#R44

vulgalour - Free Range Queervulgalour@birdbutt.com
2026-02-05

Sweet, someone in the US scooped up a couple of Robinson R44 stickers.

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#illustration #NoAI #MastoArt #RobinsonR44 #Robinson #R44 #helicopter

An ink illustration of a blue Robinson R44 helicopter seen in profile on a plain white background.
2026-01-15

Photo of the Day 15th January 2026.

G-OGJC, Robinson R44 Raven II doing some circuit bashing at Manchester Barton, 4th April 2017.

5 photos behind the link.
mancavgeek.co.uk/2026/01/15/ph

#Manchester #Barton #EGCB #Robinson #R44 #Raven
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

Side view of a light helicopter hovering just a couple of metres above a grass runway.
The chopper is a deep blue, with a gold stripe running along the body, and the gold registration "G-OJGC" on the long tail boom.
Green grass fills the foreground and large parts of the background, with bushes and tyres in the distance marking the airfield perimeter, under grey-blue sky.
2025-04-08

I caught up with #Unither Bioélectronique to learn more about the #engineering challenges they faced on the path to first flight of their #hydrogen powered #R44 #helicopter. Thermal management was a big one, although they expect that to be easier on their next prototype. #aviation #electricaviation #unitedtherapeutics verticalmag.com/news/the-engin

2024-07-31

There have been three fatal in-flight break-ups of #Robinson #R44 #helicopters in the past six weeks, and zero alarm bells from the #FAA or #NTSB — the #helicopter industry has basically normalized this level of crashing. I wrote about the latest accidents for Vertical Magazine. #aviation #safety verticalmag.com/news/recent-ac

vulgalour - Free Range Queervulgalour@birdbutt.com
2024-06-01

By far and away the most popular thing in my print shop is the Robinson R44 helicopter.

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Must have got something right on that one!

#Robinson #R44 #Helicopter #Art

2023-10-09
F-GKXM, Airbus A320-214, Air France, seconds after taking off from Runway 23R at Manchester Airport, 25th March 2015.

D-ADSE, Saab 2000, Deutsche BA, on final approach to Nice Airport, 9th October 1996, as seen from the beach behind CAP3000.

 

G-BZGO, Robinson R44 Astro, at City Airport Manchester/Barton, 23rd May 2019.

 

Side view of a single seat, single engined gyrocopter on display in a museum.
This aircraft pretty much has no fuselage, instead being mostly a metal frame with a seat, an engine driving a rearward-facing propellor mounted behind the seat, a mast rising up behind the seat with a freely-rotating undriven rotor at the top, wheels, and a tail.
The seat is a faded brown, with a control column in front and an engine control on the left, and nothing more.
The tail is a bright red, with the registration “G-APUD” in white.
The engine has a red cover, and is attached to a red propellor.
In the background, a cream-coloured walkway wends it way between very pale blue areas for exhibits, with sevral wooden frames visible in a blue area at the top of the frame.

 

G-ARCI, Cessna 310D, looking rather sorry for itself with it’s engines removed at Blackpool Squires Gate, 30th April 1993.
This plane’s registration was cancelled in January 1989, and was still there (sans tail) in 2004!

https://mancavgeek.co.uk/2023/10/09/photo-of-the-day-9th-october-2023/

#a320 #airbus #AirFrance #Astro #B7MC #barton #Benson #blackpool #blk #CAP3000 #CE310 #cessna #CityAirport #DeutscheBA #egcb #egcc #egnh #Gyrocopter #LFMN #man #manchester #MOSI #museum #MuseumOfScienceAndIndustry #NCE #Nice #R44 #Robinson #Runway23R #s2000 #saab #southside #SquiresGate

