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

Manchester Monday 2 2nd February 2026.

G-BEEG, Britten-Norman BN-2A-26 Islander, Northern Airlines, wearing the colours of it's previous operator, LoganAir, at Manchester Barton, some time in the 1990s.
This wasn't an airline as s most people would recognise it, they operated ad hoc flights from local airfields to 3000+ feet, after which passengers would de-plane and make their own way to the ground.
And I'm jealous, because the one time I did a parachute jump, it was from the back of a crappy little Cessna 206, not one of these beauties.
Come to think of it, I was actually booked onto a LoganAir flight operated by a BN2, from Aberdeen to Glasgow, but it was over-booked, so they replaced it with an SD-3-60.
That was still a new type to me, and we had a "meal" service on board, which you wouldn't get on one of these, but still, I was gutted!

#Manchester #Barton #EGCB #BrittenNorman #BN2 #Islander #NorthernAirlines #LoganAir #ManchesterMonday
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Side view of a small, high-winged, twin propellor-engined airliner parked on grey tarmac apron facing to the left. The plane is largely white, with a thick red and slightly thinner red stripe running along the body below the passenger cabin windows, sweeping up into the lower reaches of the tail from aft of the wing, and small black "Northern Airlines" titles at the bottom of the cockpit doors. The partial black registration "BEEG" can be seen on the upper rear fuselage, while the white tail has a large red triangle in the middle. Grey tarmac apron fills the foreground, with grass in the background leading up to bushes marking the airfield perimeter, under grim grey sky.
Manc AvGeekmancavgeek@mancavgeek.co.uk
2026-02-02

Manchester Monday 2nd February 2026.

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Side view of a twin engined jet airliner taxiing from left to right at a busy airport. The plane is largely white, with mauve, billboard-style "Qatar" titles on the forward fuselage, repeated in a grey Arabic script on the upper forward fuselage, above the wing root, and the black registration "A7-BOF" on the lower rear fuselage, just below the last few cabin windows, and a small Qatari flag just above those windows. The tail is a very light grey, with darker grey stripes overlaid with the head of an animal with horns sticking out of the back of it's head. A smaller, circular version of the tail logo appears on the side of the white engine pods mounted under the wings. Grey concrete apron, marked with yellow lines for planes to follow, some of which are lit up, fills the foreground. More apron space fills the background, with a total of 13 jet airliners visible, parked facing in various directions, in an array of liveries that predominantly feature shades of white, blue, grey, and red. Trees in the distance are being swallowed up by grey mist.
Manc AvGeekmancavgeek@social.teamb.space
2026-01-22

Photo of the Day 22nd January 2026.

G-PASV, Britten-Norman BN-2B-21 Islander, Police Aviation Services, at one of the annual airshows at Manchester Barton, some time in the 1990s.

#Manchester #Barton #EGCB #AirShow #BrittenNorman #BN2 #Islander #Police
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

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.
Manc AvGeekmancavgeek@mancavgeek.co.uk
2026-01-22

Photo of the Day 22nd January 2026.

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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.
Manc AvGeekmancavgeek@social.teamb.space
2025-11-18

Bonus Photo of the Day 18th November 2025.

G-BLNW, Britten-Norman BN-2B-27 Islander, Scottish Ambulance Service, at Inverness Airport, 9th January 1995.

#Inverness #INV #EGPE #BrittneNorman #BN2 #Islander #ScottishAmbulanceService
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Side view of a high-winged, twin propellor-engined airliner with fixed undercarriage attached at the nose and behind the engine pods on the wings, taxiing from left to right along a damp, black taxiway. The plane is covered in a bright yellow livery, with black "Scottish Ambulance Service" titles on the lower forward fuselage, a pair of thin, parallel blue stripes running along the rear fuselage, along with the black registration "G-BLNW". Green grass lines the taxiway in the foreground, with lots more green and brown grass fields leading up to trees stretching across then frame 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
2024-09-10

On This Day 10th September 1994.

G-BUBN, Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander, in Taiwan Airlines colours, on static display at Farnborough Air Show, 10th September 1994.
This never went anywhere near the Far East, spending pretty much it's entire career in the South of England with Isles of Scilly Skybus.

