Questions tagged [aircraft-identification]
For questions seeking to identify an aircraft, e.g. by description or photograph.
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Public Image Use Copyright Restrictions [closed]
Is this image free to reuse, or, is it subject to copyright restrictions?
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Plane Identification (Coast Guard, Air Force base region)
I live in Clearwater Florida and multiple times a day, I have giant multi-prop Coast Guard planes, ans choppers flying low over my home.
However, today as I sat outside, I heard one but it sounded a ...
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Help me identify this GA twin engine aircraft
Apologies for the quality.
Other snippets from the video show wingtip tanks, but these could be a mod.
The most distinctive thing about it that I can see it the side window
This may be the same ...
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Tail Number of a particular plane [duplicate]
How to determine the aircraft tail number on a particular flight, using the flight number. I have been advised there was a bird strike on a plane I was supposed to be on, but air stewards told a ...
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Does anyone recognize the aircraft in this photo?
I saw this aircraft flying in the vicinity of Dulles International Airport today, while I was inside my car. I could not tell whether or not it was a turbine engine as I could not hear it.
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What is this plane, based on its wing?
Here is the picture of the wing of a plane. Does anyone know which plane it is? The flight number was AF 1834 going from Paris CDG to Berlin Tegel in november 2015. The plane was from Air France and ...
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What is this beauty, seen here after a heavy landing?
A high-wing monoplane with a curved leading edge.
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What military aircraft is in this video still?
I found this image of an aircraft on a video by a friend of mine and I would like to have your help identifying this for me:
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Is the cockpit depicted in this movie from an Airbus A330?
I am watching this YouTube movie:
And I wonder, if it is possible to tell the aircraft being flown here, just from looking at the cockpit instruments (quite low ...
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Can anyone identify this photograph - what aircraft, when and where?
This is a large photograph, with nothing on the reverse, so any help would be welcome.
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Any ideas on what this aircraft is? The number 5964 is printed in the negative
Any ideas on what this aircraft is? The number 5964 is printed in the negative
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What type of plane is this? Thank you!
Looks like a biplane with an inline engine.
Time frame is probably pre December 1941.
As a second question: Does anyone know what the shield shaped emblem would be, i.e., what squadron, etc.?
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What aircraft is used in the movie Plane (2023)?
Does anyone know what type of aircraft was used in the new film Plane staring Gerard Butler?
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What is this single seat aerobatic plane?
We saw this plane this week in NW Arkansas, curious what it is?
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What is this aircraft-like object at Sea-Tac Airport? [duplicate]
Looking at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Google maps, I noticed at 47°27'47.8"N 122°18'15.5"W something that looks like a jet aircraft, but with folded wings and a tiny ...
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Which aircraft has the best fuel mileage per person?
I was looking at a BD-5 that got 32 miles to the gallon for one person and wonder: Which plane gets the most fuel mileage if you divide the number of passengers against the mileage of the plane? ...
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Identify this high wing aircraft with engine side-pods
Was watching this video from 1967 and saw an interesting high-wing plane that looks to be about the size of a Cessna 206, but with what looks like a really unique dual engine side-pod configuration. I ...
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Very low, difficult to see, SILENT, Aircraft [closed]
I live in Oklahoma, and at about 7-7:30 pm on 11/20/22, something massive flew over my house(going east), bigger than any cargo plane I have seen. It was completely silent, with 3 red lights along the ...
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Can you identify this twin engine propeller aircraft?
On the ramp at Orange County Airport New York.
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Can someone identify this biplane from 1920-21 taken in Arkansas?
Can someone identify this biplane? It was taken in late 1920 or early 1921 when my grandfather was barnstorming in Arkansas. My grandmother and aunts are also in the photos. Additionally, can someone ...
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Twin-Engine WWII Japanese Bomber
I recently inherited a number of pictures taken by my father in August & September 1945. During the process of Japanese surrender at the end of WWII.
Several are of captured aircraft, most of ...
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What biplane of the Army Air Reserve is in this picture?
This is the second example of the biplanes they flew.
Can anyone identify this biplane flown by the 476th pursuit squadron "The Black Falcons" of the 322rd pursuit group of the Army Air ...
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Can anyone identify this Biplane flown Army Air Reserve stationed at Clover Field, Santa Monica, California in mid the 1920's?
Can anyone identify this biplane flown by the 476th pursuit squadron "The Black Falcons" of the 322rd pursuit group of the Army Air Reserve stationed at Clover Field, Santa Monica, ...
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What is this crashed WW2 era aircraft?
There is a post D-Day Nazi propaganda film (with contemporary Allied narration) available on YouTube. It shows a destroyed aircraft at 11:50, presumably Allied.
It looks like a twin-engine aircraft, ...
