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rudim1950
11 years ago

Hello,

on the cockpit discs and on the side guide, the client also recognizes it at the linkage of the height guide and the shape of the Nacelle struts, i.e. the attachment of the engines to the wing. And close to the rows of rivets. If you’re flying again, watch it.

At Boeing, the lumberjacks fell trees in the summer and just riveted a little in winter. Rivets stand out or are drawn into the material in snake lines.

At Airbus, individual rivets and or even rivet rows look like the other ones, as most of them are processed by riveting robots.

wiki01
11 years ago
Reply to  rudim1950

Perfect, colleague??

TheMrDJJ
11 years ago

Two more differences (at least for short-haul aircraft): The Boeing 737 has a rather sharp nose, with the Airbus A320 being flattened. In addition, the engines of a 737 (always?) are not completely round, but are slightly flattened down below.

You can also see it well at the winglets. Boeing has only sharklets, so winglets that go up, with Airbus usually having winglets that go up and down. This will change in the future, however, as Airbus is now increasingly relying on Sharklets.

(I hope that’s all right, what I said here :D)

SpitfireFan
11 years ago
Reply to  TheMrDJJ

At least old 737 (the -100 and -200) had other engines and disguises that were completely round

flugzeugprofi
11 years ago
Reply to  TheMrDJJ

Most of it is right But: At Boeing, they’re just Winglets, and Airbus’s small Wingtip Fences.

Fabi1899
10 years ago
Reply to  flugzeugprofi

also no longer…

Zabairz671
10 years ago

In the dark you can keep this very well apart in which you look at the Strobo Lights. At Boeing everything is arbitrary then left then right. At the Airbus, the

Best regards

wiki01
11 years ago

Practice, practice, practice. The best distinguishing feature is the Winglets, which are about 5° steeper at Airbus than at Boeing, for which Boeing has more interlayer fences on the wings.

rudim1950
11 years ago
Reply to  RaphaelCrafter

They used to exist (since the Thirty years) and until the sixties, early seventies. These were high-edged sheets which prevented the so-called boundary layer, i.e. the air layer between the supporting surface (the material) and the free air flow, from moving outward from the fuselage, because the boundary layer is responsible for the aerodynamics.

Nowadays, Airbus and Boeing are no longer involved as there are winglets. In addition, the flow research has already come quite far and has developed surface profiles for years in which the boundary layer fences are superfluous. Even the old B747-200 had no boundary layer fences anymore. More detailed information is available in the literature.

Fighting jets have not had any boundary layer fences for a long time, even here because of the now improved aerodynamics and the large radar signature.

wiki01
11 years ago

Great answer, Rudim. I’m sure you saw that my answer was a joke. Nevertheless, thanks for the perfect match. This is what a competent answer looks like.

PSY99
11 years ago

Totally simple!

On the cockpit, the engines etc.

Insiders recognize it within weeping seconds. (I can do it very well.)

Just a little exercise.

AnyBody345
11 years ago

On the arrows and flash patterns of the anticollision lights.

I am only the Airbus has such a pronounced Bellyfairing

msp2108
11 years ago

In general, Boeing aircraft have a sharper nose than that of Airbus; for example, a B738 and an A333 can be distinguished perfectly in the shape of the nose. More information → http://www.vielfliegertreff.de/airlines-flies/12707-airline detectionsthread.html

SpitfireFan
11 years ago

Generally speaking, the front

stanley5432
11 years ago

the airbus is always airbus

Genius99
10 years ago

Hey, look at the picture.

Fabi1899
10 years ago
Reply to  Genius99

Hello, I’ve been a plane fan for years, and now Airbus is especially at heart. I can definitely add to this topic that the 2 te point on your image is always the best recognition feature for me. Airbus prefers rounded snouts that you can also see at the new A350XWB and the A330neo. Boeing, on the other hand, tends to sharper noses that go up from the abdomen. Also a good feature is the window, Airbus works with rounded windows, Boeing is more angular.

But it is best to see it in the caption: All aircraft have a record of Airbus aircraft mostly on the nose Airbus and the name of the aircraft standing and Boeing mostly behind the wings, Boeing and the name of the aircraft.