Aircraft Recognition Guide
Aircraft Recognition Guide
Welcome
Welcome to this aircraft recognition guide! This website is to help you recognise different aircraft types. It is meant for all aviation enthusiasts, ranging from those that occasionally go aircraft viewing at an airport or airshow to 'hardcore' aircraft spotters that want to know the exact aircraft type. On this website you will find all the information on what to look for, with a lot of images and tips to help you! As there are so many different aircraft this website will be gradually expanded.
Getting started
Recognising an aircraft type starts by looking at specific characteristics of the aircraft: what type of aircraft is it (e.g. airplane or helicopter), is it a jet or propeller aircraft, how many engines does it have, what is the wing and tail configuration? Under menu item "What to look for?" We have explained what the main characteristics are.
Once you know what to look for you can start your search. This can be done in two ways:
- By main characteristics. Answer some questions about the (main) properties of the aircraft to be identified, using checkboxes. This will narrow your search eventually bringing you to the webpage of the aircraft you are looking for.
- By aircraft manufacturer and main aircraft type. If you already know the main type of the aircraft and are just looking for the exact subtype you can also start the search from the combination of manufacturer and main aircraft type.
Aircraft News
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- 15 December 2020
As could be expected Textron Aviation introduced the King Air 260 as the follow up of the Beechcraft King Air 250, the current production model. -
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- 29 November 2020
Boom Supersonic, the company that is developing a supersonic airliner called Overture, rolled out the XB-1 on 7 October 2020. -
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- 14 October 2020
Now that the former Bombardier CSeries has been fully incorporated in the Airbus product line, a new version was announced: the ACJ220 corporate jetliner. -
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- 14 October 2020
Out of nowhere Otto Aviation of Yorba Linda (CA) announced that it had flown the prototype of a revolutionary pusher prop aircraft already more than thirty times.
Website updates
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Welcome to 2021!
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- 03 January 2021
Happy new year to all of you! At the start of the 2021 we have four of new aircraft types added to the website. These are the Fokker F28, Fokker 70 & Fokker 100, Ilyushin Il-62, Lockheed F-35/X-35 and Saab 340 & 2000. -
Updates 20 December 2020
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- 20 December 2020
New types for you to explore on the website are the deHavilland Canada DHC-8, Kawasaki C-1, Panavia Tornado, Scaled Composites 271 V-Jet II and VisionAire VA-10 Vantage. -
Eight new types added November
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- 28 November 2020
It has been quite for a while on the update list, but we can announce that no less than eight new aircraft types have been added to the website. These are the Airbus A330, Beechcraft Starship, Dassault Falcon 20, deHavilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter, deHavilland Canada DHC-7, Gates/Bombardier Learjet family, Lockheed JetStar and Piper PA-47 PiperJet. -
New turboprop trainers added
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- 14 October 2020
Last weeks we have dug into the high performance turboprop aircraft. These all looks much the same, but now you can find out what the differences are between the Embraer (Super) Tucano, Beechcraft T-6 Texan II, Pilatus PC-7, Pilatus PC-9 and Pilatus PC-21. Go check them out. -
Three new types added
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- 15 August 2020
We have added three new aircraft types to the website, all with full descriptions on how to distinguish the different subtypes, These are the 'classic' Cessna Citation I/II/V family, the Kawasaki C-2 and the North American (Rockwell) Sabreliner. -
Landing gear configuration added
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- 29 July 2020
Now that we are adding more older aircraft types to the website, we have added the landing gear configuation to the filtering parameters. This way you can better filter the many single engine propeller aircraft.