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STRANGE VERY CLOSE MID AIR FLY BY
During a flight this week from Kefalonia, Greece to London Gatwick, about halfway through the flight. I looked out of my window on the right of the plane and was shocked to see a Silver plane, with it ...
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What was this strange orange and grey plane I saw today? [closed]
Sitting out in the backyard today I heard a plane that seemed louder than usual, I turned and saw it immediately, it appeared to be flying quite low compared to the many I’ve watched fly over us in ...
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Can anyone identify the airplane in this 1920s/30s photograph?
Can anyone identity the aircraft in this photograph (taken late 1920s or early 1930s, I think)? It belonged to my great-grandfather, who lived near Milwaukee, Wisconsin, however, I have no idea where ...
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What jet is pictured on the FAA pilot certificate?
The front of the FAA pilot certificate shows two aircraft. One is the Wright Flyer. The other appears to be a 2 or 3 engine commercial jet. What model of aircraft is that jet? The engines look ...
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What is the flight purpose of this helicopter over Karlsruhe with blocked callsign?
There currently is a helicopter circling over my hometown of Karlsruhe, Germany and I wanted to find out what its purpose is.
I found it on a helicopter flight tracker but it had its callsign 'blocked'...
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Is this a 747 or a 380?
I got a video of a 4-engine jet landing at LAX on December 28, 2018 at 12:40 PM. Here's some screen shots from the video:
I think it is a 380, but....
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What is this aircraft seen near Farnborough almost every day?
Can anyone identify the aircraft seen almost every day making for Farnborough airfield based on this description?
medium sized aircraft
single front engine with a weird engine sound
front fins, could ...
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Can anyone identify this biplane in 1940s Orange, MA?
The picture was taken at Orange Municipal Airport in Orange, MA, in the 1940's. I can't identify the logo either.
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ID this plane with a white body and a blue stripe
Going through my Dad's things I found this plane and would love to know what it is.
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What is this old seaplane floating on its wing?
I found this picture today in an old set of drawers that bought at an estate sale over 40 years ago.
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What aircraft has this cockpit?
What is the aircraft shown in the cockpit photo below?
It was sent to me by someone who claims to be a pilot of this aircraft but I have my suspicions.
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What aircraft is shown in this cockpit picture?
While watching this YouTube video, I saw a stock image of a cockpit (at 28:55; unrelated to the rest of the video), which I didn't recognise:
The general design and some panels look very Airbus like, ...
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Any idea what this 3-engine beauty is?
Can anybody identify this 3-engine flying boat moored on the ramp?
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Can anyone identify this crashed Swallow biplane?
Can anyone identify the model of this Swallow biplane? On August 14, 1929, my great grandfather, Humphrey Woods, was fatally injured in the crash of a plane piloted by Thomas Tobiason. The plane was ...
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Identifying WWII reconnaissance plane wing
Between 1944 and 1945, a US Photo Reconnaissance Squadron or (or something alike) did a survey of the whole Chilean territory using the Trimetrogon camera system (228 rolls of film and about 49.000 ...
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What do the 3-character aircraft type codes mean?
On some aircraft lists, including Eurocontrol's Aircraft Performance Database, aircraft have a 3 character code as their type. For example, an Airbus A320neo has a type of "L2J", a Boeing ...
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Can you identify this low-wing, single engine aircraft?
Can any one please identify this monoplane with a huge curved exhaust.
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What is this flying boat and launch tower?
What is this structure and aircraft? It is Real Photograph number 188.
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What aircraft was the Olmstead High Efficiency Propeller for? When and how was it used?
The AFResearchLab video AFRL Tech Museum Series: Propeller Development begins with the narrator standing in front of four propellers in a sequence transitioning from wood to metal, and what stands out ...
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Identify this antique trench art plane
I am a collector of trench art planes in Australia and from time to time come across planes that defy identification. I am currently struggling to identify this model (photos below). The age and ...
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Does anybody recognize the biplane used here?
Little red biplane used here in WKRP In Cincinnati S3E01. I don’t recognize the type and I’ve never seen this aircraft before. Of interest appears to have trailing link main landing gear. Anybody ...
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What is that plane flying over Missouri at 59,700 ft?
On flightradar24 I saw a plane flying as high as 59,700 ft at a bit more than 40 kn (pretty slow to fly at such altitude) over north-east Missouri at 1:18 am CST. Fr24 didn't tell what plane that was ...
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What plane is this? It’s hanging at a bar in Colorado
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I can’t seem to find out what plane this is. I keep digging online for small twins with twin tips. It has an Air Force emblem on the sign, but I can’t find anything on it.
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What is this low wing propeller plane flying near Denver?
I have been trying to identify this plane seen near Denver on August 21, 2021. I have searched online but can’t find any matches. Plane (with smoke) was part of a flyover for a memorial service at Ft. ...
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