#Farnborough #FAB #EGLF #AirShow #BrittenNorman #BN2 #Islander #TaiwanAirlines #IslesOfScillySkybus #OnThisDay
#avgeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Side view of a white, high-winged, twin propellor-engined airliner with a green and blue stripe running along the lower section of the fuselage, sweeping up into the tail, where the red letters "TAC" have a background of blue stripes, overlaid on a white leaf. There are white "Taiwan Airlines" in English on the lower forward fuselage, repeated in black in a Chinese script just above. A couple of light aircraft are visible over the planes nose, with pale blue sky and white cloud fills the rest of the frame.
Manc AvGeekmancavgeek@mancavgeek.co.uk
2024-09-10

 

https://mancavgeek.co.uk/2024/09/10/tails-tuesday-10th-september-2024/

#a300 #a321 #a340 #AeroLloyd #AirNewZealand #airbus #AirOps #AirportHotel #airshow #airtours #avgeek #aviation #b737 #b747 #BN2 #boeing #BrittenNorma #egcc #eglf #egll #fab #farnborough #heathrow #Islander #IslesOfScillySkybus #KLM #l1011 #l13 #lhr #lockheed #london #man #manchester #McDonnellDouglas #MD80 #monarch #OnThisDay #photography #planespotting #PremiAir #QueensBuilding #Runway23Left #runway24 #SkyTeam #southside #swissair #TailsTuesday #TaiwanAirlines #VirginAtlantic

Close up of the blue tail and silver fuselage of a jet airliner facing to the left. The registration "PH-BXO" is on the rear fuselage in dark blue, above the Dutch EU flags, just aft of the planes rear door. White "SkyTeam" titles farm a semicircle on the tail, the circle being completed by a thin white crescent, with white scrollwork in the middle. A large grey hangar is visible under the rear fuselage in the background, with pale blue skies filling the rest of the frame.
Manc AvGeekmancavgeek@mancavgeek.co.uk
2024-05-15

https://mancavgeek.co.uk/2024/05/15/photo-of-the-day-15th-may-2024/

#a350 #airbus #airshow #AmericanAirlines #avgeek #aviation #b757 #barton #BizJet #BN2 #boeing #BrittenNorman #BruneiGovernment #condor #D150 #Defender #dus #dusseldorf #eddl #egcb #egcc #EGGLL #eglf #fab #farnborough #g4 #gulfstream #heathrow #Jodel #lhr #london #man #manchester #Mascaret #McDonnellDouglas #md11 #photography #planespotting #Runway23Left #SingaporeAirlines

Manc AvGeekmancavgeek@mancavgeek.co.uk
2024-05-01

https://mancavgeek.co.uk/2024/05/01/photo-of-the-day-1st-may-2024/

#a310 #airbus #airshow #AirUKLeisure #ams #amsterdam #atr72 #avgeek #aviation #b737 #b767 #barton #Bellanca #BN2 #boeing #BrittenNorman #BUD #Budapest #Citabria #eddf #egcb #egcc #EGXI #eham #Finningley #FNY #fra #frankfurt #HungarianAirlines #Islander #LHBP #lot #malev #man #manchester #NorthernAirlines #photography #planespotting #PolishAirlines #schipol #THY #TurkishAirlines

Manc AvGeekmancavgeek@mancavgeek.co.uk
2024-01-21
F-GLIK, Canadair CRJ-100ER, Air France Air Inter Express, at London Heathrow, some time in the late 1990s.

B-18721, Boeing 747-409F, China Airlines Cargo, taxiing to the cargo ramp at Manchester Airport, 21st January 2006.
Let’s see if anyone can find where I removed a lamp post – I’m almost impressed with myself for editing that out!

 

G-BUSG, Airbus A320-211, British Airways, at Zurich Kloten, either 1993 or 1996.

 

EC-EVB, McDonnell Douglas MD87, Iberia, at Dusseldorf Airport, either 1993 or 1996.

 

G-BEEG, Britten-Norman BN-2A Islander, Northern Airlines, taking off from one of the grass runways at Manchester Barton, some time in the 1990s.

https://mancavgeek.co.uk/2024/01/21/photo-of-the-day-21st-january-2024/

#a320 #airbus #AirFrance #AirInter #avgeek #aviation #b747 #barton #BN2 #boeing #BritishAirways #BrittenNorman #canadair #ChinaAirlines #crj100 #dus #dusseldorf #eddl #egcb #egcc #egll #heathrow #iberia #Islander #kloten #l13 #lhr #london #lszh #man #manchester #McDonnellDouglas #md87 #NorthernAirlines #photography #planespotting #zrh #zurich

Side view of a white, twin angined jet airliner, with a blue and red tail, and the engines mounted on the rear fuselage, taxiing from left to right.Side view of a white and blue, very large, 4 engined jet cargo plane, taxiing from left to right, with a large grey hangar in the background, under a bright but hazy sky.Side view of a dark blue and grey, twin engined jet airliner, taxiing from left to rightin front of a brown terminal building with a white and red airliner parked nose in in the background, under a leaden grey sky.Side view of a white and orange, twin engined jet airliner with the engines mounted on the rear fuselage, taxiing from left to right, with acres of green grass leading off to trees in the distance, slowly vanish into murky grey skies.
Manc AvGeekmancavgeek@mancavgeek.co.uk
2023-10-17
G-PITZ, Pitts S-2A Special, at Manchester Barton, some time in the 1990s.

D-CSAG, Embraer EMB-505 Phenom 300, taxiing past the Aviation Viewing Park on it’s way to the terminal after landing on Runway 23L at Manchester Airport, 17th October 2013.

 

G-GNTD, Saab SF340A(QC), Business Air, at Aberdeen Dyce, January 1995.

 

D-AER_, Airbus A330-322, LTU, at Dusseldorf Airport, 11th October 1996.

 

G-BVJC, Fokker F100, British Midland, at Edinburgh Airport, 12th January 1995.

 

D-AVRF, British Aerospace Avro RJ85, Lufthansa Cityline, on static display at the annual Woodford Air Show, 24th June 1995.

 

G-PASU, Britten Normen BN-2T Islander, Police Aviation Support Unit, with it’s tail painted in the colours of Gulf Air, at Farnborough Air Show, 10th September 1994.

https://mancavgeek.co.uk/2023/10/17/photo-of-the-day-17th-october-2023/

#a330 #Aberdeen #ABZ #airbus #airshow #ams #amsterdam #AviationViewingPark #avp #b737 #barton #BN2 #boeing #BritishMidland #BrittenNorman #BusinessAir #dus #dusseldorf #Dyce #eddl #edi #edinburgh #egcb #egcc #eglf #EGPD #EGPH #eham #EMB505 #embraer #f100 #fab #farnborough #fokker #Islander #LTU #man #manchester #Phenom #Pitts #Police #Runway23L #S2A #saab #schipol #sf340 #Special #transavia

Side view of a twin engined bizjet taxiing from right to left. The plane is mostly white, with a thin blue and red stripe swooping up from the lower forward fuselage to the top of the middle, then back down to the lower rear, the blue getting wider as it goes along. The registration "D-CSAG" is on the engine pod in black. There are small "Phenom 300" titles on the top of the tail. There is a red beacon lit on the left wingtip. In the background, grassed areas lead off into the distance, meeting trees at the airfield perimeter. Above, the sky is a hazy yellowish-grey.Side view of a single engined biplane parked facing to the left. The planbe is almost entirely red, with a pair of white stripes running along the body, flaring slightly as it moves forward over the engine cowling, the same design appearing on the main landing gear spats. The registration "G-PITZ" is on the lower rear fuselage in white, with the Pitts logo pn the tail, along with 3 white diamonds. In the background, a blue dumpster sits in front of a brown brick building with many white-framed windows, with a green hangar and several cars visible further back on the top left of the frame.Closeup of the tail of a twin propellor-engined airliner taxiing fom left to right. The plane is mostly white, with a thin green and blue stripe running along the body. The tail is blue, with a thick diagonal white band through the middle, with a reversed letter "b" in black, with blue, green, and white geometric highlights. The background is mostly green, with a black taxiway running through the middle of the frame.Closeup of the tail of a twin engined jet airliner taxiing from left to right. The plane has ared upper section and a grey belly, with a white and red stripe running along the middle of the fuselage. The tail is red, and has white letters "LTU" emblazoned across the middle, with a German flag (equal black, red, and yellow horizontal bands" outlined in white at the top. The planes grey upturned right wingtip is visible towards the middle of the frame. In the background, haze renders the large grassed areas and trees at the perimeter almost indistinguishable, under a dismal grey sky.
Manc AvGeekmancavgeek@mancavgeek.co.uk
2023-06-18

