Aircraft Factfile and Recognition Guide

 

Most of the aircraft featured here are American-made, but as time passes, more and more internationally-made
aircraft will be featured here.  More entries will appear as time goes by, so please check back often.  Please keep
in mind that many of the entries may be outdated - by as many as three or four years, so you can probably look at
those entries as being historical in a sense.

New updates to each factfile will also take advantage of the huge archive of photos on Airliners.net!
All photographs are copyrighted to the original photographer and each link will take you to the photo
as it appears on Airliners.net.  This is one of their preferred ways of linking to photos.  In addition,
you will also be able to sort through the selected aircraft's photos through different searches, such as
aircraft type, location it was shot, photographer, and even down to the individual aircraft.

I am no longer providing the WEFT descriptions for each entry, as it's become unnecessary
due to the large number of photographs in each factfile.  The photographs themselves will do
the talking, in terms of identifying any of the aircraft covered in the factfiles.  It's still going to
be called the Aircraft Factfile and Recognition Guide despite the WEFTs being gone.

All text found in each factfile comes from various sources on the Internet, and each source
is credited at the bottom of each page.  No ownership of the text is implied.
If you want more information, do a Google search on that particular aircraft.



Aerobatics

CAP Series

Extra 300 Series

MX-2/MX-S

Pitts S-1/S-2 Series

 

 

Airliners

Airbus A300

Airbus A310

Airbus A320

Airbus A330

Airbus A340

Airbus A380

ATR 42/ATR 72

Boeing 707

Boeing 717

Boeing 727

Boeing 737

Boeing 747

Boeing 757

Boeing 767

Boeing 777

Boeing 787

British Aerospace BaE 146

Canadair Regional Jet Series

de Havilland Canada Dash 7

de Havilland Canada Dash 8

Dornier 328 Family

Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia

Embrarer ERJ-135/-140/-145

Embrarer ERJ-170/-175/-190/-195

Fokker F28/Fokker 70/Fokker 100

McDonnell Douglas DC-8

McDonnell Douglas DC-9

McDonnell Douglas DC-10

McDonnell Douglas MD-11

McDonnell Douglas MD-80

Saab 340/Saab 2000

 

 

 

 

Attack

A-6E Intruder

A-7 Corsair

A-10 Thunderbolt II

AV-8B Harrier

AC-130 Hercules

 

 

Bombers

Avro Lancaster

B-1B Lancer

B-2 Spirit

B-17 Flying Fortress

B-24 Liberator

B-25 Mitchell

B-29 Superfortress

B-36 Peacemaker

B-52H Stratofortress

 

 

Business Jets

Beechjet 400

Falcon Family

Gulfstream Family

Learjet Family

 

 

Fighters

F-4 Phantom

F-8 Crusader

F-14 Tomcat

F-15C Eagle

F-15E Strike Eagle

F-16 Fighting Falcon

F/A-18A/B/C/D Hornet

F/A-18E/F Super Hornet

F-22 Raptor

F-86 Sabre

F-104 Starfighter

F-106 Delta Dart

F-111 Aardvark

F-117 Nighthawk

 

 

Helicopters

AH-1 Cobra

AH-64 Apache

CH-46 Sea Knight

CH-47 Chinnok

CH-53E Super Stallion

CH-146 Griffon

HH-60 Jayhawk

HH-65 Dauphin

MH-53E Sea Dragon

MH-53J Pave Low

MH-60 Pave Hawk

MH-60S Knighthawk

OH-58 Kiowa

SH-60B Seahawk

UH-1 Huey

UH-60 Blackhawk

 

 

 

Pursuit

Hawker Hurricane

P-38 Lightning

P-39 Airacobra

P-40 Warhawk

P-47 Thunderbolt

P-51 Mustang

Supermarine Spitfire

 

 

Surveillance & Special Ops

E-2C Hawkeye

E-3 Sentry

E-4 Nightwatch

E-6B Mercury

E-8C Joint STARS

EC-135C "Looking Glass"

EC-135E ARIA

EA-6B Prowler

EA-18G Growler

EC-130 Command Solo

EC-130 Compass Call

EF-111A Raven

HC-130 Combat Shadow

MC-130 Combat Talon

OC-135B Open Skies

P-3C Orion

RC-135S Cobra Ball

RC-135U Combat Sent

RC-135V/W Rivet Joint

S-3 Viking

SR-71 Blackbird

U-2 Dragon Lady

WC-135 Constant Phoenix

 

 

Transports and Tankers

An-124 Condor

An-225 "Dream"

C-2 Greyhound

C-5 Galaxy

C-9 Skytrain

C-12 Huron

C-17 Globemaster III

C-21 Learjet

C-47 Dakota

C-130 Hercules

C-141 Starlifter

KC-10 Extender

KC-130 Hercules

KC-135 Stratotanker

VC-25A "Air Force One"

 

 

Trainers

AT-6 Texan

BaE Hawk

BT-13 Valiant

PT-17 Stearman

T-1A Jayhawk

T-2C Buckeye

T-6A Texan II

T-34 Mentor

T-37 Tweet

T-38 Talon

T-45 Goshawk

 


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