Side view of a light helicopter parked on a small square concrete hardstanding at a grass airfield, facing to the right. The body is mostly blue, with a white belly and landing skids, as well as a white rotor mast. The tail boom is mostly blue, with the tail being white, and the registration "G-BZGO" in silver. There are "Flight Academy" titles on the rear fuselage, as well as a phone number "0161-788-8489", and a website adress, "www.flightacademy.co.uk". In the background, grass fills most of the frame, with trees at the edge of the airfield, under a hazy grey sky.G-APUD, Bensen B-7MC Gyrocopter, on display in the Aerospace Hall at Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI), Manchester 31st March 1992.Side view of a twin engined light aircraft parked on grass facing to the right. The plane is mostly white, with blue and red stripes running along the body from the nose, the red stripe curling round the back of the cabin windows and forward along the top of the fuselage, with similar red and blue stripes running along the wingtip fuel tanks and the engine cowlings. The registration "G-ARCI" is on the rear fuselage in white, with the number "310" on the tail in black. The engine cowlings mounted on the wings are empty, the engines having been removed some time prior. Some ballast can be seen poking out from the front of the cowling, through the hole that would normally be occupied by the propellor shaft. In the foreground, the top of a barbed wire fence can be seen at the bottom of the frame, while in the background, several other light aircraft can be seeparked in various directions, in front of a grey hangar, whose open door reveals yet more light aircraft. Above, the sky is bright yet hazy white.Side view of a twin propellor-engined airliner flying from right to left at a very low altitude, with the undercarriage extended and the nose angled slightly down, suggesting it is coming in for a landing. The plane has a grey upper body, with a dark blue belly, seperated by a thin black, red, and yellow stripe running along the body. There are black "Deutsche BA" titles on the upper forward fuselage, and the registration "D-ADSE" on the lower rear fuselage in grey. The top half of the tail is dark blue, the lower half is grey, with a red, black, and yellow triangle seperating the 2 parts. In the background, hazy grey-blue sky streaked with patches of white fills the rest of the frame.
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2023-08-30

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2023-08-10

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2023-08-01

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2023-06-25

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2023-05-19

🛰️🚫 Flight (#Robinson ) is squawking radio failure (7600)! ✈️

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2023-05-19

G-APAS, De Haviland DH106 Comet 1XB, in BOAC colours*, on display at the RAF Museum, Cosford , 5th February 1996.
*This never actually flew with BOAC, instead it spent it’s career with Air France, then the RAF.

BGA2762/ELC, Slingsby T.45 Swallow, parked on grass while waiting for its chance to perform at Barton Air Show, 19th May 1991.

 

G-BNZM, Cessna T210N Turbo Centurion, parked on one of the executive aviation aprons at Manchester Airport, 19th May 1992.
This apron is now buried under terminal 3.

 

G-IAJJ, Robinson R44 Raven II, parked on a hardstanding at City Airport Manchester/Barton, 19th May 2016.

 

OY-PSA, Boeing 737-8Q8, Jet2, in full Primera Air colours, being pushed back from it’s stand at Manchester Airport, 19th May 2016.

 

G-EZBT, Airbus A319-111, EasyJet, flying over Royton at ~4600 feet while diverting in to Manchester after declaring an emergency and squawking 7700 while operating flight U2162 from Glasgow to Aberdeen, 19th May 2023.

#a319 #airbus #airshow #b737 #barton #boac #boeing #britishoverseasairwayscorporation #ce210 #centurion #cessna #cityairport #comet #cosford #dehaviland #dh104 #diversion #easyjet #egcb #egcc #jet2 #man #manchester #museum #primeraair #r44 #rafmuseum #raven #robinson #royton #slingsby #swallow #t45

https://mancavgeek.co.uk/2023/05/19/photo-of-the-day-19th-may-2023/

Side view of a single seat glider parked on grass, facing to the right and away from the camera, with one wing resting on the ground, the other up in the air. The glider has a red belly, with creamey-yellow upper surfaces, with the rear half of the tail is also red. In the background, the grass airfield stretches into the distance, leading up to lines of trees on the perimeter. Above, the sky is a hazy blue.Side view of a single-engined, high-winged light aircraft parked facing to the left. The plane is mostly white, with a double blue line running the length of the body, starting thin but getting wider as it moves rearwards. The cockpit door on the left side, facing the camera, is slightly open, with someone inside visible through the window. There appears to be several people standing by an open door on the other side, their legs visible under the plane. In the background, grassed areas and a taxiway fill the frame.Side view of a helicopter parked on a patch of concrete surrounded by grass, facing to the left. The helicopter is a dark blue, with a golden stripe running along the body. In the background, a couple of grey hangars with red doors are visible on the left of the frame, withtrees filling the centre, and a glass and brown brick building on the right. while above, a grim, grey sky fills the rest of the frame.Side view of a twin engined jet airliner facing to the left being pushed to the right by a tug. The plane is mostly white, with 2 yellow lines on the forward fuselage, running from the top to the bottom, but bulging out to the front in the middle, with grey "Primera" titles overlaid. It also has red ""Jet2.com" titles on the upper rear fuselage. The tail is grey, with the outline of a yellow circle, which has several yellow lines that make it look as if it might be a globe. The upturned wingtips are yellow, while the engine cowlings are grey, with the same yellow globe logo. In the foreground, a man with a bright yellow hi-viz vest and red shirt is standing in the middle of a roadway on the tarmac with his arms outstretched. In the background, several planes are parked awaiting their next flight.
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2023-05-17

🛰️🚫 Flight (#Robinson ) is squawking radio failure (7600)! ✈️

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