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**Manc AvGeek** @mancavgeek@social.teamb.space · Apr 20

Apr 20

Manc AvGeek @mancavgeek@social.teamb.space

Bonus Photo of the Day 19th April 2025.

G-BEEG, Britten-Norman Islander, Northern Airlines, at Manchester Barton, some time in the 1990s.

#Manchester #Barton #EGCB #BrittenNorman #BN2 #Islander #NorthernAirlines
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Side view of a small, boxy, white, high-winged, twin propellor-engined airliner parked on grass facing to the left.
The plane is mostly white, with a thick red and thin black stripe running along the body before swooping up into the lower reaches of the tail.
There are small, black "Northern Airlines" titles on the lower forward fuselage, and larger, black registration "G-BEEG" on the upper rear.
The landing gear is fixed, with a nose-wheel at the front, and the main wheels on long white struts that come down from the wings, just inboard of the engines.
Green grass fills the foreground, leading up to trees lining the airfield perimeter in the distance, under flat grey skies.

**doro.e** @doro@nrw.social · Apr 18

Apr 18

doro.e @doro@nrw.social

heute morgen.
drei Grad.
alle bekloppt.

#pferdiverse
#shetty
#isländer

**Larry Anderson** @larand@pixelfed.social · Feb 8

Feb 8

Larry Anderson @larand@pixelfed.social

️ Today’s watch, while I wait for my wife at the salon, is the Islander Calabro.

#watches #Islander #Calabro #gmtwatch #worldtimer #watchesofpixelfed #watchesofbluesky #watchesofmastodon

An image with caption: Watch with brushed stainless steel case with polished chamfer, brushed stainless steel H-link bracelet, world time bezel, pale blue dial with white numeric indices outlined in black at 12, 3 and 9, orange-on-brown date at 6:00 with date window outlined in orange, baton indices elsewhere, skeletonized black sword hands with white lume, orange GMT hand, arrow seconds hand, and 24-hour markings on the rehaut.

#watchesofmastodon

**Manc AvGeek** @mancavgeek@social.teamb.space · Dec 8, 2023

Dec 8, 2023

Manc AvGeek @mancavgeek@social.teamb.space

Bonus Photo of the Day 4 8th December 2023.

G-ORED, Britten Norman BN-2T Turbine Islander, Red Devils (the display team of the Parachite Regiment of the British Army), at Manchester Barton, 17th August 1992.This wasn't an air show day, so I've no idea why it was here.

#Manchester #Barton #EGCB #BrittenNorman #BN2 #Islander #RedDevils #ParachuteRegiment
#avgeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Side view of a high-winged, twin engined red passenger plane with a black and white stripe running along the body, white "G-ORED Devils" on the rear fuselage, and "The Sun" titles on the tail, parked on grass facing to the left and away from the camera, with the grass airfield leading up to trees in the background, under a white and grey sky.

**Manc AvGeek** @mancavgeek@social.teamb.space · Oct 17, 2023

Oct 17, 2023

Manc AvGeek @mancavgeek@social.teamb.space

Tails Tuesday 6 17th October 2023.

G-PASU, Britten Normen BN-2T Islander, Police Aviation Support Unit, with it's tail painted in the colours of Gulf Air, at Farnborough Air Show, 10th September 1994.

#Farnborough #FAB #EGLF #airshow #BrittenNorman #BN2 #Islander #Police
#avgeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Closeup of the tail of a twin propellor-engined aircraft parked facing to the left.
The plane is mostly dark blue, with the partial registration letters "PASU" on the rear fuselage in white.
The tail is white, with red, green, and red rays coming down from the top, falling within the out-stretched wings of a golden bird of prey, with "Gulf Air" titles in both English and an Arabic script painted in gold at the bottom.
In the background, a grey runway with white markings can be seen on the right of the frame, with grass leading on from that to a brown brick building in the far distance, under a leaden grey sky.

**Ilan Kelman** @ilankelman@mastodon.green · May 8, 2023

May 8, 2023

Ilan Kelman @ilankelman@mastodon.green

"Understanding #islandness"
https://doi.org/10.1080/24694452.2023.2193249
Led by Aideen Foley at #Birkbeck #Geography.

Taylor & FrancisUnderstanding “Islandness”Islandness is a contested concept, not just between disciplines but also cultures, entangled with what islands, island studies, and island identity are understood to be. The purpose of this article...

#IslandStudies #island #islands

**DHMosquito** @GRossSharp@universeodon.com · Apr 5, 2023

Apr 5, 2023

DHMosquito @GRossSharp@universeodon.com

Britten-Norman BN-2A Islander Designed as a simple, rugged air taxi, the Islander has been immensely successful, serving small communities in remote corners of the world. It was also a favourite of parachute/skydiving clubs. Indeed, this example (built in 1977) was utilised in this role in both Germany and Scotland. Donated to the National Museum of Flight at East Fortune, Scotland by Cormack Aircraft Services Ltd, it has been painted to represent an Islander of the Scottish Ambulance Service #aircraft #BrittenNorman #Islander #ScottishAmbulanceService #airambulance #BN2 #aviation #avgeeks #airtaxi #NationalMuseumofFlight #EastFortune #Scotland #skydiving #parachutists #CormackAircraftServices