Transcript Aircraft Recognition (Aircraft Recce)

Aircraft
Recognition
(Aircraft Recce)
A simple guide
King Air
Twin-engined
2. The mainplanes are
straight, low wing monoplane
3. Mounted at the tip of the tail
with no sweep
is a slightly-swept tailplane
Mounted at the tip of the tail is a slightly-swept tailplane
1. The engines protrude
well forward of the wing
leading edge
4. The fuselage
cabin is square
when viewed from
the front
Tornado GR4
5. To differentiate between the GR4
and F3 (fighter) look at the shape of
the nose; the GR4 is much blunter
and less streamlined(1); the F3's is
longer and sleeker
2. Short, fat fuselage
with a very large,
swept fin and rudder
the GR4 and F3 (fighter) versions are the shape of the nose; the GR4 is much blunter and
1. A short
nose cone
4. Two-seat
tandem cockpit
3. Shoulder-mounted 'swing wings'
can move between 17° and 68° of
sweep
VC 10
4. Refuelling hoses are mounted
under the fuselage and in pods
on the outer wings
3. Large swept 'T' tail
1. A long circular narrow-body
2. The pairs of podded engines
fuselage with low swept wings
are mounted on the sides of the
set well back towards the tail appearance rear fuselage
of having a very long forward fuselage.
Harrier GR7
4. T10 has a more
pronounced 'hump' for
the twin cockpit and is
slightly longer than the
GR7.
1. Unusual undercarriage
with two Outrigger Wheels
at about two-thirds span
3. Sharply downward-sloping wing and
tailplane, and large air intakes
2. The cockpit glazing is large and
pronounced on all versions
Nimrod MR2
2. Cockpit built into the
steeply raked nose and
letter box window. Inflight refuelling probe
above the cockpit
4. Low-set wings slightly swept on the
forward edge. The four turbofans are buried
in the wings. Bullet-shaped wing fairings
project from the leading edges towards the
wingtips
1. Long 'double
bubble‘ fuselage
3. The fuselage tailcone extends well beyond the fin
and rudder to house a magnetic anomaly detector (MAD) unit
5. The Nimrod's fin, which has a large dorsal section extending well
forward, is surmounted by an elliptical-shaped fairing..