Photo of the Day 24th March 2025.
RG333/G-AIEK, Miles M.38 Messenger 2A, in RAF colours as worn by the personal liason aircraft used Field Marshall Montgomery, taxiing out for a display flight at Manchester Barton during the annual air show, some time in the 1990s.
3 photos behind the link.
https://mancavgeek.co.uk/blog/photo-of-the-day-24th-march-2025/
#Manchester #Barton #EGCB #AirShow #Miles #M38 #RAF #RoyalAirForce #Monty
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Photo of the Day 16th March 2025.
AJ841/G-BJST, North America T-6H Harvard Mk IV, in Royal Air Force camouflage, landing on Runway 32 at Manchester Barton, 29th July 2024.
3 photos behind the link.
https://mancavgeek.co.uk/blog/photo-of-the-day-16th-march-2025/
#Manchester #Barton #EGCB #Runway32 #NorthAmerican #T6 #Harvard #RAF #RoyalAirForce
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography
Photo of the Day 15th March 2025.
XL164, Handley-Page HP-80 Victor K2, Royal Air Force, on static display at Woodford Air Show, some time in the 1990s.
A lot of people, mostly Americans, seem to think this is an obscure, secretive Russian prototype, even though it served with the RAF for decades.
4 photos behind the link.
https://mancavgeek.co.uk/blog/photo-of-the-day-15th-march-2025/
#Manchester #Woodford #EGCD #AirShow #HandleyPage #Victor #RAF #RoyalAirForce
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography
On This Day 4th March 1996.
XL318, Avro 698 Vulcan B.2, Royal Air Force, on display at the RAF Museum, Hendon, 4th March 1996.
#London #Hendon #RAFMuseum #Museum #Avro #Vulcan #RAF #RoyalAirForce #OnThisDay
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography
Photo of the Day 1st March 2025.
RR299/G-ASKH, De Haviland DH98 Mosquito T3, in Royal Air Force colours but owned and operated by Rolls-Royce, at Woodford Air Show, some time in the 1990s.
5 photos behind the link.
https://mancavgeek.co.uk/blog/photo-of-the-day-1st-march-2025/
#Manchester #Woodford #EGCD #AirShow #DeHaviland
#DH98 #Mosquito RAF #RoyalAirForce #RollsRoyce
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography
Manchester Monday 4 24th February 2025.
XR808, Vickers VC.10 C.1K, Royal Air Force, raising clouds of steam as it lands on a wet Runway 24 at Manchester Airport, some time after March 1992.
#Manchester #Man #EGCC #Runway24 #Vickers #VC10 #RAF #RoyalAirForce #ManchesterMonday
#Avgeek #aviation #planespotting #photography
On This Day 24th February 2015.
WG763, English Electric P.1A, in Royal Air Force colours, on display in the Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI) in Manchester, 24th February 2015.
This was a technology demonstrator that lead to the English Electric Lightning.
Now on display at Old Sarum, which is a place I really need to visit.
#Manchester #MuseumOfScienceAndIndustry #MOSI #Museum #EnglishElectric #P1A #Lightning #RAF #RoyalAirForce #OnThisDay
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography
Bonus Photo of the Day 23rd February 2025.
8967M/XV263, British Aerospace Nimrod AEW3 RAF Air Engineer Squadron, in a remote part of Raf Fairford during one years International Air Tattoo during the 1990s.
#Fairford #FFD #EGVA #AirShow #IAT #InternationalAirTattoo #BritishAerospace #BAE #Nimrod #RAF #RoyalAirForce #AirEngineeringSquadron
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography
Manchester Monday 2 17th February 2025.
XS789, Hawker Siddeley Andover C.2 (military variant of the HS-748-206), Royal Air Force, taxiing out to Runway 24 at Manchester Airport, some time in the mid 1990's.
#Manchester #MAN #EGCC #HawkerSiddeley #HS748 #Andover #RAF #RoyalAirForce #ManchesterMonday
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography
Bonus Photo of the Day 12th February 2025.
N3194, Supermarine Spitfire 1a (replica), in the colours of 92 Squadron, RAF, standing as a gate guard at Biggin Hill, 6th March 1996.
#London #BigginHill #BQH #EGKB #GateGuard #Supermarine #Spitfire #RAF #RoyalAirForce
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography
On This Day 5th February 1996.
XA564, Gloster Javelin FAW1, Royal Air Force, on external display at Royal Air Force Museum, Cosford, 5th February 1996.
#Cosford #EGWC #CFD #RoyalAirForceMuseum #RAFM #Gloster #Javelin #RoyalAirForce #Museum #OnThisDay
#avgeek #aviation #planespotting #photography
Red Arrows aerobatic team in 2019. #aviation #aviationphotography #redarrows #redarrowsdisplayteam #aerobatic #aerobaticdisplay #royalairforce #baehawk #photography
Westland Wessex HC Mk.2 #photography #aircraft #airplanes #avgeek #aviation #cosford #museums #planes #raf #rafmuseum #royalairforce #travel #unitedkingdom #highlight (Flickr 28.06.2016) https://www.flickr.com/photos/7489441@N06/27365914094
Bonus Photo of the Day 7th December 2024.
XV292, Lockheed C-130K Hercules C.3P, Royal Air Force, taking off for a flying display at Fairford International Air Tattoo, some time in the early1990s.
#Fairford #FFD #IAT #InternationalAirtattoo #AirShow #Lockheed #C130 #Hercules #RAF #RoyalAirForce #PhotoOfTheDay
#avgeek #aviation #planespotting #photography
Photo of the Day 7th December 2024.
D-AFFC, Fokker F50, Lufthansa, taxiing to it’s gate at Manchester Airport, some time between November 1992 and November 1995.
Bonus Photo of the Day 4th December 2024.
XB812, Canadair CL-13 Sabre F.4 (license-built North American F-86 Sabre), in RAF colours, at RAF Museum, Hendon.
#RAFMuseum #Hendon #Museum #Canadair #NorthAmerican #F86 #Sabre #RoyalAirForce #RAF #PhotoOfTheDay
#avgeek #aviation #planespotting #photography
Photo of the Day 4th December 2024.
EI-FKB, Fokker F50, Aer Lingus Commuter, taxiing the last few metres to Gate 5 at Manchester Airport, 1992.
