Questions tagged [aircraft-identification]
For questions seeking to identify an aircraft, e.g. by description or photograph.
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What is this Lufthansa passenger jet plane, based on these three photos?
I took a plane in February 2006 from Lufthansa, I think it was an Airbus A340 but not so sure. Can someone help me identify exactly this plane? (Don't mind the ostrich)
Here is the outside of the ...
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What plane is most similar to the LEGO Firefighter Aircraft 42152?
I want to identify a LEGO Firefighter Aircraft: LEGO set #42152
Is this model based on a real plane? Does anyone have any ideas?
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Identify this commercial(?) jet approaching Songshan airport in Taipei with what looks like very long inner flaps
Taken from a bus window on a highway leaving Taipei going west and south, these photos show what I assume is a commercial jet on roughly northeast(?) approach to Taipei's Songshan Airport July 24, ...
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Help identifying my great grandfather’s biplane
I was wondering if anyone could identify the plane my great grandfather (Francis W. Reed) is standing in front of? The picture was probably taken in Indiana.
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Help identifying small low-flying aircraft over western US?
Have spotted this aircraft flying over the western U.S. more than once this July: a couple of times in early July north of Spokane, WA, and today over the Silicon Valley area. All times it was flying ...
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Does anyone know what specific plane this is a model of?
Curious about the one 6 seconds in on this compilation of flutter experiments
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Need help identifying a radial aircraft engine
I work at the Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum in Rio Grande NJ. We just acquired what we believe to be a radial aircraft engine that was found by fisherman in the Atlantic Ocean. We'd ...
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What is this military aircraft I saw near Catalina island?
I was wondering if anyone could help me identify this plane. I have researched military id guides, image searched, and asked several naval and Air Force friends with no result.
Location: off shore 20 ...
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Is the aircraft in this image real?
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At first, it appeared to be a freighter conversion of an Airbus A320 (known as the A320P2F). But upon having a closer look at the engine, it looks like a PW1100G, which would imply that ...
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Which fighter jet is seen here at Centennial Airport Colorado?
These fighter jets landed at Centennial Airport Colorado today. What type of fighter jet are they?
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What is this military aircraft from the James Bond film Octopussy?
The James Bond 1983 adventure Octopussy opens with Bond flying through a hangar in a Bede BD-5 and generally causing carnage. One of the planes I cannot identify.
It is possible that it is a ...
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What are these planes and what are they doing?
I know next to nothing about planes, so excuse any naivety below…
I live in Denver CO and frequently see military planes in what look to be training exercises. Today I saw two pairs of planes (one &...
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Which fighter jet is this, based on the silhouette?
6 to 8 of these planes flew through the Ogwen Valley in North Wales, UK, this morning (2nd of June). Hawks and other training jets are common sights, but I’ve not seen these before and can’t identify ...
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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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