1. Aircraft Recognition (Aircraft Recce)
A simple guide

4. King Air 2. The mainplanes are straight,
with no sweep
Twin-engined low wing monoplane
3. Mounted at the tip of the tail is a slightly-swept tailplane
Mounted at the tip of the tail is a slightly-swept tailplane
4. The fuselage cabin is square when viewed from the front
1. The engines protrude well forward of the wing leading edge

7. 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 easiest ways to differentiate between the GR4 and F3 (fighter) versions are the shape of the nose; the GR4 is much blunter and less streamlined(1); the F3's is longer and sleeke
4. Two-seat
tandem cockpit
A short
nose cone
3. Shoulder-mounted 'swing wings'
can move between 17° and 68° of sweep

11. VC 10
4. Refuelling hoses are mounted under the fuselage and in pods on the outer wings
3. Large swept 'T' tail
A long circular narrow-body
fuselage with low swept wings
set well back towards the tail appearance
of having a very long forward fuselage.
2. The pairs of podded engines
are mounted on the sides of the rear fuselage

13. Harrier GR7
4. T10 has a more pronounced 'hump' for the twin cockpit and is slightly longer than the GR7.
3. Sharply downward-sloping wing and
tailplane, and large air intakes
Unusual undercarriage
with two Outrigger Wheels
at about two-thirds span
2. The cockpit glazing is large and
pronounced on all versions

16. Nimrod MR2 2. Cockpit built into the steeply raked nose and
letter box window. In-flight 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
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..