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**Manc AvGeek** @mancavgeek@social.teamb.space · 4d

Manc AvGeek @mancavgeek@social.teamb.space

Manchester Monday 21st April 2025.

G-EMBN, Embraer ERJ-145EU, British Airways, being pushed back from it's stand at Manchester Airport, 2000.
The radio telescope at Jodrell Bank is visible on the skyline, slowly being swallowed up in hazy sky.

#Manchester #MAN #EGCC #Embraer #ERJ145 #BritishAirways
#Avgeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Side view of a white and blue, twin engined jet airliner with the engines mounted on the sides of the rear fuselage, facing to the right but being pushed back to the left by a low-slung white and blue tug attached to the nose-wheel by a long blue pole.
The plane is mostly white, with a blue belly, and blue "British Airways" titles on the lower forward fuselage, just aft of the forward door and below the passenger cabin windows.
There is an image of a 2-sided, twisted red and blue ribbon on the upper forward fuselage, above the forward door.
There are black "United Kingdom" titles on the upper rear fuselage, and the registration "G-EMBN" on the side of the engine pod.
There are wavy red and blue lines on the tail.
A man wearing a hi-viz jacket and a pair of rear ear defenders is walking alongside the plane as it is pushed back.
Grey concrete apron fills the foreground, with more in the background, leading up to grass and taxiways in the distance, with trees and the dish of a radio-telescope right at the back, slowly being swallowed up in hazy sky.
The dark blue tail of aa larger jet airliner is poking into the frame from the right, with a smaller, white, twin propellor-engined airliner in the middle of the frame.

**Aviation Librarian** @Aviation_Librarian@mastodon.online · Mar 29

Mar 29

Aviation Librarian @Aviation_Librarian@mastodon.online

1974 British Airways - Vickers VC10 Postcard and Brochure
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#VC10 #BritishAirways #Postcard #Aviation #Avgeek #Airpianes #Planes

Brochure cover with silhouette of the plane

Postcard of plane with it flying in clouds left to right

Inside brochure with photos and diagrams

**Manc AvGeek** @mancavgeek@social.teamb.space · Mar 27

Mar 27

Manc AvGeek @mancavgeek@social.teamb.space

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 AvGeek** @mancavgeek@social.teamb.space · Mar 25

Mar 25

Manc AvGeek @mancavgeek@social.teamb.space

On This Day 25th March 2015.

OY-NCM, Dornier 328JET-310, SunAir of Scandinavia, in British Airways colours, lining up on Runway 23 Left at Manchester Airport, 25th march 2015, as seen from the SouthSide mounds.
It is notable that this is (or at least, was) the only British Airways route that doesn't involve Heathrow Airport.

#Manchester #MAN #EGCC #Runway23Left #SouthSide #Dornier #DO328JET #SunAirOfScandinavia #BritishAirways
#Avgeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Side view of a white, high-winged, twin engined jet airliner taxiing from right to left.
The plane has a deep blue belly and engine pods slung under the wings, and blue "British airways" titles on the lower forward fuselage.
There is a twisted ribbon, blue on the inside, red on the outside, on the upper forward fuselage, covering part of the forward cabin door.
There are wavy red-blue-red stripes, separated by white, on the white tail.
The registration "OY-NCM" is on the rear fuselage, in blue.
There are small "Operated by Sun-Air" titles under the cockpit windows.
Grass lines the runway in the foreground, while a grey terminal building stretches across the frame, varying in height, taller on the left, barely reaching over the top of the plane on the right.
Blue-grey sky fills the rest of the frame.

**Manc AvGeek** @mancavgeek@social.teamb.space · Mar 10

Mar 10

Manc AvGeek @mancavgeek@social.teamb.space

Manchester Monday 3 10th March 2025.

G-EMBE, Embraer ERJ1456EU, British Airways, wearing the "Waves Of The City" variant of the "World Tails" livery, on final approach to Runway 24 at Manchester Airport, some time between February 1998 and 2000.

#Manchester #MAN #EGCC #Runway24 #Embraer #ERJ145 #BritishAirways #WorldTails #WavesOfThecCity #ManchesterMonday
#Avgeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Side view of a white, twin engined jet airliner flying from left to right at a low altitude, with undercarriage lowered and flaps extended from the rear of the wings, suggesting it is about to land.
The plane has a dark blue belly, with black "British Airways" on the lower forward fuselage, below a twisted red and blue ribbon.
The tail has wavy light blue, dark blue, red, and white stripes.
Cloudy grey sky fills the rest of the frame.

