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  1. Photo of the Day 18th June 2026.

    On This Day 18th June 1993.

    ‘Throw Thursday 18th June 2026.

  2. Photo of the Day 18th June 2026.

    G-BHEH, Cessna 310G, at Manchester Barton, 21st March 1994. WL679, Vickers 668 Varsity T.1, Royal Aircraft Establishment, on display outside the RAF Museum, Cosford, 5th February 1996.

    On This Day 18th June 1993.

    N901DC, McDonnell Douglas MD-90-30 prototype, in the manufacturers colours, doing a series of test/demonstration flights for some local airlines at Manchester Airport, 18th June 1993. None of these airlines placed orders for this type, and in fact one placed large orders for Airbus A320’s just a couple of weeks later, even though they already operated a fleet entirely made up of MD83’s.

    ‘Throw Thursday 18th June 2026.

    SX-BED, Airbus A300B4-203, Olympic Airways, being pushed back from it’s stand at London Heathrow, some time in the early 1990s. F-GBYJ, Boeing 737-228Adv, Air France, being pushed back from it’s stand at London Heathrow, some time in the 1990s, as seen from the Glass House on top of The Queens Building.
  3. C5-GOA, Boeing 707-323B, Air Gambia, on final approach to Runway 24 at Manchester Airport, some time between March 1992 and August 1993.

    WK935, Gloster Meteor F.8 (mod), Royal Air Force, formerly used for prone flying experiments, on display at the RAF Museum, Cosford, 5th February 1996.
    See <https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/documents/collections/84-A-1169-Prone-Pilot-Meteor-WK935.pdf> for details of this plane.

     

    OH-LMY, McDonnell Douglas MD82, Finnair, on final approach to Runway 23 at Hamburg Airport, 26th October 1993.

     

    G-KKES, Socata TB20 Trinidad, at Biggin Hill, 6th March 1996.

     

    WB271/204, Fairey Firefly AS5, Royal Navy, performing a low-speed flypast at Woodford Airshow, some time in the 1990s.

     

    124485/G-BEDF, Boeing B17G Flying Fortress, in USAF colours as “Sally B”, taxxing along a runway at North Weald Fighter Meet, some time in the early 1990s.

     

    G-BOPT, Grob G115, at Manchester Barton, some time in the 1990s.

    https://mancavgeek.co.uk/2024/02/05/photo-of-the-day-5th-february-2024/

    #AirGambia #airshow #avgeek #aviation #b17 #b707 #barton #BigginHill #boeing #BQH #Cosford #eddh #egcb #egcc #egcd #EGKB #egsx #EGWC #fairey #FighterMeet #finnair #firefly #FlyingFortress #G115 #Gloster #Grob #ham #hamburg #man #manchester #McDonnellDouglas #MD82 #Meteor #museum #northweald #photography #planespotting #RAFMuseum #RoyalAirForce #RoyalNavy #Runway23 #runway24 #Socata #TB20 #Tobago #UnitedStatesAirForce #usaf #woodford

  4. G-ARVM, Vickers VC10-1101, British Airways, on display at the RAF Museum, Cosford, 5th February 1996.

    OH-BLQ, Boeing 717-23S, Blue1, taxiing to it’s gate on Pier C at Manchester Airport, 23rd January 2014.PH-AGA, Airbus A310-203, KLM and a couple of friends at Amsterdam Schipol, either 1992, 1993, or 1996.

     

    HA-LCN, Tupolev TU-154B-2, Malev Hungarian Airlines, at London Heathrow, some time in the 1990s.

     

    OE-L__, De Haviland Canada DHC-8 Dash 8, Tyrolean Airways, at Frankfurt Airport, either 1993 or 1996.

     

    HB-IWK, McDonnell Douglas MD11, SwissAir, at Zurich Kloten, 28th September 1996.

     

    https://mancavgeek.co.uk/2024/01/23/photo-of-the-day-23rd-january-2024/

    #a310 #airbus #ams #amsterdam #avgeek #aviation #B717 #Blue1 #boeing #BritiswhAirways #Cosford #dash8 #DehavilandCanada #dhc8 #eddf #egcc #egll #EGWC #eham #EhhDehaviland #fra #frankfurt #heathrow #HungarianAirlines #KLM #kloten #l13 #lhr #london #lszh #malev #man #manchester #McDonnellDouglas #md11 #museum #photography #planespotting #RoyalAirForceMuseum #schipol #swissair #TailsTuesday #tu154 #tupolev #TyroleanAirlines #VC10 #Vickers #zrh #zurich