SPOTM April 2022 half and half, nosewheel(s) in the air but main wheels on the ground

[andygolfer]

This is the SPOTM (Special Photo Of The Month) competition for April 2022 and the subject is half and half, nosewheel(s) in the air but main wheels on the ground

The subject of your entry should be a photo of a civil aircraft with it's main wheels on the ground but nosewheel in the air.

Photography Competition Rules :-

1. Only one entry per user, unless posting on behalf of another person who is unable to do so themselves (children for example). If this is the case, please state so on your entry..

2. The photo may have been taken on any date, it does not have to be taken in the month of the competition

3. The image can be photo-shopped to some extent, levels changes, cropping, sharpening etc. are all acceptable. The photograph must retain it’s initial subject though, don’t make it something it’s not. HDR images are not acceptable. If you are unsure, please PM a moderator.

4. The competition will remain open until 23.59 (UK time) on the 7th May 2022 - please note the extended closing date to enable anyone with a last minute photo plenty of time to prepare their entry.

5. Voting will be conducted by a poll open to all the membership shortly after the closure of the competition.

6. 'Rule 6...' There's no rule 6 Bruce'

7. The decision of the moderating team is final.

8. All images must be posted in line with the usual CA posting rules (size etc.), please read them if you're not sure how to post.

9. The rules may be subject to change, and these will be posted on this thread.

10. Please also embed the images and not links to images, if you're not sure how to do it then shout up and someone will sort it out. It is permissible to change your entry before the closing date.

11. Do not comment on other member's photos.

12. A brief description of where and when the image was taken would be nice too.

If you have any questions please PM me
Andy

[niallsaviation]

I'll throw this one forward
I think it qualifies and displays the thrust reverse buckets deployed even before touchdown
EW-450TR by Niall Moran, on Flickr

[LondonEye]

Yes it's that aircraft G-VLCN at Waddington 2011.
Pete.


Vulcan RAF XH558 46 Waddington

[BringBackEGDG]

British Airways Concorde G-BOAA attending St Mawgan IAD 5th August 1987.
1987-08-05-011FN G-BOAA by Stephen Rendle, on Flickr

[DeltaCharlieKilo]

MAS B744 touching down at Penang International Airport, 20 November 2012.

20121120-IMG_9286 by Laurence Bean, on Flickr

[waghorn41]

I'll throw this in (changed). Concorde demonstrator landing at Kai Tak, definitely half and half as main gear on runway but nose AND tail in the air
C 041 landing by Ian Pursey, on Flickr

[tomcat14]

Singapore B777 landing on 27R at London Heathrow on 12 May 2015.

IMG_8322d by wokinghampaul, on Flickr

[acw367]

OY-KGF McDonnell Douglas DC-9-21 Scandinavian Airlines System Brussels Zaventem 1999

OY-KGF Brussels 1999 by ACW367, on Flickr

Enjoy ACW367

[Firestar1]

All Nippon Boeing 747-481 JA8962 in the Pocket Monsters scheme arriving at Heathrow on 30th April 2005.

JA8962 by Steve Blood, on Flickr

All the best,

Steve.

[EGNH1909]

Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747 G-VROY "Pretty Woman" with a 7am landing on 05R at Manchester on 7 June 2018 after an overnight flight from Orlando Florida.
G-VROY by Peter Rowe, on Flickr
Best Wishes
Pete

[Polehill]

Here is my entry.
B-6529 A330-343 Hainan Airlines MAN 30 September 2016

B-6529 A330-343 Hainan Airlines MAN (5) 30 September 2016 by Michael Rourke, on Flickr

Good luck everyone.

Mike

[Mike s]

British Airways Boeing 777- 236 landing runway 27L
G-ZZZB LHR 1.7.19 by Mike stanners, on Flickr

[andygolfer]

here's mine from June 2020, RA-76951 an IL.76 of Volga-Dnepr Airlines touching down at Stansted in the evening sun (it's on the runway, not the grass!)

RA-76951 IL.76 Stansted 21-06-2020 5175 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

good luck everybody
Andy

[wiggy]

MIAT Mongolian Airlines B767 landing asymmetrically on the Northerly runway at Frankfurt.

MIAT Mongolian Airlines B767-300ER by Denis Noonan, on Flickr

Denis.

[PorkScratching]

Turkish Government 747-8ZV stripping a few mm from the tyres at Stansted on 3 December 2019:


Turkish Government 747-8ZV BBJ by Nick Challoner, on Flickr

[Andy L]

An Aurigny Trislander arriving at Dinard from Guernsey in April 2016



Andy

[Rainton20]

Emirates 777 A6-EBF departing Newcastle in February 2016.

A6-EBF 777-31HER by Ian Tate, on Flickr

[Gloria Finis]

G-VLCN @ RAF Leuchars, September 2010.

Vulcan,B2, XH558 / G-VLCN @ RAF Leuchars, 11 September 2010 by Phillip Hapka, on Flickr

[yunglee]

Emirates A380 at Manchester, May 2018

Emirates A380 by Lee Adcock, on Flickr