Fantastic Planes and How to Identify Them

by Ahnaf Ahmed

On 17th June 2011, South Korean soldiers fired upon a civilian passenger airliner after mistaking it for a North Korean military aircraft. On 1st September 1983, a Soviet fighter pilot shot down a civilian Boeing 747 after misidentifying it for a U.S. spy plane. Incorrectly identifying planes can be fatal, and has already killed hundreds of innocent people. But how exactly do you recognize different types of aircraft? They all look same, right? Airbus just means a big plane, that's why it's called bus, right?

WRONG.

Fantastic Planes and How to Identify Them is all about visually identifying planes. It contains historical backgrounds, diagrams, characteristics and identification guidances of sixty-six types of aircraft. If you are a person with a gun watching out for enemy aircraft, this book is a must for you (and please use this book to identify planes before shooting). If you are an airline crew or airplane enthusiast, then this book should be a really enjoyable read for you. Or if you simply want to stay away from the Boeing 737 MAX 8 but don't how it looks, then this book will be really helpful.

187 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 1, 2019

About the author

Ahnaf Ahmed spends all his day watching planes, and night flying them on flight simulator. In between, he carries out research, thinks and writes, all focusing on aviation. An avid strategy/tactics gamer, he surrounds himself with aerospace/defense issues of the real (and unreal) world. A Mathematical Optimizer by education, he can't help but apply his skills to analyze how airlines can enhance network, schedules and fleet for the best output.