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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- 05 August 2020
A long time after the King Air 350i came to the market, Textron Aviation finally introduced an updated version of the biggest of the King Air series. -
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- 21 July 2020
Stratos Aircraft has announced the first flight of its very light jet under development, the Stratos 716, on 2 July 2020. It concerns the kit-built version, designated Stratos 716X. The flight of the aircraft registered N716X from Redmond (OR) lasted about twenty minutes and was uneventfull. -
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- 02 June 2020
On 28 May 2020 MagniX celebrated the first flight of its next project to electrify aircraft, the eCaravan. Now it concerned an even larger aircraft than the Beaver last year, a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan!
Website updates
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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. -
Dornier 328 and Kawasaki T-4 added
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- 21 July 2020
Even though it is holiday time we still manage to add new aircraft types to the website. Go check out how to recognise the Dornier 328 commuter aircraft and Kawasaki T-4 jet trainer! -
Aircraft Recognition Guide on social media
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- 07 June 2020
As off today there is a new way to stay up to date with Aircraft Recognition Guide. Just follow us on Facebook or Instagram. Click on the icons next to the menu to go to our social media pages. -
Five additional aircraft types added
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- 17 May 2020
We continue to expand the website with the addition of full descriptions of no less than five new aircraft types, the Adam A700, British Aerospace ATP, Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet, Lockheed C-5 Galaxy and Raytheon Hawker 4000. -
New types added
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- 18 April 2020
We continue the work behind the scenes but have also added full descriptions of the following aircraft types: Cessna Conquest II, Mitsubishi F-2 and the Boeing (McDonnell-Douglas) C-17 Globemaster III. -
Piaggio Avanti added
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- 23 February 2020
Most updates the last months have been largely unvisible, but sometimes we add a full aircraft type for the list. This time it concerns the Piaggio Avanti.