Aircraft Recognition
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Prepared by Cpl Jordan CHAN Part of photos in courtesy of airliners.net -Wing (form, shape, position) -Tail (position, shape) -Engine (type, position, number) -Winglets (presence, shape, size) -Fuselage (size, length, no. of decks) -No. of doors -Undercarriage (no., type) Boeing 737 Family Airbus A300-600 Boeing 747-100/200 Series Airbus A300-600ST Boeing 747-300 Series Airbus A318/319/320/321 Family Boeing 747-400 Series Airbus A330-200/300 Series Boeing 767-200/300 Series Airbus A340-200/300 Series Boeing 767-400ER Airbus A340-500/600 Series Boeing 777-200 Series Airbus A380-800 Boeing 777-300 Series McDonnell MD-11 Lockheed L-1011 TriStar McDonnell Douglas DC-10 Boeing 737 Boeing 737 -100 to 900 series -Narrowbody -Twin engine -Simple tricycle undercarriage -Blended winglets optional for -700/-800/-900 Series -Broken horizontal stabilizer (fin) Boeing 747 Boeing 747-100/200 -Widebody -Four engines -Twin deck with flight deck on the upper deck -3 (most -100) to maximum 10 (most -200) windows on upper deck, with door in the front portion -Total of 18 gears in undercarriage (4x4+2) Boeing 747-300 -Stretched upper deck version of 747-200 -Upper deck 7.11m (23ft 4in) longer than 747-200 -16 to 21 windows on upper deck -Doors on the upper deck situated in the middle of upper deck Boeing 747-400 -Aerodynamically improved, most popular among 747 family, more than 1300 flying -Very similar to 747-300 -2 meter high winglet Boeing 767 Boeing 767-200/300 Series -Narrowest widebody jet -Twin engine -Optional blended winglet for new 767-300ERs -2 pairs of gears on each side of main undercarriage -300 Series being stretched version of -200 Series, most featured with 2 doors situated together above the wings Boeing 767-400ER -Stretched version of 767-300 -Featured with raked wingtip Boeing 777 Boeing 777-200 -Widebody -3 pairs of gears on each side of main undercarriage -4 doors on each side -Tail clearly vertically cut -Wings may bend when airborne due to high content of carbon composite -200ER and -200LR features raked wingtip Boeing 777-300 -Stretched version of 777-200 with largest turbofan engines -Inward cut APU exhaust outlet -5 doors on each side including one over the wing -300ER has raked wingtip Airbus A300 Airbus A300-600 -Smallest widebody twin-engined airliner -Featured with small wingtip fence -2x4+2 gears undercarriage Airbus A300-600ST -Oversized cargo freighter -Modified A300-600 -Bulged main deck and forward lower fuslage -Large winglets on tailplane Airbus A320 Family Airbus A318/319/320/321 -Narrowbody -Twin engine -Simple tricycle undercarriage -Wingtip fence Airbus A318/319/320/321 A318 A319 A320 A321 Length(m) 31.44 33.84 37.57 44.51 No. of 4(2 put together 3 3 4 doors above wing A318 A320 A319 A321 Airbus A330 Airbus A330-300 -Widebody -Twin engine -4 doors on each side -Possess winglets -2x4+2 landing gears Airbus A330-200 -Shortened version of A330-300 -Featured with a taller fin and larger tailplane Airbus A340 Airbus A340-300 -Widebody -4 engines -All A340s possess winglets -A340-300 have identical fuselage with A330-300 -2x4+2+2(belly) gears undercarriage -4 doors on each side Airbus A340-200 -Shortened increased range version of A340-300 -Larger fins and tailplane compared with A340-300 Airbus A340-600 -Stretched A340-300 -Currently longest airliner in the world (75.30m) -Possess 5 doors on each side -3x4+2 landing gears Airbus A340-500 -Shortened A340-600 -Currently longest ranged airliner -Only 4 doors on each side Airbus A380 Airbus A380-800 -Widebody fully twin-deck with flight deck on the lower deck -Currently largest airliner -4 engines -3(upper)+5(lower) doors on each side -2x6+2x4+2 gears undercarriage -Possess wingtip fence Lockheed TriStar L-1011 Lockheed TriStar L-1011 -Widebody -Trijet -Bended third engine on tail -2x4+2 undercarriage configuration -4 doors on each side McDonnel Douglas MD-11 McDonnel Douglas MD-11 -Widebody -Trijet -Featured with winglets with a tiny inverted part -2x4+2+2 undercarriage -4 doors with 1 over the wings McDonnel Douglas DC-10 McDonnel Douglas DC-10 -Widebody -Trijet -No winglets -2x4+2(+2) undercarriage -4 doors with 1 over the wing Summary -Twin: B737, B767, B777, A300, A320, A330 -Trijet: L-1011, MD-11, DC-10 -4 engines: B747, A340, A380 -Double-decker: B747, A380 -Traditional winglets: B747-400, A330, A340 -Wingtip fences: A300, A320, A380 -Raked wingtip: B767-400ER, B777-200LR, B777-200ER, B777-300ER -Blended winglets: optional for B737NGs (-700 to -900) and B767-300ERs -Simple tricycle undercarriage: B737, A320 -Undercarriage on belly: A340, MD-11, some DC-10 Cpl CHAN Cho-hon Jordan No. 308 Sqn [email protected].