enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. USAAF unit identification aircraft markings - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USAAF_unit_identification...

   USAAF unit identification aircraft markings, commonly called "tail markings" after their most frequent location, were numbers, letters, geometric symbols, and colors painted onto the tails (vertical stabilizer fins, rudders and horizontal surfaces), wings, or fuselages of the aircraft of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) during the ...

3. Unit identification aircraft markings - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/?title=Unit_identification...

   Unit identification aircraft markings. Add languages ... Upload file; Special pages ... Get shortened URL; Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable ...

4. Aircraft recognition - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_recognition

   In the US during World War II, civilians were enlisted into a Ground Observer Corps to support air defense operations, receiving training in aircraft identification. The US military continues to use "WEFT" as a mnemonic for the major features of an aircraft: W ings or rotors to provide lift, E ngines to provide power, a F uselage to carry the ...

5. Tail code - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tail_code

   The U. S. Navy's aircraft visual identification system uses tail codes and modex to visually identify the aircraft's purpose and organization. Carrier air wing (CVW) tail codes denote which fleet the air wing belongs; A for Atlantic Fleet and N for Pacific Fleet. All squadrons display their CVW's tail code as follows, regardless of aircraft type:

6. Aircraft marking - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_marking

   Aircraft markings are symbols and annotations painted on aircraft, primarily for visual identification. Types of aircraft markings include: Types of aircraft markings include: Aircraft registration , unique alphanumeric string that identifies every aircraft

7. List of aircraft registration prefixes - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft...

   The registration often denotes the aircraft type and maker. Some examples: HB-Axx two-engined aircraft from 5.7 to 15 tons, Aircraft over 15 tons due to shortage of Jxx. HB-Bxx balloons; HB-Cxx single-engined Cessnas under 5.7 tons; HB-Dxx and HB-Kxx other single-engined aircraft under 5.7 tons; HB-Fxx Swiss-produced aircraft like PC-6 and PC-12

8. United States military aircraft national insignia - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military...

   U.S. Army Signal Corps Curtiss JN-3 biplanes with red star insignia, 1915 Nieuport 28 with the World War 1 era American roundels. The first military aviation insignias of the United States include a star used by the US Army Signal Corps Aviation Section, seen during the Pancho Villa punitive expedition, just over a year before American involvement in World War I began.

9. Flight progress strip - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_progress_strip

   Aircraft identification (e.g. aircraft registration or a flight number) Aircraft type as the relevant 4-letter ICAO designator (e.g. B744 for a Boeing 747-400) Level (assigned altitude) Departure and destination; At least one time in four figures (other times can be shortened to minutes only). Other information may be added as required.