**Manc AvGeek** @mancavgeek@social.teamb.space · Feb 27

Feb 27

Manc AvGeek @mancavgeek@social.teamb.space

'Throw Thursday 27th February 2025.

G-BNLY, Boeing 747-436, British Airways, on final approach to Runway 27 Left over Myrtle Avenue at London Heathrow, 11th July 2014.

#London #Heathrow #LHR #EGLL #Runway27Left #MyrtleAvenue #Boeing #B747 #BritishAirways #ThrowThursday
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Low side view of a very large, 4 engined jet airliner flying from right to left at a very low altitude, with flaps fully deployed from behind the wings and the undercarriage extended, suggesting it is about to lane.
The plane is mostly white, with a dark blue belly and engine pods, dark blue £British Airways" titles on the forward fuselage, and a curled ribbon on the forward upper deck, red on one side and blue on the other.
There is a red, blue, and red wavy stripe on the tail.
Cloudy grey skies fill the rest of the frame.

**Primo Natura** @primonatura@mstdn.social · Feb 27

Feb 27

Primo Natura @primonatura@mstdn.social

"British Airways and Netflix used green scheme that unlawfully took tribes' land"

#Netflix #BritishAirways #Meta #Environment

https://inews.co.uk/news/british-airways-netflix-green-scheme-unlawfully-took-tribes-land-3542491

The i Paper · Feb 20British Airways and Netflix used green scheme that unlawfully took tribes' landGlobal brands, also including Meta and Gucci, have paid millions of pounds for carbon credits from a project in Kenya, which a court ruled acquired land unlawfully from indigenous people

**Aviation & Travel** @travel@social.beachcom.org · Feb 18

Feb 18

Aviation & Travel @travel@social.beachcom.org

#Aerotelegraph - Lufthansa, KLM und Co. im Hintertreffen: Wie stark chinesische Airlines zwischen China und Europa geworden sind - https://www.aerotelegraph.com/wie-stark-chinesische-airlines-zwischen-china-und-europa-geworden-sind #BritishAirways #Lufthansa #Airlines #Europa #Peking #China

aeroTELEGRAPH · Feb 18Wie stark chinesische Airlines zwischen China und Europa geworden sind - aeroTELEGRAPHIhr großer Trumpf ist seit 2022 der russische Luftraum: Im Kampf um die Marktanteile zwischen Europa und China haben chinesische Fluglinien die Oberhand gewonnen.

**Manc AvGeek** @mancavgeek@social.teamb.space · Feb 11

Feb 11

Manc AvGeek @mancavgeek@social.teamb.space

Photo of the Day 11th February 2025.

G-BGDL, Boeing 737-236, British Airways, being pushed back from Gate 22 at Manchester Airport, some time in the early 1990s, as seen from near the top of the T1 car park.

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

#Manchester #MAN #EGCC #L11 #Boeing #B737 #BritishAirways
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Side view of a grey, twin engined jet airliner with a dark blue (almost black) lower half, facing to the left but being pushed back to the right by an out-of-frame tug attached to the nosewheel by a long yellow pole.
There is a thin red stripe running along the body, just below the passenger cabin windows, and black "British Airways Manchester" titles above the windows.
A couple of almost identical planes are parked at a terminal building with grey airbridges attached to their forward doors in the background on the left, with airbridges snaking out across the frame.
A large, low building with a red, black, and white roof fills a good chunk of the right side of the frame I the distance, with trees beyond that running off to meet cloudy grey skies.

**Manc AvGeek** @mancavgeek@social.teamb.space · Feb 10

Feb 10

Manc AvGeek @mancavgeek@social.teamb.space

Photo of the Day 10th February 2025.

G-BOAE, British Aircraft Corporation Concorde 102, British Airways, turning in to gate 43 at Manchester Airport, some time in the early 1990s.

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

#Manchester #Man #EGCC #Gate43 #BritishAircraftCorporation #BAC #Concorde #BritishAirways
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Front view of a very pointy, long, and thin white, 4 engined jet airliner with slightly down-turned wings and ungainly long legs, facing the camera and turning to it's right (the camera's left).
The engines are mounted in pairs in square boxes under the wings.
A shield that normally covers the front-facing cockpit windows is shown lowered so that the crew can see to steer the plane.
The plane is casting a very strong shadow from almost directly overhead.
Grey concrete apron fills the foreground, with strips of grass marking the edges of taxiways and the runway in the background, leading up to fields and trees in the background, under cloudy grey sky.
A grey and dark blue, twin engined jet airliner is parked off to the left of the frame, behind the wing of this plane.

