A good aircraft type book?
Could anyone recommend a good book which shows which aircraft type uk airlines fly?
[This message has been edited by CommanderBlonde (edited 21 May 2001).] |
If you`re just wanting to know which airline is flying what without any in depth stuff then Flight magazine publishes a world airline directory once a year around march time. OK, not very helpful now but they are advertising the guide to buy in this weeks edition.
If you want a book about it then I don`t know ;) cheers |
I know it sound tongue in cheek but ask those guys (they are all guys) who stand at the boundary fences of airfields with notebooks.
I used to work with one and he could name any carrier/type combination you care to know about. (He didn't like flying though) |
Hi People,
Carrying on under this theme, how can one tell if a plane is a 727, 737 or 767, etc. All the 7*7's look the same to me. Can anyone shed any light? Many thanks DWHLO |
Let us start with the easiest of all.
747 - has that bump on top which is the upper deck!! 727 - has a third engine at the base of the tail plane 737 - usually quite small in length 757 - longs quite long for the size of its fuselage - if you look at one from the front, the diameter of the fuselage looks v.small 767 - length of 757, but with a noticably bigger diameter fuselage 777 - often described as a pregnant 767 - the area of fuselage under the wings longs like it is bulging, also its 2 engines are huge in diameter. 717 - two engines at rear of fuselage, rear wings are at the top of the tail plane, not the base. go to: www.airliners.net and have a look at pictures of each, you will soon spot obvious differences. i.e 747 has 3/4 windows on upper deck 747-200 has a full set of windows 747-300 extended upper deck with set of windows then a door then another set of windows 747-400 same as 747-300 but has winglets. |
DWHLO,
Are you sure you want to be a pilot? |
Thanks Splonguk, I'll Keep an eye out for these features.
Slipside, Why do you say that? Is it because I have poor knowledge of distinguishing different types of aircraft? I believe there are many wannabes out there in a similar position who cannot identify every single aircraft. This come down to experience at the end of the day, and we'll get there one day. By the way I have already invested in a book on aircraft types, so that will be used till it's worn out. CommanderBlonde Sorry to take over your post. DWHLO |
no probs dwhlo :)
Anyway back to my original question - which book have you bought and does it list a/c types by airline and is it up to date? I thank you... CB |
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