The Aviation Society

The Aviation Society The Aviation Society or TAS as it is widely known, is based at Manchester Airport. Please send photo's to:- [email protected]

It is the largest aviation society outside of London with over 1500 members and 50 years of unbroken experience.

Wednesday 16th September 2026.Liam McManus also photographed the Canadian CC-330 330003 as well as Emirates A380 A6-EVG ...
16/09/2026

Wednesday 16th September 2026.
Liam McManus also photographed the Canadian CC-330 330003 as well as Emirates A380 A6-EVG in the UAE flag livery and Global 6500 I-RPRR.

ON THIS DAY - 16-Sep-2010... Manchester Airport, 16 years ago!N271AY, Airbus A330-323X, US Airways.Fleet No: "271".Firs...
16/09/2026

ON THIS DAY - 16-Sep-2010... Manchester Airport, 16 years ago!

N271AY, Airbus A330-323X, US Airways.

Fleet No: "271".

First flown with the Airbus test registration F-WWKN, this aircraft was delivered to US Airways as N671UW in Apr-00. It was re-registered N271AY in Aug-06.

US Airways was merged into American Airlines in Apr-15. The aircraft was withdrawn from service in Mar-20 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic and stored at Roswell, NM, USA.

In late summer 2020 American made the decision to permanently retire the whole A330 fleet and it continued to be stored at Roswell.

The aircraft was sold to VAS Aero Services in Oct-22 for parting out and was subsequently broken up, date unknown.

Photo & words, Ken Fielding.

Wednesday 16th September 2026.Supporting Canadian prime minister Mark Carneys visit to the north west today was Canadian...
16/09/2026

Wednesday 16th September 2026.
Supporting Canadian prime minister Mark Carneys visit to the north west today was Canadian air force CC-330 330003. It was pictured on final for runway 23R by Greg Mape and Cole Adams.

Wednesday 16th September 2026.A nice selection of Barton movements from Simon Edwards today.Perranporth based PA-28 Arch...
16/09/2026

Wednesday 16th September 2026.
A nice selection of Barton movements from Simon Edwards today.
Perranporth based PA-28 Archer G-CDEO with its unusual downward facing wingtips. Southend based AS355N M-EXPL and Juno HT1 ZM519 of the Defence Helicopter Flying School.

On this day....45 years agoSeen taxing out for departure to Brussels on dull 16th September 1981 is Sabena Boeing 737-22...
16/09/2026

On this day....45 years ago

Seen taxing out for departure to Brussels on dull 16th September 1981 is Sabena Boeing 737-229CAdv, OO-SDJ

The aircraft first flew on 25th February 1975 and was delivered to Sabena as OO-SDJ on 7th March. In June 1992 the aircraft was transferred to Sobelair until 31st October when she returned to Sabena. On 26th July 2000 the aircraft joined European Aircharter as G-BZKP but never entered service and on10th April 2003 she became 5Y-KQN with Kenya Airways. After just under 4 years with the airline the aircraft moved to Delta Connection as 5Y-JAP in January 2007 before joining her final operator, Vision Air as AP-BKE in 2014 before being withdrawn from use in 2019 after 44 years of flying.

Photo and words: Dave Kirkham

ON THIS DAY - 15-Sep-2015... Manchester Airport, 11 years ago!OO-VLP, Fokker 50, Vizion Air (operated by VLM).Vizion Ai...
15/09/2026

ON THIS DAY - 15-Sep-2015... Manchester Airport, 11 years ago!

OO-VLP, Fokker 50, Vizion Air (operated by VLM).

Vizion Air was a new(ish) Belgian Airline with 2 leased Fokker 50's, one operated by Denim Air and the other (this one) operated by VLM. It's further complicated because it was operating for UK regional airline FlyBe.

With additional titles on the right side, "The best vizion is insight".

First flown with the Fokker test registration PH-EXE, this aircraft was delivered to Aer Lingus Commuter as EI-FKF in Feb-91. It was transferred to Aer Lingus in Aug-98 and was stored at Woensdrecht, Netherlands in Apr-01.

It was sold to Denim Air as PH-DMS in Nov-03. The aircraft was wet-leased to Euro-Hopper between Jun/Dec-04, to Euro Manx between Dec-04/Feb-05 and to Euro-Hopper again between Aug/Oct-05.

In Jan-06 it was leased to VLM Vlaamse Luchttransport Maatschappij (VLM Airlines). The aircraft was sold to lessor in May-08, leased back to VLM and re-registered OO-VLP. It was operated for City Jet from Sep-09 and for Vision Air from Feb-15. It was stored at Saarbrucken, Germany in Jun-16 and returned to the lessor.

The aircraft was sold to Denim Air (again) in Sep-16 as PH-DMS and was due to be wet-leased to Sky Greenland. However, the lease was cancelled. It never entered service and remained stored at Saarbrucken.

In Apr-17 the aircraft was sold to Jetways Airlines (Kenya) as 5Y-JWX. It was wet-leased to Ocean Airlines (Somalia) in 2018 and returned to Jetways Airlines in 2021 when it was permanently retired at Nairobi-Wilson. Updated 11-May-24.

Photo & words, Ken Fielding.

Tuesday 15th September 2026.Up at Barton, Simon Edwards caught G-XXEF, an A139 of The King’s Helicopter Flight, stopping...
15/09/2026

Tuesday 15th September 2026.

Up at Barton, Simon Edwards caught G-XXEF, an A139 of The King’s Helicopter Flight, stopping for fuel.

Tuesday 15th September 2026. Some executive jets today. Runway 23L departures from Paul Bailey, and a 23R arrival from. ...
15/09/2026

Tuesday 15th September 2026.

Some executive jets today. Runway 23L departures from Paul Bailey, and a 23R arrival from. Cole Adams.

9H-JPC, AirX Embraer Legacy 600, departing to Pisa.
CN-TMB, Hawker 600XP, operated by Air Ocean Maroc, from GCTS.
F-HLBF, SD Aviation Citation M2, was off to Laval, an airfield east of Rennes.
Finally from Paul, N516GH, Global Air Charters GLF5.

On this (yes)terday....36 years agoSeen on departure on 14th September 1990 is Cyprus Airways BAC 1-11-537GF, 5B-DAH.Hav...
15/09/2026

On this (yes)terday....36 years ago

Seen on departure on 14th September 1990 is Cyprus Airways BAC 1-11-537GF, 5B-DAH.

Having first flown on 18th January 1978, the aircraft was delivered to Cyprus Airways as 5B-DAH on 28th January and spent just over 17 years with the airline before being withdrawn from use on 25th March 1995. In July 1995 she was sold to Nationwide Airlines as ZS-NUI before being withdrawn from use once again on 28th May 2001 and placed into storage at Lanseria where the aircraft was broken up in June 2005.

Photo and words: Dave Kirkham

13th September 2026A couple from Darren Moston....Saudia B787-9 Dreamliner HZ-ARF and Air Algerie B737-800 7T-VJK
14/09/2026

13th September 2026
A couple from Darren Moston....
Saudia B787-9 Dreamliner HZ-ARF and Air Algerie B737-800 7T-VJK

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