**Manc AvGeek** @mancavgeek@social.teamb.space · Feb 8 *

Feb 8 *

Manc AvGeek @mancavgeek@social.teamb.space

Gat On A Sat 8th February 2025.

G-GBTB, Boeing 737-436, British Airways, crossing the airport perimeter fence after taking off from Runway 10 Right at London Gatwick, 12th September 2014.

5 photos behind the link.

#London #Gatwick #LGW #EGKK #Runway10Right #BritishAirways #GatOnASat
#avgeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Low side view of a blue, twin engined jet airliner with a deep blue belly flying from left to right at a very low angle, with undercarriage securely tucked away, flaps extended from the rear of the wings, and with the nose raised, suggesting it has just taken off.
The plane has blue engine pods, blue "British Airways" titles on the lower forward fuselage, and a blue and red twisted ribbon un the upper forward fuselage, just aft of the cockpit.
There are red and blue wavy stripes on the tail.
Blue sky fills the rest of the frame.

**Manc AvGeek** @mancavgeek@social.teamb.space · Feb 8

Feb 8

Manc AvGeek @mancavgeek@social.teamb.space

Gat On A Sat 8th February 2025.

G-GBTB, Boeing 737-436, British Airways, crossing the airport perimeter fence after taking off from Runway 10 Right at London Gatwick, 12th September 2014.

5 photos behind the link.

#London #Gatwick #LGW #EGKK #Runway10Right #BritishAirways #GatOnASat
#avgeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

**Manc AvGeek** @mancavgeek@social.teamb.space · Feb 8

Feb 8

Manc AvGeek @mancavgeek@social.teamb.space

Photo of the Day 7th February 2025.

G-WACK, Shorts SD-3-60, in British Airways Express colours but operated by Loganair, on final approach to Runway 24 at Manchester Airport, some time in the 1990s, as seen from the Airport Hotel pub.

5 photos behind the link.
https://mancavgeek.co.uk/blog/photo-of-the-day-7th-february-2025-2/

#Manchester #MAN #EGCC #Runway24 #AirportHotel Shorts #SD360 #BritishAirways #Loganair

Side view of a boxey, high-winged, twin propellor-engined airliner flying from left to right.
The plane is flying at a low altitude with the undercarriage lowered and flaps extended from the rear of the wings, suggesting it is just about to land.
The plane has a grey fuselage with a dark blue belly, and a red stripe running along the blue part of the body.
There are black "British Airways Express" titles on the upper forward fuselage, the last word being in a thinner, italic font.
The registration "G-WACK" is on the upper rear fuselage, under the tail, also in black.
The top of the tail is dark blue, the rest grey, with a dark blue and red triangle in the middle rear.
Cloudy grey skies with streaks of pale blue peeking through fill the rest of the frame.

**Aviation & Travel** @travel@social.beachcom.org · Jan 27

Jan 27

Aviation & Travel @travel@social.beachcom.org

#Aerotelegraph - Häufiges Ereignis: Was passiert, wenn ein Blitz in einen Airbus A350 einschlägt? - https://www.aerotelegraph.com/was-passiert-wenn-ein-blitz-in-einen-airbus-a350-einschlaegt #blitzeinschlag #BritishAirways #Sicherheit #Video

aeroTELEGRAPH · Jan 27Was passiert, wenn ein Blitz in einen Airbus A350 einschlägt? - aeroTELEGRAPHIn São Paulo schlug ein Blitz in das Leitwerk eines Airbus A350 von British Airways ein. Was bedeutet ein solches Ereignis für eine Airline?

**Edward Betts** @edward@hachyderm.io · Jan 21

Jan 21

Edward Betts @edward@hachyderm.io

Just wrapped up a brilliant nine-day stint in Mexico City for the Wikimedia+Libraries Convention 2025. The conference was not only well-organised but also packed with fascinating talks and attendees. It was great to catch up with familiar faces and equally fantastic to meet some inspiring new ones. Beyond the conference, Mexico City itself was a revelation. Its vastness meant that I've only just begun to uncover its many layers. I stayed in three different Airbnbs across various neighbourhoods, each brimming with its own character. Stay tuned for more posts where I'll share insights into the local culture and public transport.

#WikiLibCon25 #ConferenceTravel #FyingHome