G-EUPA, Airbus A319-131, British Airways, wearing their “Golden Dove” livery to celebrate British Olympic Athletes, on final approach to Runway 27R at London Heathrow, 11th July 2014.

N901DC, McDonnellDouglas MD90 prototype, on final approach to Runway 24 at Manchester Airport, 18th June 1993.
This was performing demonstration flights for several UK airlines, mostly Airtours and Air 2000, both of whom decided to go for a B757/A320 fleet.

 

G-PASV, Britten-Norman BN-2B-21 Islander, Police Aviation Services, at Manchester Barton during the annual air show, some time in the 1990s.

#a319 #airbus #airshow #barton #bn2 #britishairways #brittennorman #egcb #egcc #egll #goldendove #heathrow #islander #lhr #london #man #manchester #mcdonnelldouglas #md90 #policeaviationservices #ringwayroad #runway24 #runway27r #shadowmossroad

https://mancavgeek.co.uk/2023/06/18/photo-of-the-day-18th-june-2023/

Side view of a high-winged, twin-propellor engined small airliner parked on grass facing to the right. The p[lane has a dark blue belly, sweeping up in to the tail, while the rest is white. There are dark blue "Police" titles on the forward fuseage under the cabin windows, and the registration "G-PASV" in white on the forward fuselage. In the foreground is a single-engined light aircraft just peering into the left of the frame, while there are a couple of hangars in the background, as well a fuel tanker.Low side view of a T-tailed, twin engined jet airliner with the engines mounted on the rear fuselage. The wheels are fully extended, and flaps are deployed behind the wing. The plane is mostly white, with a silver belly, and a pair of dark blue stripes running from nose to tail. There are large "MD90" titles on the forward fuselage, with smaller diagonal titles on the tail. Behind, the sky is grey, with bright highlights.Side view of a twin engined jet airliner travelling from left to right at a low altitude with undercarriage lowered and flaps extended below the wings. The plane is mostly white, with stylised golden feathers along most of the fuselage, and three wobbly golden lines on the tail. In the background, the sky is a flat grey.
DHMosquitoGRossSharp@universeodon.com
2023-04-05

Britten-Norman BN-2A Islander Designed as a simple, rugged air taxi, the Islander has been immensely successful, serving small communities in remote corners of the world. It was also a favourite of parachute/skydiving clubs. Indeed, this example (built in 1977) was utilised in this role in both Germany and Scotland. Donated to the National Museum of Flight at East Fortune, Scotland by Cormack Aircraft Services Ltd, it has been painted to represent an Islander of the Scottish Ambulance Service #aircraft #BrittenNorman #Islander #ScottishAmbulanceService #airambulance #BN2 #aviation #avgeeks #airtaxi #NationalMuseumofFlight #EastFortune #Scotland #skydiving #parachutists #CormackAircraftServices

Manc AvGeekmancavgeek@mancavgeek.co.uk
2023-01-11
Photo of the Day 11th January 2023: D-ABXY, Boeing 737-330, Lufthansa Express, at Dusseldorf Airport, either 1993 or 1996.

On This Day 11th January 1997 (January 11, 1997): XA-SYE, Douglas DC10-30, TAESA, in temporary storage at Manchester Airport after being returned to the lessor, prioor to being repainted for the next airline, 11th January 1997. Bonus Photo of the Day 11th january 2023: F-GIOJ, Fokker F100, British Airways, at Paris Orly, either 1993 or 1996. Bonus Photo of the Day 2 11th January 2023: G-BEEG, Britten-Norman BN-2A Islander, Northern Airlines, at Manchester Barton, some time after March 1992. Tails 11th January 2023 (September 21, 1996): F-GCVM, Sud SE210 Caravelle 12, Air Provence, at Frankfurt Airport, 21st September 1996.

