{"id":7646,"date":"2024-03-24T14:41:32","date_gmt":"2024-03-24T06:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/?p=7646"},"modified":"2024-03-24T16:04:12","modified_gmt":"2024-03-24T08:04:12","slug":"aircraft-recognition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/aviation\/aircraft-recognition\/","title":{"rendered":"Aircraft Recognition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reference source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aircraftrecognitionguide.com\/\">https:\/\/www.aircraftrecognitionguide.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The parts of an aircraft that can be used for recognition:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"sppb-addon-title\">Nose<\/li>\n<li class=\"sppb-addon-title\">Landing gear<\/li>\n<li class=\"sppb-addon-title\">Tail cone<\/li>\n<li>Wing<\/li>\n<li>Engine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>B777<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>B777<\/strong> major feature: <strong>flat, squared off tail cone<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aircraftrecognitionguide.com\/images\/aircraft\/Boeing\/b777-gear.jpg\" width=\"421\" height=\"280\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Boeing 777 has <strong><strong>six wheels per leg <\/strong><\/strong>(main landing gear)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aircraftrecognitionguide.com\/images\/aircraft\/Boeing\/b777-tailcone.jpg\" width=\"340\" height=\"203\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"sppb-addon-title\">typical <strong>flat, squared off<\/strong> tail cone<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aircraftrecognitionguide.com\/images\/aircraft\/Boeing\/b777-standard-wingtip.jpg\" width=\"345\" height=\"203\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aircraftrecognitionguide.com\/images\/aircraft\/Boeing\/b777-300.jpg\" width=\"346\" height=\"228\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"sppb-addon-title\">Boeing 777-200, -200ER and 300 are not raked &#8211; normal, squared off wing tips<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aircraftrecognitionguide.com\/images\/aircraft\/Boeing\/b777-raked-wingtip.jpg\" width=\"346\" height=\"220\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aircraftrecognitionguide.com\/images\/aircraft\/Boeing\/b777-300er.jpg\" width=\"345\" height=\"231\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Boeing 777<strong>F<\/strong>, 777-<strong>200LR<\/strong> and 777<strong>-300ER<\/strong> have <strong>raked wingtips<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7650\" src=\"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/B777-9-Unfold-300x127.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"319\" height=\"135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/B777-9-Unfold-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/B777-9-Unfold-768x325.png 768w, https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/B777-9-Unfold.png 853w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 319px) 100vw, 319px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7649\" src=\"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/B777-9-Fold-300x135.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/B777-9-Fold-300x135.png 300w, https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/B777-9-Fold-768x345.png 768w, https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/B777-9-Fold.png 958w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Boeing 777-9 have <strong>folding wingtips<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Boeing 777X folding her wingtips soon after short landing\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cVzaUsDvcGQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>B747<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>B747<\/strong> major feature: <strong>partial upper deck<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aircraftrecognitionguide.com\/images\/aircraft\/Boeing\/b747f-nose.jpg\" width=\"490\" height=\"327\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>partial upper deck<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aircraftrecognitionguide.com\/images\/aircraft\/Boeing\/b747-tail.jpg\" width=\"383\" height=\"255\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"sppb-addon-title\">APU exhaust in the middle of the tail cone<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aircraftrecognitionguide.com\/images\/aircraft\/Boeing\/b747-400f.jpg\" width=\"526\" height=\"361\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"sppb-addon-title\">Boeing 747-400F &amp;<strong> 747-400ERF<\/strong>\u00a0has <strong>winglets<\/strong>, but a short upper deck. Of course there are<strong> no cabin windows<\/strong> <strong>on<\/strong> the <strong>lower deck<\/strong> and only front and rear cabin doors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aircraftrecognitionguide.com\/images\/aircraft\/Boeing\/b747-8f-wing-tip.jpg\" width=\"514\" height=\"303\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aircraftrecognitionguide.com\/images\/aircraft\/Boeing\/b747-8f.jpg\" width=\"513\" height=\"343\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"sppb-addon-title\">Boeing <strong>747-<\/strong>8s and<strong> 8Fs<\/strong> have <strong>raked wingtips<\/strong> like on the 767-400ER.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>A320\/A321<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aircraftrecognitionguide.com\/images\/aircraft\/Airbus\/a320-nose.jpg\" width=\"556\" height=\"388\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Nose<\/strong> is relatively <strong>blunt<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"sppb-addon-title\">Nose of A320 series, with <strong>cut off corner of last cockpit window<\/strong> and slightly tilted forward nose gear.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aircraftrecognitionguide.com\/images\/aircraft\/Airbus\/a320.jpg\" width=\"551\" height=\"386\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"sppb-addon-title\">The Airbus <strong>A320-200 originally<\/strong> came with small winglets up and down from the wingtips (<strong>wingtip fence<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<li class=\"sppb-addon-title\">The Airbus <strong>A320-200 originally <\/strong>have <strong>two over\u00adwing emergency exits<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aircraftrecognitionguide.com\/images\/aircraft\/Airbus\/detail-a320neo.jpg\" width=\"546\" height=\"367\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"sppb-addon-title\"><strong>A320neo<\/strong> has\u00a0 &#8216;<strong>sharklets<\/strong>&#8216; as wingtip device<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aircraftrecognitionguide.com\/images\/aircraft\/Airbus\/a321.jpg\" width=\"544\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A321 originally has large emergency exits, in front of and behind the wings. These are nearly as large as the normal passenger doors<\/li>\n<li>A321 originally come with small winglets up and down from the wingtips (<strong>wingtip fence<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aircraftrecognitionguide.com\/images\/aircraft\/Airbus\/a321neo.jpg\" width=\"535\" height=\"383\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"sppb-addon-title\">Shown here is an Airbus <strong>A321neo<\/strong>, with the standard A321 cabin door configuration, but it has\u00a0&#8216;<strong>sharklets<\/strong>&#8216; as wingtip device<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reference source: https:\/\/www.aircraftrecognitionguide.com\/ The parts of an aircraft that can be used for recognition: Nose Landing gear Tail cone Wing Engine &nbsp; B777 B777 major feature: flat, squared off tail cone Boeing 777 has six wheels per leg (main landing gear) typical flat, squared off tail cone Boeing 777-200, -200ER and 300 are not raked<a class=\"read-more \" href=\"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/aviation\/aircraft-recognition\/\" title=\"Read More\"> <span class=\"button default\">Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aviation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7646"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7660,"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7646\/revisions\/7660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}