Questions tagged [aircraft-identification]
For questions seeking to identify an aircraft, e.g. by description or photograph.
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What is this aircraft with elaborate folding wings?
I noticed this plane in the background of this car advert. Can anyone identify it? I'm assuming that may have been used on an aircraft carrier, hence the elaborate folding wings?
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Here's another German aircraft of unknown descent?
A most unusual all-white single-engine pusher tri-plane
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Can you help identify this vintage aircraft?
Please help identify this aircraft. Photo taken in Rijeka, Croatia early 1900s
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Six Propeller Engine Military-Type Aircraft at KPHX Sky Harbor
I was browsing the Google Maps 2023 image of the now-demolished Terminal 2 at Sky Harbor in Phoenix, Arizona. (See below.) I noted what appears to be a six-engine military transport aircraft parked ...
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What type of plane is this?
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 type of plane/model is this twin-engine plane?
I would like to know what type/model is this plane, because I like it a lot.
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What plane is shown here in the movie Rampage?
I'm not sure if its a real life airplane, but I feel like I have seen it somewhere:
It looks similiar to the F-117 Nighthawk, pictured below, but it is definitely not this:
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How many exterior stencil lettering (marking out maintenance or critical flight parts) are there on a Delta 767-300?
I was wondering how many different stenciling areas are located on a Delta 767-300 and wanted to know general locations of each. Some examples include the markings of "Static Port" and the ...
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What is this (possible) small jet trainer?
Photographed just now (10/18/2023) near Ellington Field, Texas.
Hunting around on some aircraft pages didn't turn up a match.
I bumped the contrast up to see features better.
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Why are only discrete SSR codes allotted for aircraft identification?
What happens if we assign a non-discrete squawk code (ending on 00) like 0200?
Is there any particular reason for non-discrete squawk codes to be used only for special purposes and not for ...
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What type of helicopter is this?
Wondering what kind of aircraft this is. Military or commercial? Photographed nearing island HK (possibly near Wanchai) an hour or two ago.
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What is this Luftwaffe branded plane at Tirana's airport?
The question is pretty much in the title, I was definitely not expecting to see a Luftwaffe branded plane, so I'm curious to know what I'm looking at! At the time of posting the plane is sitting at ...
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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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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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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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Which airplane is this lego model?
I'm wondering about the type of jet in this lego kit:
https://shop.lego.com/en-US/Airport-Air-Show-60103
One of the jets appears to be an F-18 (the one with twin tails, of course) but I can't place ...
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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 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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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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What is the aircraft type in the movie 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'?
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood, a recent movie set in the late 1960s, has a few scenes in a Pan American Airways (Pan Am) aircraft. Looking at Pan Am's fleet at that time, it looks like it was ...
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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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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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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
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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 is this plane, based on its inside shape?
I'm not sure my question is valid here but would be very helpful to me.
Here is the picture of the inside of a plane (don't mind the ostrich). Does anyone know which plane it is? The flight number ...
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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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What aircraft has a sustained bright orange light visible at night/early morning?
This morning around 6 a.m. in Durham, N.C. I was sitting on my porch and saw a bright orange light, I thought it was Mars it was so orange, but it was very bright. After looking at it for a moment it ...
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Radial-engine twin with square/straight tail
Apologies for the blurry photo. Digital zoom. It was sent to me by a friend who knows I love planes, but with few other details. Beggars can't be choosers. :)
The photo makes the plane look blue, but ...
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What is this seaplane shown in this photo?
While searching I noticed a seaplane page and found a particular seaplane photo that I have never seen before. While the other images showing other seaplanes do have the name, the description of this ...
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What kind of jet plane is this?
The cockpit can hold one person, is smaller than a compact car and as narrow as a motorcycle. What kind of plane is this and how hard would it be to fly?
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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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Have tried to identify the aircraft in the attached photo. It was probably taken in the late 1920's or early 1930's in California
Looks like a Kinner engine, appears to be a two person single cockpit. Resembles a Fairchild KR-21 and a Fleet type aircraft. Have not been able to locate any other similar aircraft, with these ...
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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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What is this plane seen in Mobile, Alabama?
This was taken at the USS Alabama in Mobile, Alabama. It is probably a US Navy aircraft.
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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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What aircraft is this flying near Greenford?
I live in the suburbs of London in Greenford (near RAF Northolt Base) and today I heard a droning sounds which, albeit from my limited experience, sounded like a propeller plane. I checked my generic ...
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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 is this plane spotted from Outer Banks, NC?
What is this plane spotted from Outer Banks, North Carolina?
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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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How do you visually identify aircraft from the ground?
Are there any good resources that teach you how to identify jetliners from the ground? I'd love to see some great comparative photos of their silhouettes. Books or websites are both ok.
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