Exact Model

[Adrian M]

Came across this, I can;t tell an MD81 from an MD83

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[HEATHROW DIRECTOR]

I managed 72%, which amazed me, but some were ever so easy.

[Hotel Tango]

Thankfully I got 100%. To be honest, I would have been extremely disappointed with myself had I got anything less!

[DaveReidUK]

Came across this, I can't tell an MD81 from an MD83

Console yourself with the thought that neither can the quiz-setters. :O

Yes, they identify their photo correctly as an MD-83.

But no, you can't distinguish between an MD-81/-82/-83 just by looking at it - the difference is purely paperwork and aircraft can be (and often are) converted between variants.

[Adrian M]

This one gets trickier as you go thru'

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[AtomKraft]

Something funny with this test.

I got 5 out of 22. One of those I got wrong was a pic of G-LCYI, an Embraer 170- which I've flown! It claims I identified it as a 737!!!

I think it's some sort of wind-up!

[Hotel Tango]

I think it's some sort of wind-up!

Naah, you're just rubbish! ;)

[Hotel Tango]

The MD-81/83 issue was easy for me. A question of knowing your airlines and the variants they operate. 82/83 would have been a little more complicated since many airlines operated a mixture of the two.

[kcockayne]

100%, but the multi choice helped a lot when there was a little doubt in my mind ! Got 100% on the airport's quiz, too. Again, it was down to the multi choice. Only got 15 ex 22 on the 2nd a/c test, though. More detailed knowledge required for this one.

[DaveReidUK]

Some of their "exact model" choices are pretty ropey, for example "Embraer 195-200", "DC8-7", etc.

[10 DME ARC]

100% - Too easy.....

[RedhillPhil]

4 wrong which gave me 81%.

[Cymmon]

100% , easy...

[spottilludrop]

50 per cent , Not good in the spotter sense , but maybe better in the ASD sense

Try this one

http://psychcentral.com/quizzes/autism-quiz.htm

[Brigantee]

Spot , Whilst hobbies such as Train Spotting and Aircraft Spotting do hold appeal to persons with Aspergers/ OCD /Autism it does not follow that because you possess a in depth knowledge of Aircraft reg numbers or model numbers you automatically have those conditions ....:=

[pax britanica]

Re the differences between the three @mad Dogs, leaving the -87 out of it for obvious reasons. I had heard the difference was only paper work but I am sure one model or part of the series had a tail cone while the later ones had the chisel or boat tail version so there is a way to tell, IF, the angles are right?

PB

[piperpa46]

PB, the screwdriver tail can be retrofitted to earlier versions. Also the -88 looks identical to the -81/-82/-83 models. Some of Delta Air Lines MD-88s were delivered as -83s and then later upgraded to -88 standard. The only way to know what type it is, is to look at the paper work.


In the mid noughties American Airlines started to replace the old style tail cone with the screwdriver style.
https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/american-airlines-drives-efficiency-with-md-80-tail-cone-218746/

[spottilludrop]

Is that a flat blade screwdriver , A phillips screwdriver or a cross point screwdriver tail ?

[piperpa46]

That would be a flat screwdriver
http://66.media.tumblr.com/cfc910cd385c51c3f79b0037743be638/tumblr_n21q25f5sa1szlei7o1_400.jpg


vs the old style pointy tail cone
http://static.rcgroups.net/forums/attachments/1/4/2/7/3/5/a4904786-117-md%2080%20tail%20cone.jpg

[AerocatS2A]

Click bait alert!

I did it anyway, 95%. Surprised me because I have little to no interest in commercial jets (despite flying one!)

[ATNotts]

100%

But I'd question the VC10 - I reckon the photo is an Super VC-10, which given that they want you to differentiate between marks of MD80 seems kind of slipshod.

[Adrian M]

this is pedantic, B707-2? 3? 7?

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[ATNotts]

this is pedantic, B707-2? 3? 7?

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That was a lot tougher! 15/22. Must try harder!

[piperpa46]

I got 18 out of 22 in that one.
The 707-320 is 8' 5" longer than the -220 and the single -700 was powered by CFM-56s before being converted to a -320C.
And then the Swiss Avro is a RJ100, not a RJ1000 as is the possible answer.

[Mr Mac]

2 wrong mixed up my Saab / EMB, but no that difficult to do I would venture, a bit like the DC9 comments.
Mr Mac

[DaveReidUK]

Like the first quiz, this one offers choices between variants that have no external differences (A310-200/-300, A321-100/-200), which seems pretty pointless.

And I'd add "747-800" to the list of ones that are just plain wrong.

[pax britanica]

Those quizes are fun but they do lose credibility for the questions that give answer options for aircraft that are the same externally or have differentiating features that are out of shot -the comments about the MD80 series and some 707 and Dc 8 models being good examples-also is there any way to tell a 747-100 from a 200 if the both have PW engines.

On the other hand some of the quizzes helpfully have a picture with the answer written on it -trident 1 trident 2 for example.

On a totally unrelated matter has any of us 'mature enthusiasts' watched Sky Channel 81 , Talking Pictures I think it is called. Has some classic and some cringeworthy British films from way back . There was a film last week about the Korean war with a bunch of very well known British faces fighting off the evil Chicoms or NKA in 'A Hill in Korea' with the aid of some bombing and straffing by US Navy Grumman Panthers (Straight wing jets) however no one on the production team seemed to know what a jet fighter sounded like and so they made it up and added a most bizarre noise like an empty food blender on high speed as they whizzed in to attack. Anyway there are several aviation related films which appear on it and might be of interest to those whose memories go back towards the days of black and white-apologies for the drift.

PB