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Manc AvGeekmancavgeek@social.teamb.space
2026-02-05

Bonus Photo of the Day 5th February 2026.

PH-EEF, Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftan, Tulip Air, at Rottterdam Airport, 18th October 1993.

#Rotterdam #RTM #EHRD #Piper #PA31 #Navajo #Chieftan #TulipAir
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Side view of a small, twin propellor-engined airliner parked facing to the left, with an open split door in the rear fuselage, the top half hinged upwards, the bottom half hanging down, with stairs on the inside surface. The plane is white on top, and green on the lower half, with black "Tulip Air" titles on the upper fuselage, with a small red flower in between the 2 words. A larger version of this flower covers the rear fuselage and tail. The white registration "PH-EEF" is just aft of the wings on the lower rear fuselage, partially obscured by the open door. Grey concrete apron marked with red lines fills the foreground, with grass in the background leading up to trees in the distance under grey-blue sky.
Manc AvGeekmancavgeek@mancavgeek.co.uk
2026-02-05

Photo of the Day 5th February 2026.

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Side view of a high-winged, 4 engined jet airliner flying from right to left at a low altitude, with undercarriage extended, flaps extended from the rear of the wings, and the nose raised sharply, suggesting it has just taken off. The plane is white on top of the body and grey on the lower half, with dark blue, almost purple "Brussels Airlines" titles just aft of a stylised red lower-case letter "b" made upe of red dots. The tail and rear fuselage is the same dark blue, with a larger version of the red dot "b" logo on the tail, above the white registration "OO-DWB" on the fuselage. The web address "BrusselsAirlinesDotCom" is on the upper rear fuselage, above the rear cabin windows, with small Belgian and EU flags below those windows. Grey engine pods hang down below the wings. A tall grey tower with a black top reaches into the sky in the middle of the background, with grey-blue sky filling the rest of the frame.
Manc AvGeekmancavgeek@social.teamb.space
2026-01-30

Photo of the Day 30th January 2026.

G-YEOM, Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftan, Foster Yeoman Aviation, wearing a special advertising livery for the Huawei P20 Pro smart phone on the Vodafone network, lining up on Runway 23 Left at Manchester Airport, 15th May 2019.

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#Manchester #MAN #Runway27Left #SouthSide #Piper #PA31 #Navajo #Chieftan #FosterYeomanAviation
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Side view of a twin engined BizProp parked on a grey runway, facing to the left. The plane is mostly white, with black "Huawei" titles on the nosecone, black text "Huawei P20 Pro" on the sides of the engine cowlings on the wings, and the black registration "G-YEOM" on the lower rear fuselage. There are red "Vodafone" titles on the upper rear fuselage, next to a red circle with a white, single quote mark in the middle. The tail is red, with diagonal white "Huawei" titles next to a white stylised image of an open flower. A thin strip of green grass at the bottom of the frame lines the side of the grey runway, with more grass and a taxiway visible under the plane in the background, with a large, green, boxy metal structure in front of a large grey hangar in the distance, under blue sky.
Manc AvGeekmancavgeek@mancavgeek.co.uk
2026-01-30

Photo of the Day 30th January 2026.

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Side view of a twin engined BizProp parked on a grey runway, facing to the left. The plane is mostly white, with black "Huawei" titles on the nosecone, black text "Huawei P20 Pro" on the sides of the engine cowlings on the wings, and the black registration "G-YEOM" on the lower rear fuselage. There are red "Vodafone" titles on the upper rear fuselage, next to a red circle with a white, single quote mark in the middle. The tail is red, with diagonal white "Huawei" titles next to a white stylised image of an open flower. A thin strip of green grass at the bottom of the frame lines the side of the grey runway, with more grass and a taxiway visible under the plane in the background, with a large, green, boxy metal structure in front of a large grey hangar in the distance, under blue sky.
Manc AvGeekmancavgeek@social.teamb.space
2024-10-18

On This Day 2 18th October 1993.

PH-AST, Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftan, at Rotterdam Airport, 18th October 1993.

#Manchester #MAN #EGCC #Piper #PA31 #Navajo #Chieftan #OnThisDay
#avgeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Side view of a white, twin-engined BizProp parked facing to the right in front of a grey hangar. There is a red and black stripe running along the body, as well as along the engine pods and the top of the tail. The registration "PH-AST" is displayed prominently on the tail in black. A black car is visible under the rear fuselage in the background. Bright but hazy skies fill the rest of the frame.
Manc AvGeekmancavgeek@mancavgeek.co.uk
2024-10-18

PH-BXT, Boeing 737-9K2, KLM, lined up on Runway 23 Left awaiting take-off clearance at Manchester Airport, 12th October 2024.

 

OO-CNG, Reims-Cessna 182P Skylane II, at Brussels Airport, 18th October 1993.

