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**Manc AvGeek** @mancavgeek@social.teamb.space · 9h

Manc AvGeek @mancavgeek@social.teamb.space

On This Day 2 12th April 1992.

HB-VJJ, LearJet 35A, TAG Aviation, taxiing past the terraces on The Queens Building at London Heathrow, 12th April 1992, shortly after my flight from Manchester landed.

#London #Heathrow #LHR #EGLL #QueensBuilding #LearJet #LJ35 #BizJet #TAGAviation
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Somewhat grainy side view of a white, twin engined BizJet taxiing along a taxiway from right to left.
The plane is almost entirely white, with a double, thin blue stripe running along the body, and a thick red strip containing a white cross on the tail.
The registration "HB-0VJJ" is under this, in blue.
Over-sized wingtip fuel tanks cover a large part of the lower body.
Green grass fills the bottom of the frame, with more grass and a black runway in the background.

**Manc AvGeek** @mancavgeek@social.teamb.space · 9h

Manc AvGeek @mancavgeek@social.teamb.space

Photo of the Day 12th April 2025.

G-SCPI, Czech Aircraft Works SportCruiser, taxiing out for takeoff at Manchester Barton, 29th July 2024.

3 photos behind the link.
https://mancavgeek.co.uk/blog/p/11f39cf4-cd8a-4cac-907c-929c1ebca16c/

#Manchester #Barton #EGCB #CzechAircrtaftWorks #SportCruiser
#Avgeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Side view of a white, single engined light aircraft taxiing from left to right on a grass airfield.
The plane is white on top, with a green belly, with a gold stripe separating the 2 colours.
The same colour scheme is repeated on the spats covering the wheels on the fixed undercarriage.
The ends of the wings are gold at the front and green ant the back.
Green grass fills most of the frame, leading up to green grass in the distance, under grey skies.

**Errol Cavit** @ErrolNZ@mastodon.nz · 12h

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Errol Cavit @ErrolNZ@mastodon.nz

Cessna 172N ZK-JCI soaking up the sun between displays at Warbirds On Parade.
#AvGeek #Aviation

White high wing light aircraft lifting off from a sealed runway. It has blue cheat lines. The two pilots are clearly visible in the sunlit cockpit.

**Alexf24** @alexf24@mstdn.social · 14h

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Alexf24 @alexf24@mstdn.social

Cessna 172L Skyhawk at Sun-N-Fun 2025

#Aviationphotography #Planespotting #Avgeek

**Alexf24** @alexf24@mstdn.social · 16h

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Alexf24 @alexf24@mstdn.social

F-16 at Sun-N-Fun 2025

#Aviationphotography #Planespotting #Avgeek

**Alexf24** @alexf24@mstdn.social · 19h

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Alexf24 @alexf24@mstdn.social

F-16 at Sun-N-Fun 2025

#Aviationphotography #Planespotting #Avgeek

**Alexf24** @alexf24@mstdn.social · 21h

21h

Alexf24 @alexf24@mstdn.social

F-16 at Sun-N-Fun 2025

#Aviationphotography #Planespotting #Avgeek

**Alexf24** @alexf24@mstdn.social · 22h

22h

Alexf24 @alexf24@mstdn.social

Ford Trimotor

Seattle Museum of Flight

#AviationPhotography #Aviation #Photography

**Manc AvGeek** @mancavgeek@social.teamb.space · 1d

Manc AvGeek @mancavgeek@social.teamb.space

Bonus Photo of the Day 2 11th April 2025.

XX620, Scottish Aviation Bulldog T.1, Royal Air Force, at Finningley Air Show, some time in the 1990s.

#Finningley #FNY #AirShow #ScottishAviation #Bulldog #RAF #RoyalAirForce
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Side view of a white and red, single engined light aircraft parked facing to the right.
The top half of the body is white, the lower half is red, and the horizontal tail-plane and ends of the wings are also red.
There is a red, white, and blue roundel just aft of the over-sized, bulbous cockpit canopy, and a blue, whit, and red fin flash on the white tail.
The serial "XX620" is on the rear fuselage in black, partially obscured by the tail-plane.
A larger, white, World War 2-era airliner is parked in the background, with a green stripe running along the body, and the registration "G-AMPZ" in green on the rear fuselage.

**Manc AvGeek** @mancavgeek@social.teamb.space · 1d

Manc AvGeek @mancavgeek@social.teamb.space

Bonus Photo of the Day 11th April 2025.

F-BTDE, Douglas DC-10-30, AOM, at Paris Orly, 1st November 1993.

