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Aircraft Recognition

Differences?
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Aircraft Recognition

Hong Kong Air Cadet Corps No. 604 (CUHK ) Squadron

Aircraft Recognition

Aircraft Recognition

Objectives

Contents

Classification

PART I

Both Fixed & Rotary Wing Aircraft

Both Civil & Military Aircraft

Classification
Fixed Wing
Fuselage
Wing
Tailplane
Engine
Undercarriage

Nomenclature

Helicopter
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Aircraft Recognition

Classification

Aircraft Components
Vertical
Stabilizer (Tail)

Airbus A320-200

Starboard
Side

Wing

Horizontal
Stabilizer (Tail)

Fuselage

Port Side

Engine

Cockpit
Undercarriage /
Landing Gear
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Aircraft Recognition

Classification

No. of Decks
Airbus A380

Fuselage
Boeing 747-400

Airbus A340-600

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Aircraft Recognition

No. of Aisle

Freighter

Narrow Body

Airbus A320-200
Boeing 747-400F

Wide Body

Airbus A330-300

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Aircraft Recognition

Classification

No. of Wing

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Fokker Dr.I (WWI)

Triplane

Wing

Monoplane
Supermarine
Spitfire (WWII)

Biplane
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Sopwith Pub (WWI)

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Aircraft Recognition

Wing Position

Wing Form

High Wing

Low Wing

Cesena 172 Skyhawk

Grob G115E Tutor

Which one is more agile?

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Aircraft Recognition

Aircraft Recognition

Wing Form

Square Wing

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Beechcraft BE76 Duchess

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Aircraft Recognition

Aircraft Recognition

Tapered Wing

Eclipsed Wing

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Supermarine Spitfire

Extra 300
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Aircraft Recognition

Backward-Swept Wing

Forward-Swept Wing

Sukhoi Su-47 Berkut

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Aircraft Recognition

Aircraft Recognition

Delta Wing

Variable Wing

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Panavia Tornado

Smaller Angle, Slower

Larger Angle, Faster

Arospatiale-BAC Concorde

Variation of Swept Angle depends on Airspeed

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Aircraft Recognition

Aircraft Recognition

Anhedral / Dihedral

Wingtip Device

C-17

Anhedral

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Winglet

More Agile

Airbus A330-300

Jetstream 41

Wingtip
Fence

Dihedral
Airbus A321-200
More Stable

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Aircraft Recognition

Classification

Tailplane

Tailplane
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Aircraft Recognition

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Aircraft Recognition

High Tailplane

Mid Fin

Diamond DA42 Twin Star

Jetstream 41

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Aircraft Recognition

Aircraft Recognition

Fuselage-mounted

Twin Fins

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Airbus A320-200

McDonnell Douglas
F-15 Eagle

Airbus A330-300
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Aircraft Recognition

Classification

No. of Engine

Engine
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Aircraft Recognition

Aircraft Recognition

Engine Position

Buried

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de Haviland DH.106 Comet

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Aircraft Recognition

Aircraft Recognition

Rear-mounted

Under-wing

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McDonnell Douglas MD-82

Airbus A320-200

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Aircraft Recognition

Tri-Engine

Engine Type

Turbofan

McDonnell Douglas DC-10

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Turboprop

Piston-Propeller
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Aircraft Recognition

Aircraft Recognition

Classification

Tricycle

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Socata TB-10 Tobago

Undercarriage
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Airbus A330-300

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Aircraft Recognition

Aircraft Recognition

Tail Wheel

Fixed vs Retractable

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Fixed
Grob G115A

Retractable
Mudry CAP10B
Beechcraft BE76 Duchess

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Aircraft Recognition

Aircraft Recognition

Floatplane

Classification

Helicopter
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Aircraft Recognition

Aircraft Recognition

Rotor Type

Single

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Eurocopter
AS332 L2 Super Puma

Sikorsky S-70
Black Hawk
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Aircraft Recognition

Aircraft Recognition

Tandem

Co-Axial

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Boeing CH-47 Chinook

Kamov KA-50 Black Shark

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Aircraft Recognition

Aircraft Recognition

Intermeshing

Tail Rotor - Traditional

Kaman HH-43 Huskie

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Aircraft Recognition

Aircraft Recognition

Tail Rotor - Fenestron

Tail Rotor - NOTAR

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Eurocopter EC155B1

McDonnell Douglas MD-500N

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Aircraft Recognition

Aircraft Recognition

Undercarriage - Skid / Wheel

Contents

Skid

Wheel

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PART II
Nomenclature
Registration
Designation

Robinson R44
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Eurocopter EC155 B1
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Aircraft Recognition

Civil Aircraft Registration

Civil Aircraft Registration

Australia
Canada
China
Great Britain
Japan
Malaysia
Singapore
USA

Hong Kong

VH
CF
B
G
JA
9M
9V
N

Before 1 July 1997 :

After

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1 July 1997:

VR-H_ _

B-H_ _

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Aircraft Recognition

Aircraft Recognition

Designation Civil Aircraft

Designation Civil Aircraft

Boeing 777 - 300

Airbus 330 - 300

Factory

Model

Variant

Factory

B773

Model

Variant

A333

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Aircraft Recognition

Aircraft Recognition

Designation Military Aircraft

Designation Military Aircraft

USAF

Function

PLA Air Force

F-

Fighter

A-

Surface Attack

B-

Bomber

P-

Maritime Patrol

C-

Transport

KC-

Air-Air Tanker

T-

Trainer

H-

Helicopter

AH-

Attack Helicopter

X-

Experimental

Y-

Service Test

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Latest Fighter

USAF F-35

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Principle of Flight

Designation Military Aircraft

Q&A

Bomber

Question & Answer

USAF B-2

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Aircraft Recognition

Identification
Airbus A330-300

Airbus A340-300

Boeing 747-400

Boeing 777-300

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