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'Throw Thursday 3 19th February 2026.

SX-BEH, Airbus A300B4-103, Olympic Airways, being pushed back from it's stand at London Heathrow, some time in the 1990s, as seen from the terraces on The Queens Building.

#London #Heathrow #LHR #EGLL #QueensBuilding #Airbus #A300 #Olympic
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Side view of a twin engined jet airliner facing to the right but being pushed back to the left by an almost out-of-frame green tug.
The plane has white upper surfaces and a grey belly, with a light blue stripe running along the body covering the passenger cabin windows, with additional blue pinstripe above, and yellow and red pinstripes below.
There are dark blue "Olympic" titles on the upper fuselage over the wings, with a stylised Greek flag partially covered by an EU flag between the forward and mid-cabin doors.
The tail is dark blue, with a series of linked, multi-coloured rings, and the white letter "H" at the top.
The grey flat roof of a building fills the bottom of the photo, while green grass lines a runway and a taxiway in the background, with trees and buildings leading off in to the distance, slowly vanishing into grey haze.

Photo of the Day 19th February 2026.

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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.

Schipol Sunday 3 15th February 2026.

TC-ALS, Airbus A300B4-103, Air Alfa, at Amsterdam Schipol, 27th September 1996.

#Amsterdam #Schipol #AMS #EHAM #Airbus #A300 #AirAlfa #SchipolSunday
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Side view of a twin engined jet airliner taxiing from left to right.
The plane is mostly white, with a muted green and dark blue stripe running along the body, and dark blue "Air Alfa" titles next to a small Turkish flag on the upper forward fuselage.
The black registration "TC-ALS" is on the upper rear fuselage.
The tail is the same muted green, with large, white, diagonal "alfa" titles.
A large expanse of grey concrete apron fills the foreground, with an equally large grassed area leads to trees in the distance, under drab grey sky.
The tail of a white and black, 3 engined jet airliner can be seen on the left of the frame.

Photo of the Day 15th February 2026.

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Side view of a long and thin, twin propellor-engined airliner taxiing from right to left along a black tarmac taxiway. The plane is largely white, with a thin blue and red stripe running along the body, overlaid with blue "BinAir" titles under the cockpit windows, and the black registration "D-CPSW" next to a small German flagon the side of the rear fuselage. The white tail has the blue letters "BA" underlined in red. Lush green grass fills the foreground, with more grass in the background leading up to a black runway , and more grass leading up to trees in the distance, under grim grey sky. The centre fuselage and wingbox of a white, yellow, and blue jet airliner flying through the top left corner as it takes off.

On This Day 6th February 1996.

F-GSTA, Airbus A300-608SAT, Airbus Skylink, at a slightly snowy Manchester Airport, 6th February 1996.

#Manchester #MAN #EGCC #Airbus #A300 #Beluga #Skylink #OnThisDay
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Side view of an over-sized, twin jet-engined cargo plane parked facing to the right on a snow-covered apron.
The plane is almost entirely white, with black "Airbus Industrie" titles on the side of the enlarged upper fuselage.
The rear fuselage and tail have a dark blue diagonal band with white text "Skylink", with thin red, orange, and yellow bands behind that.
The horizontal stabiliser has large white endplates with a large, black, number "1", which also appears on the front face of the upper fuselage, above the lowered cockpit.
There are red covers on the engine intakes under the wings.
Snow fills most of the foreground, with black roadways cleared for ground vehicles, and a small white car driving along one of those tracks.
Brown and red cargo sheds are in the background on the right, with other buildings on the left.
Tall lighting poles stretch into the grey sky.

Photo of the Day 6th February 1996.

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Side view of a small, single-engined, single-seat light aircraft, parked facing to the left on grass. The plane is mostly cream coloured, with white engine cowling and #wingtips, and the black registration "G-SJMW" on the rear fuselage. There is a gold stripe on the forward fuselage, with a small UK flag, and the black text "SD-1 Minisport". Strong sunlight coming from the top left of the frame is casting a strong shadow on the ground under the plane. Green grass extends into the distance, with several light aircraft parked on both sides of the image, facing in towards the middle. Trees in the distance meet blue sky with a slight hint of haze.