#Paris #Orly #ORY #LFPO #Douglas #DC10 #AOM
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

**Manc AvGeek** @mancavgeek@social.teamb.space · 1d

Manc AvGeek @mancavgeek@social.teamb.space

Photo of the Day 11th April 2025.

9V-SMU, Airbus A350-941, Singapore Airlines, during it's take-off roll on Runway 23 Right at Manchester Airport, 6th February 2023, as seen from the top of the T3 car park.

3 photos behind the link.
https://mancavgeek.co.uk/blog/photo-of-the-day-11th-april-2025/

#Manchester #MAN #EGCC #Runway23Right #L5 #Airbus #A350 #SingaporeAirlines
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Side view of a white, twin engined jet airliner moving from left to right along a black runway.
The plane has a purple, orange, and gold stripe running along the body from just behind the cockpit, covering the passenger cabin windows, with the words "Singapore Airlines" on the upper forward fuselage in purple.
The tail is purple, with a large, golden, stylised flying bird.
The foreground grey apron and a black taxiway, separated from the runway by a wide strip of grass.
More grass in the background runs up to trees in the distance.
There is a large, green fire training rig in the background on the left of the frame.
Rolling hills in the far distance slowly vanish into bright but hazy sky.

**Alexf24** @alexf24@mstdn.social · 1d

Alexf24 @alexf24@mstdn.social

Boeing Model 1 replica

Seattle Museum of Flight

#AviationPhotography #Aviation #Photography

**Ian Kluft** @ikluft@avgeek.social · 2d

Ian Kluft @ikluft@avgeek.social

"Unsecured penguin caused helicopter crash in South Africa" by @BBCNews - Investigation finding: during takeoff from an island off South Africa, an unsecured penguin escaped from a cardboard box on a passenger's lap and fell onto the pilot's controls, causing loss of control. All survived, including the penguin. (A crash due to a penguin escaping a container sounds more like a cybersecurity report than an aviation accident investigation.) https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn5xx036p4vo #aviation #avgeek #safety

On the left, the image shows a white helicopter that has crashed and on the right, an African penguin in a cardboard box with air holes

www.bbc.comUnsecured penguin caused helicopter crash in South AfricaPilot lost control after bird in cardboard box slid off a passenger's knee and knocked controls, aviation authority finds.

**Manc AvGeek** @mancavgeek@social.teamb.space · 2d

Manc AvGeek @mancavgeek@social.teamb.space

Bonus Photo of the Day 2 10th April 2025.

HB-AHS, Saab 340A, CrossAir, at Frankfurt Airport, 2nd November 1993.

#Frankfurt #FRA #EDDF #Saab #SF340 #CrossAir
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Side view of a white, twin propellor-engined airliner with a red rear-fuselage and tail, taxiing from left to right.
There is a black and blue stripe running along the body from the nose, under the passenger cabin windows, as well as red "CrossAir" titles on the upper forward fuselage over the windows.
There is a large white cross on the red tail.
Spinning propellors on the engines are blurred into barely visible smears.
Grey concrete apron fills the foreground and most of the background, with a brown and white building stretching across the frame.

**Manc AvGeek** @mancavgeek@social.teamb.space · 2d

Manc AvGeek @mancavgeek@social.teamb.space

Bonus Photo of the Day 10th April 2025.

HA-LHB, Boeing 767-27GER, Malev, at Budapest Ferihegy, 1st October 1996.

#Budapest #Ferihegy #BUD #LHBP #Boeing #B767 #Malev
#Avgeek aviation #planespotting #photography

Side view of a white, twin engined jet airliner with a dark blue rear fuselage and tail, taxiing from left to right.
There are large, blue "Malev" titles on the upper forward fuselage, with smaller "Hungarian Airlines" just aft, over the wings.
There are 3 coloured, diagonal lines (green, white, and red), slightly resembling both a mountain and an upper case letter M, on the tail, based on the colours of the Hungarian flag.
Grey concrete apron fills the foreground, .
Green grass in the background leads off into the distance, with a tall tower standing on a pair of yellow concrete legs in the middle distance, under pale blue skies with grey smears of cloud.

**Manc AvGeek** @mancavgeek@social.teamb.space · 2d

Manc AvGeek @mancavgeek@social.teamb.space

Photo of the Day 10th April 2025.

G-VYGM, Airbus A330-243, Jet2, taxiing out to the active runway at Manchester Airport, 20th May 2024, as seen from the top of the Terminal 1 car park.

3 photos behind the link.
https://mancavgeek.co.uk/blog/photo-of-the-day-10th-april-2025/

#Manchester #MAN #EGCC #L13 #Airbus #A330 #Jet2
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography