Manc AvGeekFeb 16

Manchester Monday 2 16th February 2026.

LY-AFA, Yakovlev Yak-52, parked on the grass at Barton Airport, some time in the 1990s.

#Manchester #Barton #EGCB #Yakovlev #Yak52 #ManchesterMonday
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Manc AvGeekFeb 16

Manchester Monday 16th February 2026.

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https://mancavgeek.co.uk/2026/02/16/manchester-monday-16th-february-2026/

Ellie‽ (Radio Edit)Jun 29, 2025

Oh yes, I forgot to share this earlier. I had some more old planes fly past earlier, a Douglas DC-3 flanked by a couple of Yakovlev Yak 18Ts and a Yak 52.

#Flyby #VintageAviation #DouglasDC3 #DC3 #Yakovlev #Yak18T #Yak52

Manc AvGeekJul 21, 2024

https://mancavgeek.co.uk/2024/07/21/photo-of-the-day-21st-july-2024/

#AeroSpaceLines #AirbusTransport #AirportHotel #airshow #B103 #B377SGT #barton #BizProp #Blackburn #Bradford #BritishMidland #Buccaneer #Cheyenne #CityAirport #dc9 #douglas #egcb #egcc #egcd #EGNM #egsx #EHRM #FighterMeet #LBA #Leeds #man #manchester #northweald #PA42 #piper #R44 #raf #Raven #Robinson #Rotterdam #RoyalAirForce #RTM #runway24 #SuperGuppy #woodford #YAK52 #yakovlev

Photo of the Day 21st July 2024. – Manc AvGeek

🪬🍄🌈🎮💻🚲🥓🎃💀🏴🛻♓🧿Jul 15, 2024

> The Yak-52 flew over Odessa and with high efficiency shot down our reconnaissance UAVs for a week, causing laughter in some circles...This has not been funny to UAV operators and us for a long time.”

The whole world is laughing at #russia

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2024/07/14/isnt-it-time-to-shoot-him-down-russians-grow-frustrated-with-ukraines-yak-52-drone-killer/

#russiaIsATerroristState #SlavaUkraini #drone #uav #yak52 #ukraine #russian #war #ukraineWar

‘Isn’t It Time To Shoot Him Down?’ Russians Grow Frustrated With Ukraine’s Yak-52 Drone-Killer.

A Yakovlev training plane has been dogfighting with, and shooting down, Russian surveillance drones—World War I-style.

Forbes
Show threadReed MidekeApr 27, 2024

Reportedly, footage of a Ukrainian #YAK52 shooting down a Russian UAV. Gunner in the back with a rifle seems fairly dubious, but a moderately high performance prop plane with modern sights seems like it could be pretty effective for Shahed hunting away from the front lines

https://twitter.com/auto_glam/status/1784177330920763883

Angry Cossack (@auto_glam) on X

YAK-52 with a gunner in the backseat (!) shoots down a Russian UAV

X (formerly Twitter)
Manc AvGeekMar 8, 2024

 

https://mancavgeek.co.uk/2024/03/08/photo-of-the-day-8th-march-2024/

#a310 #a350 #AhhDeHaviland #airbus #airshow #ams #amsterdam #avgeek #aviation #b757 #barton #boeing #BritishAerospace #DeHaviland #DH87 #egcb #egcc #eglf #eham #fab #farnborough #Finningley #FlyoverFriday #FNY #HornetMoth #InterEuropeanAirways #man #manchester #Martinair #Nimrod #Orlando #photography #planespotting #raf #RoyalAirForce #Royton #schipol #VirginAtlantic #YAK52 #yakovlev

Photo of the Day 8th March 2024. – Manc AvGeek

Manc AvGeekDec 17, 2023
OH-LZC, Airbus A321-211, Finnair, at London Heathrow, some time in 2000 or 2001.

G-JSMC, Mcdonnell Douglas MD83, Airtours, parked on Gate 7 at Manchester Airport, one night in the early 1990s.

 

D-ANFC, ATR72-202, Eurowings, at Frankfurt Airport, either 1993 or 1996.

 

LY-AFA, Yakovlev YAK-52, at Manchester Barton, some time after February 1997.

 

JA8086, Boeing 747-446, Japan Air Lines, at Zurich Kloten, either 1993 or 1996.

https://mancavgeek.co.uk/2023/12/17/photo-of-the-day-17th-december-2023/

#a321 #airbus #airtours #atr72 #avgeek #aviation #b747 #barton #boeing #eddf #egcb #egcc #egll #eurowings #finnair #fra #frankfurt #heathrow #JapanAirLines #kloten #lhr #london #lszh #man #manchester #McDonnellDouglas #md83 #photography #planespotting #YAK52 #yakovlev #zrh #zurich

Photo of the Day 17th December 2023. – Manc AvGeek

Show threadrhcmutsDec 5, 2022
#birds #planes #housefinch #hummingbird #f18 #yak52
Manc AvGeekFeb 3, 2020
Bonus Photo of the Day 2020-02--03.
LY-AFA, Yakovlev Yak-52, parked at Manchester Barton, some time in the 1990s.
#avgeek #planespotting #potd #manchester #barton #egcb #yakovlev #yak52