Manchester Monday 2nd February 2026.

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Frankfurt Friday 23rd January 2026.

F-BVGM, Airbus A300B4-203, Air France, parked on it's gate at Frankfurt Airport, either 1993 or 1996, as seen from the extensive terraces on top of Terminal 1.

#Frankfurt #FRA #EDDF #Airbus #A300 #AirFrance #FrankfurtFriday
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Front side view of a twin engined jet airliner parked facing to the right on it's gate almost directly below the camera.
The plane is almost entirely white, with blue "Air France" titles on the upper forward fuselage, and a series of diagonal blue stripes on the tail.
The forward cargo hold door in the lower forward fuselage is open, with a loading belt raised to it, with a couple of metal containers rolling into the plane's belly, overseen by a person wearing blue overalls.
A white truck with black "Lufthansa Service" text on the side is parked between the loading belt and the engine.
A pale blue airbridge is attached to the forward door on the other side of the plane, reaching out of frame on the right.
A large expanse of apron fills the background, with rows of planes parked by tall lighting towers on the right of the frame, and more planes parked facing a black terminal building on the left, under bright but hazy sky.

Photo of the Day 23rd January 2026.

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Side view of a single engined light aircraft parked facing to the left. The planes upper surfaces are a metallic, silvery-grey, with white lower surfaces, and red piping. The registration "G-BOPT" is on the rear fuselage in red. The tail is white, with a grey leading edge, and a red beacon on the top. A large grass airfield fills the background, leading up to trees in the distance, with a couple of other light aircraft parked on the grass. Bright but hazy sky fills the rest of the frame.

'Throw Thursday 2 8th January 2026.

F-GBEC, Airbus A300B2-1C, Air France, being pushed back from it's stand at London Heathrow, sometime between March 1992 and December 1994.

#London #Heathrow #LHR #EGLL #Airbus #A300 #AirFrance #ThrowThursday
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Side view of a white, twin engined jet airliner facing to the right but being pushed back to the left by an out-of-shot tug attached to the nose-wheel by a long blue pole.
There are large blue "Air France" titles on the side of the upper forward fuselage, with a small image of a blue seahorse and the text "Groupe Air France" under the cockpit windows.
The blue registration "FGBEC" is on the upper rear fuselage, with the black letters "EC" on the open nosewheel doors.
Grey concrete apron fills the foreground, with more taxiways and a black runway separated by large grassed areas in the background.
In the distance, a gaggle of white Bizjets is gathered around a red building, with a grey and dark blue jet airliner trying to hide behind a
blue hangar in the top left corner, and a grey terminal building with yellow airbridges hanging off the sides in the top right.

Photo of the Day 8th January 2026.

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Side view of a twin engined jet airliner moving at speed from right to left along a black runway. The plane is mostly white, with a pale blue belly, and large light and dark blue "FlyBe" titles above 6 coloured dots (2 yellow, 2 red, 2 purple) on the forward fuselage, a design repeated on the sides of the white engine pods mounted under the wings with additional ".com" text at the end. The light and dark blue "FlyBe" titles are repeated in a larger form but without the dots on the rear fuselage and tail. The black registration "G-FBJI" is on the upper rear fuselage. Green grass fills the foreground, lining the sides of the runway. A pair of large grey hangars dominate the background on the right, behind a large green metal wall. Pale blue sky fills the rest of the frame.

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

Manchester Monday 5 17th November 2025.

G-MONR, Airbus A300B4-605R, Monarch, being pushed back from it's stand at Manchester Airport, some time in the 1990s.

