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Rear side view of a red, 2 seat autogyro taxiing from right to left with the main rotor locked in place. It is basically a red fibreglass shell wrapped around a metal frame, with a pair of open tandem cockpits with large perspex windshields, with a motor bolted on the back powering a pusher propellor, and another metal frame sticking backwards out of the bottom carrying the red tail on an angular metal boom. An uncovered nosewheel sticks out of the bottom of the fuselage, with a pair of rear wheel on struts, partially covered with red sponsons stick out to the sides from under the engine. The silver registration is on the red tail right at the back.Several metal poles stick out from the engine, just above the rear cockpit, supporting and providing some control to the large, 2-bladed main rotor. Both cockpit seats are filled, with people wearing matching flying suits, with red arms and legs and black bodies, as well as white full-face helmets. Grey tarmac taxiway fills the foreground, with 2 wings of an old, brown brick office building in the background, close enough to possibly be hit if the main rotor was spinning, with a white, high-winged, light aircraft parked between the wings.

Photo of the Day 12th May 2026.

2026-05-12

By: Manc AvGeek

On: May 12, 2026

In: Photo of The Day, Tails Tuesday

Tagged: AirShow, AvGeek, aviation, B737, Barton, Boeing, BritishAirways, Buzz, Canadair, CFD, Cosford, CRJ200, DeHaviland, Devon, DH104, DUS, Dusseldorf, EDDL, EGCB, EGCC, EGLF, EGWC, FAB, Farnborough, HawkerSiddeley, HS121, MAN, Manchester, Max, MTOSport, Museum, photography, planespotting, RAFMuseum, RotorSportUK, Runway05Left, RunwayVisitorPark, RVP, TailsTuesday, Trident, Tyrolean

Side view of a single engined light aircraft taxing from right to left across a grass airfield. The plane is a silvery grey, with a black and red stripe swirling it's way along the body, and the black registration "G-CGVT" on the lower rear fuselage. There is black text "Mainair Flying School", alongside a telephone number on the rear half of the tail. Metallic grey spats with black and red stripes cover the wheels on the undercarriage. Two people can be seen in the cockpit through the comically oversized bubble canopy. Green grass fills the foreground and most of the background, with trees on the airfield perimeter, rolling hills in the far distance, and blue sky at the top of the frame.

Photo of the Day 24th March 2026.

2026-03-24

By: Manc AvGeek

On: March 24, 2026

In: On This Day, Photo of The Day, Tails Tuesday

Tagged: Abbotsinch, AdvancedTurboProp, ATP, AvGeek, aviation, B175, Barton, BOAC, Bristol, Britannia, BritishAerospace, BritishAirways, BritishOverseasAirwaysCorporation, Cosford, DUS, Dusseldorf, EDLL, EGCB, EGCC, EGPF, EGWC, EuroStar, EV97, Evektor, GLA, Glasgow, L1011, Lockheed, LTU, Lufthansa, MainAirFlyingSchool, MAN, Manchester, McDonnellDouglas, MD11, Museum, OnThisDay, photography, planespotting, RAFMuseum, Runway23Right, RunwayVisitorPark, RVP, TailsTuesday, TriStar

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner taxiing from left to right. The plane is mostly white, with blue "Air France" titles on the upper forward fuselage, the black registration "F-HEPD" on the upper rear, and 3 diagonal blue stripes on the tail, getting narrower as they move rearwards, followed by a single red stripe. There is a single bright light on the nose-wheel, flaring in the camera lens. A black runway and a wide grassed area fill the foreground, with a larger, white, twin-engined jet airliner in the background. Trees beyond that meet flat grey sky.

Photo of the Day 4th March 2026.

2026-03-04

By: Manc AvGeek

On: March 4, 2026

In: On This Day, Photo of The Day

Tagged: A320, Airbus, AirFrance, ATR42, AvGeek, aviation, Avro, B737, Barton, Boeing, C42, Collinstown, DUB, Dublin, DUS, Dussledorf, EDDL, EGCB, EGCC, EIDW, EuroWings, Hendon, Ikarus, London, MAN, Manchester, Museum, OnThisDay, photography, planespotting, RAF, RAFMuseum, RoyalAirForce, Royton, Runway23Left, RunwayVisitorPark, RVP, RyanAir, Vulcan, WingletWednesday

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