 

#airprovence #b737 #barton #bn2 #boeing #britishairways #brittennorman #caravelle #dc10 #douglas #dus #dusseldorf #eddf #egcb #egcc #f100 #fokker #fra #frankfurt #islander #l13 #lfpo #lufthansaexpress #man #manchester #northernairlines #orly #ory #paris #se210 #sud #taesa

https://mancavgeek.co.uk/2023/01/11/photo-of-the-day-11th-january-2023/

Berniecodewiz@mstdn.io
2021-06-12

All the sections of #BN2 have already been spotted on the site, an a good number of them are already stacked.

Berniecodewiz@mstdn.io
2021-06-12

The #starship on the left should be #SN15, so far the only landing survivor. She was scheduled for a second flight, but then they removed all three engines (presumably because they were damaged) and eventually it was moved back to the construction site.

On the right, the "high bay", which seems to contains #SN16 and pieces of the #BN2 booster (the first one which is expected to fly).

Manc AvGeekmancavgeek@photog.social
2020-05-26

On This Day 26th May 1996.
G-PASV, Britten-Norman BN-2B-21 Islander, Police Aviation Services, at Barton Air Show, 26th May 1996.
#avgeek #planespotting #otd #manchester #barton #airshow #brittenNorman #bn2 #islander #police

Police BN2 at Barton Airshow, 1996.
mancavgeekmancavgeek@www.mancavgeek.co.uk
2020-05-26
Photo of the Day 2020-05-26 (September 9, 2014): YU-SVL, Cessna 560XLS Citation Excel, Prince Aviation, taking off from Runway 23R at Manchester Airport, 9th September 2014.

Photo of the Day 2020-05-26 (Bonus) (October 4, 1996): I-FLYZ, Douglas DC9-51, Eurofly, taxiing out to Runway 32R at Cologne-Bonn Airport, 4th October 1996. On This Day 26th May 1996 (May 26, 1996): G-PASV, Britten-Norman BN-2B-21 Islander, Police Aviation Services, at Barton Air Show, 26th May 1996. Tails 2020-05-26 (October 26, 1993): N172DN, Boeing 767-332(ER), Delta Air Lines, at Hamburg Fuhlsbüttel, 26th October 1993. DSC 0315 (July 11, 2014): CS-DUD, Raytheon Hawker 750, NetJets Europe, taking off from Runway 27 at London City Airport, 11th July 2014. IMG 20191110 0192 (October 7, 1996): F-GPAR, Robinson R-22 Beta, at Lyon Bron, 7th October 1996. DSC 0002 (July 9, 2014): G-OOBB, Boeing 757-28A, Thomson Airways, heading an early morning T2 line-up at Manchester Airport, 9th July 2014.

 

#a321 #a330 #air-show #airbus #avp #b737 #b757 #b767 #barton #beta #bn2 #boeing #bonn #britten-norman #bron #ce650 #cessna #cgn #citation #cologne #dc9 #delta-air-lines #douglas #eddk #egcb #egcc #eurofly #first-choice #fuhlsbuttel #hamburg #hawker-750 #islander #l12 #lfly #lyn #lyon #man #manchester #monarch #netjets-europe #police-aviation-services #prince-aviation #r22 #raytheon #robinson #terminal-2 #thomson

https://www.mancavgeek.co.uk/photo-of-the-day-26th-may-2020/

Manc AvGeekmancavgeek@photog.social
2020-05-04

Bonus Photo of the Day 2020-05-04.
G-BEEG, Britten-Norman BN-2A Islander, Northern Airlines, at Manchester Barton, some time in the 1990s.
#avgeek #planespotting #potd #manchester #barton #egcb #brittenNorman #bn2 #islander #northernAirlines

Northern Airlines Islander at Barton Airport, 1990s.

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