 

PH-AST, Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftan, at Rotterdam Airport, 18th October 1993.

https://mancavgeek.co.uk/2024/10/18/fuselage-friday-18th-october-2024/

#avgeek #aviation #b737 #boeing #BRU #Brussels #C182 #cessna #Chieftan #EBBR #egcc #FuselageFriday #KLM #man #manchester #Navajo #OnThisDay #PA31 #photography #piper #planespotting #Reims #Runway23Left #Skylane

Close-up of the forward fuselage of a blue and white, twin engined jet airliner parked facing to the left. There are large white "KLM" titles under a stylised white crown on the left, followed by smaller, white "Royal Dutch Airlines" titles, themselves followed by a large number "100" with a red, white, and blue scroll through the middle. The white engine pods on the right have bluer "KLM" titles, again under a blue crown. Green grass and grey concrete runway are visible under the plane, while blue sky with bits of grey fluff fill the frame above.Side view of a white, high-winged, single-engined light aircraft parked facing to the left. There is a red and orange stripe runing along the body, with red registration "OO-CNG" taking up most of the rear fuselage, and a pair of diagonal red stripes right at the bottom of the tail. Another white light aircraft with a blue tail is parked right behind this plane. Green grass fills most of the foreground, with a brown brick building behind trees in the background, under grey skies.Side view of a white, twin-engined BizProp parked facing to the right in front of a grey hangar. There is a red and black stripe running along the body, as well as along the engine pods and the top of the tail. The registration "PH-AST" is displayed prominently on the tail in black. A black car is visible under the rear fuselage in the background. Bright but hazy skies fill the rest of the frame.
Manc AvGeekmancavgeek@mancavgeek.co.uk
2023-08-27

G-BVZH, Boeing 737-5Q8, bmi British Midland, on final approach to Runway 28L at London Heathrow, some time late 2000-early 2001.

RA-65697, Tupolev Tu-134A-3, Aeroflot, taxiing out ot the active runway from it’s gate on Terminal 2 (probably Gate 200) at Manchester Airport, 27th August 1993.

 

G-BFDN, Piper PA-31-350 Chieftain, Geonex Aerial Services, at Biggin Hill, 6th March 1996.

#aeroflot #b737 #bigginhill #bmi #boeing #bqh #britishmidland #chieftan #egcc #egkb #egll #geonexaerialservices #heathrow #l13 #lhr #london #man #manchester #ordnancesurvey #pa31 #piper #runway28l #tu134 #tupolev

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Side view of a twin propellor-engined light aircraft parked facing to the left. The plane is mostly dark blue, with a light grey upper fuselage, and red "ORDNANCE SURVEY" on the upper fuselage. The tail has large grey diagonal "GEONEX" titles, with very pale grey "AERIAL SURVEYS" titles below that. The registration "G-BFDN" is on the lower rear fuselage in grey. In the background, a couple of other light aircraft can be seen, along with an expanse of grass running off into the distance, with some houses on the skyline on the lef of the frame. The sky itself is a flat grey.Side view of a twin engined jet airliner with the engines mounted on the rear fuselage, taxiing from right to left. The plane is mostly white, with a grey belly and wings, and a thick blue stripe running along the body from the nose, covering the cabin windows. There are blue "Aeroflot" titles in Cyrillic on the upper middle fuselage. The tail is white, with the Russian flag (equal white, blue, and red horizontal bands) at the top. In the background, a large expanse of apron is edged by grass, beyond which is a collection of low, temporary buildings, with trees lining the rear.Side view of a twin engined jet airliner flying from left to right and slightly away from the camera at a low altitude, with it's flaps deployed from behind the wings and the landing gear extended, suggesting it is about to land. The plane has a mostly white body, with the upper forward fuselage being a deep blue. There are large, light blue "bmi" titles on the forward fuselage, covering the passenger cabin windows, with smaller, white "BritishMidland" titles above. The tail has a modified Union Flag, in light blue and white on the bottom half, and dark blue and light blue on the top half, with white "bmi" titles across the middle. The engine pods are white, with a diagonal red band running over the top of the front. The registration "G-BVZH" is prominent on the rear fuselage, just aft of the rear door. Behind the plane, the sky is a flat grey.
Manc AvGeekmancavgeek@mancavgeek.co.uk
2023-07-06

G-YEOM, Piper PA-31-350 Chieftain, in a combined Vodafone/Huawei advertising colour scheme, lining up on Runway 23L at Manchester Airport, 15th May 2019.

EI-CDI, McDonnell Douglas MD11, Garuda Indonesia, under tow at Frankfurt Airport, 16th October 1996.

 

A line-up of 3 large jet airliner tails – KLM Boeing 747, Northwest Douglas DC10, and South African Airlines Boeing 747, at Amsterdam Schipol, either 1992, 1993, or 1996.

