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.

Manchester Monday 15th June 2026.

On This Day 15th June 1996.

https://mancavgeek.co.uk/2026/06/15/manchester-monday-15th-june-2026/

'Throw Thursday 4 12th February 2026.

XV105, Vickers VC-10 C.1K, Royal Air Force, parked outside the Royal Suite at London Heathrow, some time in the late 1990s, as seen from the terraces on top of The Queens Building.

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On This Day 5th February 1996.

G-AMOG, Vickers V701 Viscount, in BEW British European Airlines livery, on display outside the Royal Air Force Museum at Cosford, 5th February 1995.

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Yesterday, in the first of this short sequence on links between Rolls Royce and BMW, I explained how Rolls went bust in 1971. The car business was separated from the main aero engine company and then floated on the stock exchange as Rolls Royce Motors in 1973. In 1980, the year the Silver Spirit was launched as a replacement for yesterday’s Silver Shadow, Rolls Royce Motors then merged with the British engineering company Vickers. (1/3)

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