of the rear fuselage. There are blue "EuroFly" titles on the lower forward fuselage, and the registration "G-COES" in black on the upper rear fuselage. There are black "MD-83" titles on the engine pods. The tail is green at the front and blue at the back, with the letters "CMM" at the top in black. Damp, black tarmac fills the foreground, with low sunlight reflecting strongly off puddles of water, with a white van with a yellow roof parked near the planes wing. A pair of duck-egg blue fuel tanks with "Jet A-1" markings loom over the scene in the background, strongly lit by the setting sun from the left.Side view of a 2 seat, single propellor-engined military trainer aircraft in a sandy brown camouflage scheme parked facing to the left. The serial number "KAF112" is displayed prominently on the rear fuselage in black, while the flag of Kuwait (vertical black lozenge on the left with green, white, and red stripes filling the rest) on the tail. The plane is parked on black tarmac, but the rear fuselage and tail sticks out over grass. Below the wings, several pods that can be carried are displayed on the ground. The wing and 3 propellors of a high-winged military transport plane is sneaking into frame on the left, while a grey bizjet can be seen immediately behind this plane. Ominous grey clouds fill the rest of the frame.Close-up of the white forward fuselage and cockpit of a very large, 4 engined jet airliner. There are large, black "Singapore Airlines" titles above the wing, smaller black "MegaTop" titles above the forward cabin windows on the upper deck, and red "1000th Boeing 747" titles above the open forward door, between the upper and lower deck windows. A purple, yellow, and gold stripe runs along the body from just aft of the open forward door, and the up-turned wingtip is purple, with a yellow band at the rear. A set of blue airstairs is parked against the open forward door. In the background, a large brown building is nestled in trees.
Manc AvGeekmancavgeek@social.teamb.space
2024-10-23

Bonus Photo of the Day 2 23rd October 2024.

N101HC, Gulfstream G-IV SP, on static display at Farnborough Air Show, 7th September 1996.

#Farnborough #FAB #EGLF #AirShow #Gulfstream #G4 #BizJet
#avgeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Side view of a white, twin engined BizJet parked facing to the right behind a loosely linked metal fence. There is a thin black cheatline running along the body, with another running along the top of the body near the engines mounted on the rear fuselage. Grey tarmac fills the foreground, with a man kneeling on the ground looking at something in his hands, probably a camera, on the right of the frame, while green grass and grey sky fill the background.

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