Questions tagged [aircraft-identification]
For questions seeking to identify an aircraft, e.g. by description or photograph.
465
questions
11
votes
1
answer
3k
views
What is this abandoned plane?
Does anyone knows what type of plane is this and its model?
(Source: YouTube channel AssombradO.com.br)
- 113
11
votes
1
answer
2k
views
What is the plane on the Home Bush Bay Funsaver EP cover?
Found this CD I had in 1997 and just bought it again as it got lost.
There is an aircraft which I cannot identify:
the sticker on the propeller leads to a propeller manifacturer called Avia
guess ...
- 113
11
votes
1
answer
2k
views
Identify Aircraft in Petra Album Art
Was listening to one of Petra's old songs, when I noted the aircraft in the cover image. I tried searching on the net, but couldn't find anything.
It appears to be a pusher aircraft, with a four blade ...
11
votes
2
answers
3k
views
What is this US Navy airplane seen at Westover AFB?
This Navy aircraft was at Westover AFB in either 1987 or 1990. Type unknown.
- 265
11
votes
2
answers
2k
views
Can you help me identifying this WW1 German or Austrian airplane from my photo collection?
Can anyone help me to identify this WW1 aircraft?
It looks as though it reads Otto No. 202 on the plane.
- 293
11
votes
1
answer
2k
views
What is this high wing twin airplane?
It sits in a very large backyard in Lancaster, California.
11
votes
1
answer
1k
views
Identify this USAAF biplane
I have been unable to match this USAAF biplane with a similar photo mainly due to the cockpit canopy. I've found no other like it. I believe the photo was taken at Madison, WI or Chicago, IL in the ...
- 1,221
11
votes
1
answer
572
views
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.
- 111
11
votes
2
answers
2k
views
Can you identify this plane from 1920 and prior vintage?
My grand uncle, that is my grandfather's brother had a flight school and performed in barnstorming shows somewhere in the midwest and it's not a Jenny. His name was Ralph Bloxham and is seen with his ...
- 141
11
votes
1
answer
3k
views
What is this aircraft with wings seemingly fixed the wrong way?
In this page there is this image:
Is it a concept model or a real model?
If this is the latter, then are there real aircraft with such wings?
- 70.9k
11
votes
1
answer
2k
views
Can anyone identify this pusher biplane?
This plane was probably built around 1912. I do not know by what company built this. Does anyone know what airplane this is?
- 111
10
votes
3
answers
4k
views
10
votes
1
answer
3k
views
What kind of airplane is this that has blue cheatlines and a protruding side cover?
Consider:
Which airplane is this? I suspect it is Russian, but it's too poor quality for me to tell. I'm pretty sure it is military.
- 119
10
votes
2
answers
2k
views
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 ...
- 203
10
votes
2
answers
3k
views
What kind of planes are on this old photo?
Not sure what kind of planes are on this old photo? Does anyone have any idea?
- 101
10
votes
1
answer
4k
views
What are these small jets and large propeller aircraft flying in formation?
I came across the photo below on flightaware.com. The image was taken by someone with, I think, an Ukrainian name: Arkadiusz Cieslak. They piqued my interest as they do not appear to have insignia ...
- 373
10
votes
1
answer
5k
views
What is this single-engine low-wing propeller plane?
I found this picture in an article about constant speed propellers, but there was no reference to the type of aircraft. The Flickr account that first posted the image doesn't exist anymore. I did some ...
- 103
10
votes
1
answer
2k
views
What is this abandoned aircraft in Thailand?
A friend found an old photo of himself and an abandoned aircraft in Thailand. Can you identify the aircraft?
- 101
10
votes
2
answers
2k
views
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 ...
- 278
10
votes
1
answer
2k
views
Can you identify this low-wing, single engine aircraft?
Can any one please identify this monoplane with a huge curved exhaust.
- 991
10
votes
1
answer
669
views
Can you please identify this aircraft from a BBC show?
The image is from: BBC Skies Above Britain Series 1 "Flying into Danger" - Episode 1
- 111
10
votes
1
answer
3k
views
What kind of Chinook helicopter/airplane hybrid is this?
I had this question: Could this helicopter's body be a flying wing? and this picture came up.
What kind of helicopter is this?
What is the extra wing for?
- 1
10
votes
1
answer
601
views
Is this a Convair C-240?
This aircraft is at Dodson International in Rantoul, KS. I've boiled it down to Convair. Looks most similar to a C-240. And does anyone recognize the livery?