#ams #amsterdam #b747 #boeing #chieftan #eddf #egcc #eham #fra #frankfurt #garuda #huawei #klm #man #manchester #mcdonnelldouglas #md11 #northwest #pa31 #piper #runway23l #southafricanairlines #southside #vodafone

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Side view of a large three engined jet airliner being towed from left to right by a small green truck attached to the nose wheel. The plane is mostly white, with dark blue "Garuda Indonesia" titles next to a stylised image of a laght and dark blue flying bird on the upper forward fuselage. The tail is dark blue, with a larger version of the light and dark blue flying bird in the middle. Behind, a large, sandy brown building with white framed windows extends most of the way across the frame, with large grassed areas running off to trees in the far distance, under a grey sky.Side view of a twin propellor-engined light business aircraft parked facing to the left. The plane is mostly white, with black "Huawei P20 Pro" titles on the nose and engine cowlings, the registration "G-YEOM" in black on the lower rear fuselage and under the left wing, and a red circle with a white apostrophe in the center, next to red "Vodafone" titles on the upper rear fuselage. The tail is red, with diagonal white "Huawei" titles. In the background, a large, green, open square metal frame can be seen, in front of a large grey hangar on the right of the frame. Above, the sky is a light blue-grey.Closeup of the tails of 3 large airliners parked facing to the left. The one nearest the camera, on the left, has a blue body with a white belly, and a white tail with blue "KLM" titles under a stylised blue crown. In the middle is a large 3 engined aircraft with a grey body and white belly, and a completely red tail, with the outline of a red circle with an arrohead pointing to the north-west, with an overlaid letter "N". At the rear is alarge, white aircraft with and orange and blue stripe running along the body. The tail is orange, with the image of a winged, blue flying deer, outlined in white. In the foreground, small blue trucks are towing empty baggage trailers, while a tall lighting tower looms over the background, reaching high in to the hazy grey sky.
Manc AvGeekmancavgeek@mancavgeek.co.uk
2023-06-27

G-LYDF, Piper PA-31-350 Chieftain, taking off from Runway 23L at Manchester Airport, 15th March 2017.

G-BOAY, De Haviland Canada DHC7-110 Dash 7, British Midland Airways, landing on Runway 28L at London Heathrow, 27th June 1991.

 

G-BTZK/PK-MTZ, British Aerospace ATP, Merpati, parked between 2 hangars at Woodford Airshow, 27th June 1992.
This photo was taken from a photo bus, over to the flightlines on the far side of the airfield.

 

CS-TFZ, Airbus A330-243, FlyNas, taxiing off Runway 05R after landing at Manchester Airport, 27th June 2014.

 

F-BTTG, Dassault Mercure 100, Air Inter, being pushed back from it’s stand at Paris Orly, 1st November 1993.

#a330 #airbus #airinter #airshow #atp #bae #britishaerospace #britishmidland #chieftan #dash7 #dassault #dehavilandcanada #dhc7 #egcc #egcd #egll #flynas #glasshouse #heathrow #lfpo #lhr #london #man #manchester #mercure #merpati #orly #ory #pa31 #paris #piper #queensbuilding #runway-32l #runway05r #southside #woodford

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Side view of a twin engined jet airlinerfacing to the right being pushed back from its stand by a low-slung blue and white truck. The plane is mostly white, with a light blue band running around the rear fuselage and up in to the tail. where it ends in a darker blue and red triangle towards the top of the tail. There are "Air Inter" titles in blue and red on the upper forward fuselage. In the background, large tarmaced areas of apron are mixed with smaller grassd areas, with a couple of trucks moving around.Side view of a high-winged, T-tailed, 4 propellor-engined airliner travelling from left to right during it's landing roll on a runway. The plane is mostly dark blue, with a grey bellya, and a white stripe seperating the 2 sections. there are white "British Midland" titles on the upper forward fuselage, just aft of the cockpit windows, while the tail has a large red "BM" , with a white diamond in the angle of the letter "M" In the background is a large grey building, with a white hoarding with "United" titles.Side view of a twin propellor airliner parked facing to the left, with a set of built-in airstairs coming from the open forward door. The plane is mostly white, with light blue "Merpati" titles on the upper forward fuselage, just aft of the forward door. The tail is blue, with 3 wavy yellow horizontal lines. In the foreground, the nose and forward fuselage of a small airliner is poking in to the bottom right of the frame, while there is a blue van just backing in to the bottom left of the frame, slightly obscuring the nose and nose wheel of the subject plane. In the background is the side of a large grey hangar, with blue metal reinforcing beams holding up the roofSide view of a twin engined jet airliner taxiing from left to right. The plane is mostly white, with a vivid, almost flourescent blue-green belly that sweeps up in to the tail, as well as the engines. There are blue "flynas" titles in the on the upper forward fuselage, as well as on the engines in white. There are additional titles transliterated into an Arabic script on the upper rear fuselage. In the background, a smaller white propellor airliner is taxiing off to the right, passing in front of another couple of aircrat on display in the Viewing Park, under this plane's ytail on the right of the frame, with a large grey hangar behind the cockpit on the right. Above, the sky is fleecy white, with streaks of blue threatening to break through.

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