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  1. Photo Of The Day 18th August 2026.

    On This Day 18th August 2024. Tails Tuesday 18th August 2026.

    mancavgeek.co.uk/2026/08/18/ph

  2. Photo of the Day 16th June 2026.

    On This Day 16th June 1996.

    Tails Tuesday 16th June 2026.

  3. Photo of the Day 2nd June 2026.

    On This Day 2nd June 2016. G-FBEF, Embraer ERJ-190-200LR, FlyBe, rolling for take-off on Runway 05 Left at Manchester Airport, with G-FBJH, ERJ-170-200LR, FlyBe, behind it taxiing out to the runway, 2nd June 2016, as seen from one of my favourite spots, between the runways. Tails Tuesday 2nd June 2026.

    mancavgeek.co.uk/2026/06/02/ph

  4. 1975 Trans World Airlines DC-10 Postcard.
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    This is a proposal to TWA from McDonnell Douglas for the DC-10. The image is most likely from 1975 when the Hollow Titles livery was introduced.
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    #TWA #DC10 #TransWorldAirlines #Aviation #travel #Airliner #McDonnellDouglas #Postcard #Avgeek #Widebody #Trijets

  5. Photo of the Day 1st December 2024.

    G-IAA, Boeing 737-33A, Inter European Airways, at Manchester Airport, some time in 1992 or early 1993 – the Dan Air Boeing 727 in the background helps with the date, this at airline being bought by British Airways in late November 1992, and disposing of their B727’s immediately.
      Bonus Photo of the Day 1st December 2024.
    W3644/BAPC323, Supermarine 349 Spitfire Mk5B [Replica], in RAF colours, on display in a flying pose at the Fylde Spitfire memorial at Fairhaven Lake Lytham St Annes, 18th August 2024.
    This is just 1 of at least 7 (!) Spitfire replica’s or models on display in or around Blackpool!
      Bonus Photo of the Day 2 1st December 2024.
    OE-LMM, McDonnell Douglas MD-87, Austrian Airlines, taxiing the last few metres to it’s gate at Warsaw Okecie, 3rd October 1996.

    #AustrianAirlines #avgeek #aviation #b737 #boeing #egcc #epwa #FairhavenLake #FyldeSpitfireMemorial #InterEuropeanAirways #LythamStAnnes #man #manchester #McDonnellDouglas #md87 #Okęcie #photography #planespotting #raf #Replica #RoyalAirForce #spitfire #supermarine #warsaw #waw

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. CW: Long thread/7

    The 737 disaster(s) epitomize the problems of inbred, merger-obsessed capitalism. As #LukeGoldstein wrote, the rampant defects in Boeing's products can be traced to the decision to approve Boeing's 1997 merger with #McDonnellDouglas, a company helmed by Jack Welch proteges, notorious for cost-cutting at the expense of reliability:

    prospect.org/infrastructure/tr

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