It has USAF painted in the top of the ...
- 28.4k
10
votes
1
answer
1k
views
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 ...
- 203
10
votes
1
answer
540
views
Can anyone identify this biplane from 1920s-1930s?
It was my grandfather's, but he is no longer around to ask. He lived in Nebraska.
- 101
10
votes
3
answers
1k
views
10
votes
2
answers
1k
views
Can anyone identify what/where this photo is of?
This is a photo by the Real Photograph Co. (Liverpool) No.684.
I think it may be a crashed WW1 Biplane (lots of the photos with it were WW1 biplanes).
- 179
9
votes
1
answer
5k
views
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:
- 349
9
votes
2
answers
3k
views
What aircraft is this and to which air force does it belong?
Hi, could someone identify the type of this fighter jet and the air force which operates it? Thanks!
- 93
9
votes
2
answers
5k
views
What is this aircraft, and what country makes it?
What is this aircraft and what country produces it?
Source: Google Images
- 3,564
9
votes
2
answers
5k
views
9
votes
1
answer
5k
views
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 ...
- 997
9
votes
2
answers
4k
views
9
votes
2
answers
520
views
What is the type of the seaplane at the end of runway 18L on Schiphol Airport?
From 47 to 52 seconds into this video we can see a seaplane parked in a small pool of water. What type of plane is this and when did the plane fly for the last time?
- 921
9
votes
1
answer
3k
views
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?
9
votes
2
answers
4k
views
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 ...
- 91
9
votes
2
answers
4k
views
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 ...
- 11.7k
9
votes
1
answer
2k
views
Can anyone identify this pusher plane from apparently the 1930s?
I have performed two searches - a photo search and also an FAA NC number search and failed at both to identify this pusher airplane. My family photo says it was taken by my mother at the Chicago ...
- 1,221
9
votes
1
answer
2k
views
What's up with the long exhaust stack I saw on a Cessna Caravan?
Our local airport is regularly visited by Cessna caravans flying cargo. This week I saw one parked outside the FBO building that had its exhaust stack bent down to lead under the cowling, where it was ...
- 20.7k
9
votes
1
answer
923
views
What is this fighter aircraft parked in the South African desert?
What aircraft is parked at 27°50'24.0"S 21°35'54.4"E in the South African desert?
- 91
9
votes
1
answer
2k
views
What is this aircraft, when was it produced and used and what was its role?
What aircraft is this, when was it produced, used operationally, and what was its role?
- 3,564
9
votes
1
answer
499
views
Can anyone identify this 1920's era biplane bomber?
What is the aircraft in this photo? My great uncle is in the back row second to the right. He was born in 1900, so I think this photo is from around 1920. I think he was based at Kelly Field in San ...
- 91
9
votes
2
answers
634
views
Is anyone able to identify this vintage aircraft please?
I have this plane on an art glass print in my home. A lot of people ask what the plane is and I have been unable to identify it. Any ideas?
- 91
9
votes
1
answer
972
views
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 ...
- 435
9
votes
2
answers
823
views
What is this aircraft from ca. 1925 (crash included)?
I recently found the following family pictures from ca. 1925 and have been trying to identify the aircraft in them:
A second picture of the same aircraft was taken shortly after the first one:
Both ...
- 1,825
9
votes
1
answer
831
views
Which aircraft is a single-prop, low-wing aircraft with prominent rivets and three canopy windows?
We would appreciate help identifying an aircraft that my daughter saw. It is a single-prop, low-wing design with a round fuselage and very prominent rivets.
It had a prominent canopy that stood above ...
- 6,317
9
votes
2
answers
3k
views
Help Identifying a LEGO plane [closed]
I need some help identifying a LEGO plane.
The LEGO set 7292, Propeller Adventures, features a twin engine airplane, with conventional landing gear, and a bubble canopy. There are no pontoons on the ...
- 206
9
votes
1
answer
539
views
What is the make and the model of this seaplane?
What is the model of this seaplane?
8
votes
2
answers
4k
views
What is this commercial aircraft based on its cockpit?
So I saw a meme featuring this photo on Reddit (although the text makes me think its from TikTok) and I was wondering what the aircraft was. It has a yoke, so its not Airbus, and the show the pilot is ...
8
votes
2
answers
724
views
Can this aircraft be identified by the exposure pattern of its flashing lights?
Can the aircraft on the attached photo be identified from the light pattern? While photographing this globular cluster (M 13) in Hercules, an aircraft passed through the FOV.
The width between the ...
- 81