Roost Air Lounge => Aviation related topics => Topic started by: Baradium on January 13, 2009, 10:58:01 PM
Title: Aircraft identification
Post by: Baradium on January 13, 2009, 10:58:01 PM
Friend of mine asked me to try to identify some airplane pictures for him, aircraft he had problem figuring out etc.
Some of these I know what they are, some I don't.
Some pictures are pretty tough, one or two are the kinds of pictures that they would have put up for the competitive aircraft ID events back when I did that sort of thing with the university's flight team.
(http://baradium.adilsoft.org/aircraftID/1.jpg)
(http://baradium.adilsoft.org/aircraftID/2.jpg)
^This one is a toughy
(http://baradium.adilsoft.org/aircraftID/3.jpg)
(http://baradium.adilsoft.org/aircraftID/4.jpg)
(http://baradium.adilsoft.org/aircraftID/5.jpg)
(http://baradium.adilsoft.org/aircraftID/6.jpg)
(http://baradium.adilsoft.org/aircraftID/7.jpg)
(http://baradium.adilsoft.org/aircraftID/8.jpg)
(http://baradium.adilsoft.org/aircraftID/9.jpg)
(http://baradium.adilsoft.org/aircraftID/10.jpg)
(http://baradium.adilsoft.org/aircraftID/11.jpg)
(http://baradium.adilsoft.org/aircraftID/12.jpg)
(http://baradium.adilsoft.org/aircraftID/13.jpg)
Title: Re: Aircraft identification
Post by: Oddball on January 14, 2009, 12:38:04 AM
the one called "toughy" is a Eagle or was that sarcasm? the last one was of the Euro Fighter Typhoon and i think that one is hanging up in the R.A.F Museum at Hendon
Title: Re: Aircraft identification
Post by: ZK Kiwi on January 14, 2009, 02:07:46 AM
Best as i can make out: F16 F15 (Nasa canard experiment) Mig 29 F14 Tomcat and MiG 29 Sukhoi Su27 Mig 29 F14 MiG29 MiG29 Su27 f16 F16 F18 Typhoon
thats as far as i can tell. The real toughie is distinguishing Mig29s from Sukhois. the su27 is much bigger than the Mig29, and has a proportinately longer nose. engines seem closer together, and the fins dont have extension strakes on the front. The mig is stubber, has a smaller wing, aux inlets in the leading edge strakes. The fins have forward extensions and the nose landing gear is forward of the intakes. Unfortunately I cant make out enough detail on some of those angles!
Title: Re: Aircraft identification
Post by: Baradium on January 14, 2009, 05:07:12 AM
the one called "toughy" is a Eagle or was that sarcasm? the last one was of the Euro Fighter Typhoon and i think that one is hanging up in the R.A.F Museum at Hendon
the one called "toughy" isn't an Eagle... ;)
It might have started out life as one, but Eagles don't have canards (or number of other changes I can see from a glance)
I need the actual designators for these. That particular bird might well be an X plane, so I need the designator for it if so (that number of changes it wouldn't surprise me if it has an X designator).
ZK Kiwi, I think you got the order off a bit, so your answers don't neccessarily match to all the pictures. ;) Any ones you aren't sure about, please let me know, I don't want to give him answers for anything that might not be correct.
Thanks
Title: Re: Aircraft identification
Post by: madpilot44 on January 14, 2009, 06:26:59 AM
the pics are:
F-16 Falcon (two of them actually, note the other tail above the engine exhaust) F-15 Eagle S/MTD (STOL/Maneuver technology demonstrator) http://www.aviationtrivia.info/F-15S-MTD.php Mig 29 Fulcrum and F-14 Tomcat Mig 29 OVT/Mig 35 (same thing, designation change depends on where you're reading. basically a Mig 29 with new avionics and thrust vectoring) http://www.richard-seaman.com/Aircraft/AirShows/Maks2005/Highlights/index.html Su 27 Flanker (from the Russian Knights demonstration team) F-14D Tomcat (this one actually a bombcat, note the tip of the bomb hanging off of it) Mig 29 crash in Farnborough, 1989 http://www.aviapedia.com/video/two-mig-29-crash-video Mig 29 (looks like the Slovakian new camo) http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/Digital-Thunder-Camo-for-Slovakias-MiG-29s-04814/ Su 27UB (UB means two seater in russian, something like that. This one has the Sukhoi demo paint) F-16 Falcon F-16 Falcon firing an AIM-9 sidewinder F-18 Hornet, probably a C version Eurofighter Typhoon http://www.skycontrol.net/history/the-raf-museum-is-proud-to-announce-its-newest-exhibit-the-prototype-eurofighter-typhoon-da-2zh588-the-first-of-its-kind-to-be-on-display-in-the-uk/
had some extra time for the research lol...
Title: Re: Aircraft identification
Post by: ZK Kiwi on January 14, 2009, 06:51:54 AM
O.K, #1 F16 (Probably a C model) #2 F15 S/MTD (STOL/ Manouver Technology Demonstrator - checked on Google to get correct designation) #3 MiG29 (front) with F14 Escort #4 Mig 29 (not 100% sure on this one, although it doesnt have wingtip rockets which is another Mig ID feature) #5 Sukhoi Su-35 (the updated -27) #6 F14 #7 MiG 29 #8 MiG 29 #9 Su-27UB #10 F16 #11 F18 C (I thought this was an F16 initially, but there isnt a frame at the rear of the canopy) #12 F18 - probably a C model going by the general size (the Es are a big larger) #14 Eurofighter Typhoon
Title: Re: Aircraft identification
Post by: G-man on January 14, 2009, 04:33:57 PM
All I know---NO helicopters.
Title: Re: Aircraft identification
Post by: Oddball on January 14, 2009, 05:43:47 PM
#11 F18 C (I thought this was an F16 initially, but there isnt a frame at the rear of the canopy)
it's an F-16 if I'm right. no double tails, the pilot has his hand on the F-16 stick, the aileron has the 3 thingies (technical term) sticking out the aileron that the F-18 doesn't have, and the patch looks like an Air Force one (pacific air forces?)
whoa... what a plane geek...
Title: Re: Aircraft identification
Post by: ZK Kiwi on January 14, 2009, 09:37:06 PM
You're quite likely right Madpilot, we dont see any of these birds down here in NZ! :)
Title: Re: Aircraft identification
Post by: Fabo on January 14, 2009, 11:54:42 PM
Confirming madpilot on all MiG/Su points. No.4 is from Strizhi demo team btw. and the other one is really new digi camo of SQF (I should now, see avatar :) )
