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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- 17 November 2019
On 7 November 2019 Epic Aircraft received FAA type certification for its all-composite E1000 turboprop single aircraft. -
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- 24 October 2019
The best selling single engine turboprop in the world has been substancially improved to create the third generation PC-12 NGX. -
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- 24 October 2019
As expected by analists Gulftream has taken the opportunity of the NBAA Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition to announce its answer to thre Bombardier Global 7500.
Website updates
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Embraer Phenom 300 and Airbus A400 added
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- 21 November 2019
While we have been mostly working on adding propeller aircraft to the 'search by airplane characteristics' page, we also managed to make detailed descriptions on how to recognise the Embraer Phenom 300 and Airbus A400, the first prop aircraft. -
IAI bizjets added
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- 13 September 2019
Three more bizjet aircraft types are ready to be explored, to learn how to recognise them. These are the Jet Commander & Westwind series, IAI1125 Astra, Gulfstteam G100/G150 and IAI1126 Galaxy, also known as Gulfstream G200. -
Boeing updates
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- 29 August 2019
Today we have worked out all the variants of the Boeing 727, 757 and 777. Go check how to recognise them! -
Search by characteristics make-over
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- 10 June 2019
It has been a while that we last updated the website. We have been working hard on the search by characteristics page. This is now much easier: you just check the characteristics of the aircraft than you are looking for and the results are automatically updated.