![]() ![]() If has a single deck, longer fuselage and four engines, it is an A340. If it has one and half decks and four engines, it is a B747. If it has two decks of windows and four engines, it is an A380. Only A340s, A380s and B747s have four engines. The longer and larger planes are also called wide-bodies, as they have twin aisles.Īirbus: A300, A310, A330, A340, A380 and A350.īoeing: B747, B767, B777, B787 Dreamliner and B747-8 Intercontinental. ![]() The shorter and smaller planes are called narrow-bodies, as they have a single aisle. The end of Boeings are ‘tapered’ and slope on the top and bottom, whereas on Airbus the top is straight and the bottom is very sloped. Both Airbuses and Boeings have a circular outlet with the only exception with B777 having a sawed off unit.Īll Airbus wide-bodies apart from the 380 have a fuselage top that continues straight all the way to the APU exhaust. Have a look at the APU Exhaust unit beneath the tail. Also Airbus aircraft cockpit side windows look like one of their corners have been ‘cut’. Airbus cockpit side windows run in a straight line along the bottom, whereas most Boeing side windows run in a ‘V’ shape along the bottom. Boeing will have more pointed noses while Airbus will have bulbous, curved noses.Ĭheck out the cockpit windows. You have 737, 747, 757, 767, 777 and the new 787 Dreamliner along with the 747-8 Intercontinental currently under development.Īirbus aircraft start with the #3 series. Airbus is European and a subsidiary of EADS, and manufactures half of the world’s jetliners.īoeing aircraft start with the #7 series. A quick 101 on the two giants:īoeing is American and the largest global aircraft manufacturer by revenue, orders and deliveries. We will also only consider airplanes that are currently flying around the world in large numbers, which means no clearance for 707 or 727 to take off. ![]() For practical purposes, we will focus only on the big 2 giants of aviation – Airbus and Boeing, and close the gates on Lockheed, McDonnell Douglas, Antonov, Ilyushin, Bombardier, Embraer, Sukhoi etc. This should be easy if you are closer to the aircraft parked on the apron. Now sit back, relax and enjoy this journey!įirst and the easy way out, look for the name of the aircraft type to be written on the aircraft fuselage. I’ll try to make this post as visual as possible since plane-spotting works best by observing as many different types of aircraft as possible and drawing your own inferences. Here’s a simple aircraft identification guide for those with a budding interest in aviation. How many of you have wondered about the type or kind of the aircraft that you are traveling in or flying over you in the sky? Is it a Boeing or an Airbus? Is it an A330 or a B777? Many of us admire airplanes for the graceful, elegant and sleek flying machines that they are. How to know your Airbus from Boeing AugPosted by Arun Rajagopal in Airlines, Aviation, Travel. ![]()
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