Slightly OT: Different variants of Airbus and Boeing
Jun 20, 2011, 10:14 am
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I would never be able to spot the difference between the variants of any aircraft type and I have no wish to either. I'll leave that to those who can recognise a lounge type just by the design of the furnishings.
Jun 20, 2011, 1:05 pm
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Airbus A320's outermost cockpit windows are square save for a top corner being 'cut off'. Boeing 737's outermost cockpit windows are flat at the top and slope down at the bottom.
Airbus: http://www.flickr.com/photos/58729625@N02/5644310220/
Boeing: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bnoou/4362556004/
Airbus: http://www.flickr.com/photos/58729625@N02/5644310220/
Boeing: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bnoou/4362556004/
Jun 20, 2011, 1:35 pm
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Airbus 320-series aircraft have a lovely little fillet where the tail joins the fuselage.
Boeing 737s (a much older design) have a rather less visually appealing thick fillet that looks like someone's nailed a bit of mdf across the join then painted over it.
Embraer E-jets, despite being the youngest design have a similarly thick fillet. They look like 737s that haven't eaten their greens.
Boeing 737s (a much older design) have a rather less visually appealing thick fillet that looks like someone's nailed a bit of mdf across the join then painted over it.
Embraer E-jets, despite being the youngest design have a similarly thick fillet. They look like 737s that haven't eaten their greens.
Jun 20, 2011, 1:43 pm
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Very clever, my first thoughts were a Dornier 328 which comes in both prop and jet variety but upon clicking reply AN-148 showed in the URL.... 
I'm not very good at any aircraft with engines on the tail. I flew in a Fokker 100 once, the engines had a nice noise to them I felt. Anyone else remember EUJet
I'm not very good at any aircraft with engines on the tail. I flew in a Fokker 100 once, the engines had a nice noise to them I felt. Anyone else remember EUJet
Jun 20, 2011, 2:29 pm
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The Airbus A380 can be identified at a number of airfields around the world by its randomly asymmetric wingtip arrangements.
Jun 20, 2011, 2:49 pm
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The Airbus A380 can be identified at a number of airfields around the world by its randomly asymmetric wingtip arrangements.
already spotted in New York and Paris!
Jun 20, 2011, 5:47 pm
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I'm quite good at identifying (older commercial) aircraft types by the sound of the engines.
DC8, DC9, B727, B757, B747, L1011, Tupelov, Ilyushen, Dash-8, Concorde...
The new ones all sound the same.
DC8, DC9, B727, B757, B747, L1011, Tupelov, Ilyushen, Dash-8, Concorde...
The new ones all sound the same.