![]() Regular: These are the traditional wings. Otherwise, the wingtips are one thing that could be used to differentiate between aircraft having the same number of engines. The only thing you need is the tail number. Images are from wikipedia, so I think it will be easy thing doing the same for other types as well. For further you can Google (as already mentioned), simply observe (as I already mentioned but deleted it) and do the same for any other pair of aircraft you have difficulties. Those are the obvious (in my opinion) differences. Also the fin and horizontal stabilizers/stabilators are located much closer to the fuselage end in B734 compared to A320 Tailī734 has a dorsal fin (present from B733 onward) while A230 doesn't. I would guess from the blueprint that the pictured A320 "wears" the CFM56. ![]() Jan Hudec correctly pointed out that Airbus A320 comes with 2 different engine types. Since the blueprint can't be as descriptive as a picture, you may have a look in this question where there are some excellent photos of the 737's engines The engine cover is also longer in B734.Īlso if you have the chance to have a front side look of the planes, then the flattening of 737's CFM is even more prominent. ![]() Also note the much shorter nose gear of the 737.ī734 engine is thinner with the characteristic flattening at the bottom of it. Windshield is also different on B734 making that characteristic corner plus the "eyebrows" which are not though standard on all 737's (per Wikipedia). Noseī734 has a more streamlined and "pointy" nose and a more streamlined "forehead". Having said that, I consider a random pair of comparable aircraft, A320 (the left) and B734 (the right). For example Boeing 377 Stratocruiser is also a Boeing but I think there is very small possibility for someone to confuse it to an Airbus. The question is vague, not specifying on which Boeing and Airbus pair the problem lies on. If I want to be able to distinguish between them, I can learn new specific hints for this purpose. If it's Airbus, I will know it's very likely to be an A330! If it's Boeing, it will be harder since there are still 3 different aircrafts. I will then check the cockpit windows to determine whether Boeing or Airbus. Once these differences have been learned, the key is to use several of them to crosscheck and ease and speed up the recognition. I made a gear cheat sheet to help me learning them. It's not worth to look at the nose wheels, because there are always 2. ![]() A340 (2 different kinds for this aircraft only).Some landing gears are unique, which means that only looking at them will be enough to determine the precise aircraft type. Since there are already nice answers describing most of these points with pictures, I will focus on the gear to add a new item to the list. number of engines (A340, B747, A380 have 4 engines, all others have 2).wingtips (winglets Boeing, fence Airbus).nose shape (pointy nose on Boeing, "fat nose" on Airbus). ![]() cockpit windows shape (Boeing has an very specific angle).The idea is to learn several differences : I first try to tell if it's a Boeing or Airbus, and then I look at other details to determine the model. I like to train being able to determine the precise model of an aircraft. ![]()
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