#Manchester #MAN #EGCC #L13 #Airbus #A300 #Monarch #ManchesterMonday
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner, facing to the left but being pushed back to the right by a low-slung blue tug attached to the nose-wheel.
The plane is mostly white, with a grey belly, and a thick black and white stripe running along the body, covering the passenger windows.
There are black "Monarch" titles on the upper forward fuselage, and the white registration "G-MONR" on the black stripe ion the lower rear fuselage, and additional black text "A300-600R" on the upper rear fuselage under the tail.
The tail is white, with a large, upper-case letter "M" that is masquerading as a crown.
Grey concrete apron fills the foreground and a lot of the background,, with a quartet of twin engined jet airliners parked in pairs, facing a row or light poles in the background.
Trees stretch across the frame in the distance, under bright but hazy skies.

Manchester Monday 5 10th November 2025.

OY-CNL, Airbus A300B4-120, Premiair, taxiing out to Runway 24 at Manchester Airport, some time after June 1996.

#Manchester #MAN #EGCC #Runway24 #Airbus #A300 #Premiair #ManchesterMonday
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner taxiing from right to left along a reddish-grey taxiway cutting it's way through a large patch of grass.
The plane is almost entirely white, with black "Premiair" titles on the upper forward fuselage, with orange and blue dots over the letter "I's", which is repeated on the sides of the white engine pods under the wings.
The black registration "OY-CNL" is on the lower rear fuselage, just ahead of the rear cabin door, while there is black text "Airbus A300" just aft of the door.
A large blue dot is on the white tail, partially overlaid by a larger orange dot.
Green grass fills most of the foreground, with a large green, box-like metal structure in the background on the right, and a 3 engined jet airliner taxiing in after landing on the left.
In the distance, trees lead off to the horizon, under hazy grey sky.

Continental Airlines Airbus A300-B4 Postcard
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#Avgeek #Aviation #A300 #ContinentalAirlines #AirbusA300 #GoldenTail #AviationHistory #ClassicLivery #VintageAviation #JetAge #AviationHeritage #AirbusHistory #AircraftPhotography #TravelHistory #AviationCollectors #AviationPostcard

JAS Friendly Bird A300 Postcard.
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#Japan #A300 #aviation #airplanes #avgeek #planes #postcards #postcard #travel #planespotting

Tails Tuesday 8th April 2025.

D-AIAN, Airbus A300B4-603, Lufthansa, at Frankfurt Airport, either 1993 or 1996.

#Frankfurt #FRA #EDDF #Airbus #A300 #Lufthansa #TailsTuesday
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Close-up shot of the blue tail of a white jet airliner, parked facing to the left.
The tail has a large yellow circle, with a stylised blue flying bird in the middle.
A brown building stretches across the background, with the balance boom of a large yellow crane in the distance on the left of the frame.
Grey sky fills the rest of the frame.

Widebody Wednesday
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Dan-Air A300 B4 Airbus Postcard
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#DanAir #DanAirLondon #A300 #aviation #airplanes #avgeek #planes #postcards #postcard #travel #planespotting #aviación #aviacion #avión #avion #Luftfahrt #Flugzeuge

Plane is parked at a remote stand with air stairs deployes

Compass A300 Christmas Card
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#CompassAirlines #A300 #Santa #Aviation #Postcard #Avgeek #Airplanes #Ephemera

Santa and his sleigh are on top of the plane, while his reindeer are looking out the windows. They are riding in comfort. Rudolph is in the first window, must be in first class!

"The Airbus A300 was the first wide-body airliner produced by Airbus Industries, a European aerospace manufacturing consortium formed in 1970. The fuselage of the A300 was wide enough to seat eight across in economy, which was arranged in a two-four-two configuration with two aisles. The first-class cabin seated six across, also with two aisles, in a two-two-two arrangement. The A300 could carry as many as 266 passengers in this two-class configuration, which was a similar capacity to the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 and the Lockheed L1011 TriStar widebody airliners, but with two engines instead of three the A300 used approximately thirty percent less fuel. This amounted to a substantial reduction in operating costs for the airlines flying the aircraft, and was one of the major reasons for the aircraft’s success. The A300 established Airbus as a major European airliner manufacturer. Image: Singapore Airlines poster, Airbus A300, c. 1981. Gift of the William Hough Collection. 2006.010.273" This was posted to our Instagram account on October 29, 2019 – https://millsfield.sfomuseum.org/instagram/1729355941/

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