The Great Aviation Nose Identification Quiz
“Keep your nose out the sky, keep your heart to god, and keep your face to the raising sun.” – Kanye West
Aircraft have long been disobeying Kanye’s advice. Can you use your alarmingly comprehensive knowledge of aeroplanes to identify the following types from their schnozes alone?
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1. Canadair CRJ
2. AMX
3. B-58
4. Mirage 2000
5. Yak-28
6. A-5 Vigilante
7. I’m stumped. Some late-40s contra-rotating prototype but the canopy is different from anything that I recognize.
8. Sukhoi T-50
9. SU-15
10. TU-128
11. Macchi C.202
12. EC-135
Good work. You have 4/10. Care to change any answers?
(clue) You can’t see the canopy you speak of.
11. Looks more like a Kawasaki Ki-61. We called it the “Tony” because it looked Italian.
Still stumped on #7. It’s not a Griffon-engined Spitfire and it’s not a P-75 Eagle or an XP-81.
Arsenal VB10?
Supermarine spiteful
1. Canadair CRJ
2. AMX
3. B-58
4. F15 in the back and a Eurofighter up close
5. Early model Su-27
6. A-5 Vigilante
7. Westland Wyvern
8. Sukhoi T-50
9. SU-15
10. TU-128
11. Macchi C.202
12. That failed israeli AWACS project.
13. Tu-144
Cribbed some from the above poster, substituted some of my own.
Well done, best score so far: You have 5.5/10
1. Canadair CRJ
2. AMX
3. B-58
4. F-15C in the back and Eurofighter in front
5. Early model Su-27
6. YF-17 Cobra
7. Westland Wyvern
8. Sukhoi T-50
9. SU-15
10. TU-128
11. Macchi C.202
12. That failed Israeli AWACS prototype
13. Tu-144
You’ve just gone into the lead with 7/13! Well done.
CRJ
AMX
B58
F15 & Rafale
Su 27
YF 17
MB 5
PAK/FA Su T50
Su 15
Tu 128
Me 209
EC 135
Mirage 2000
Now you’re in the lead with 8/13.
1. Bae 176
2. EMB 339k prototype
3. B-58
4. Rrafalle y F-15
5. Tejas
6. YF-17
7. Martin-Baker MB5
8. PAK-FA/T-50
9. Su-15
10. Tu-128
11. Some italian, Re.2001 my best guess
12. EC-165
13. Tu-144
10/13 VERY VERY GOOD!
4 : Rafale and F-15 at the back.
12 : EC-18B
4 : Rafale front, F-15 backward
12 : EC-18B
Fixed some typos. (shame on me)
1. Bae 176
2. EMB 339k prototype
3. B-58
4. Rafale & F-15
5. Tejas
6. YF-17
7. Martin-Baker MB5
8. PAK-FA/T-50
9. Su-15
10. Tu-128
11. Some italian, Re.2001 my best guess
12. EC-135
13. Tu-144
That pushes you to 11/15! Well done.
11 is ME-209
No 1 is my only doubt
1. Bae 176
2. EMB 339k prototype
3. B-58
4. Rafale & F-15
5. Tejas
6. YF-17
7. Martin-Baker MB5
8. PAK-FA/T-50
9. Su-15
10. Tu-128
11. Me209 A-1
12. EC-135
13. Tu-144
Your doubt may well be accurate 😉
1. Bae 176 (BAC 1-11 is the alternative)
2. MB 339k prototype (Why did I said EMB??)
3. B-58
4. Rafale & F-15
5. Tejas
6. YF-17
7. Martin-Baker MB5
8. PAK-FA/T-50
9. Su-15
10. Tu-128 & Tu-16 (jaja the one in the back I forgot)
11. Me209 a-1
12. EC-18 ARIA (I had to look for the appropriate version)
13. Tu-144
I used to do this in a forum.
Lot of time “wasted” but very funny. Also, a great way to learn how to search and lot of new info as a side product,
I think this is 11/13
Amazing how high scores can be reached when reading other answers
I wouldn’t make assumption. Also, to be fair, I’ve noticed some repeated incorrect answers.
Not looking at other people’s answers and relying only on my elderly brain.
1. Embraer 170
2. Douglas A-4S
3. Convair B-58
4. Super Etendard and Mirage 2000
5. MiG 29
6. Northrop F-5A
7. Martin Baker MB5
8. That Chinese Thing?
9. Su-15
10. MiG 25
11. Fiat G-55
12. EC-135
13.Tu-122
…and I only cheated a little!
Not too shabby- 4/13
My guesses, without looking too hard…..
1) May be a Bombardier CRJ
2) IAR Soim
3) B-58
4) F-15E & Rafale ?
5) Can’t see enough to tell if it’s an Su 27, a Tejas or an FBC-1/JH-7
6) YF-17
7) MB 5
8) PAK/FA Su T50
9) Su-15
10) Tu-128
11) Kawasaki Ki-61
12) EC-135
13) F-104G
Good work. 9 and a halfish out of 13.
Bugger – I was confident about all but 1), 5), and 13), too.
I so ashamed. These were my answers before reading anyone else’s, kind of.
1. Comet? Probably not
2. No idea.
3. Ooh, very pointy, plus stripy pitot tube. Supersonic barber shop?
4. F15 and something else at the front which isn’t an F15, not least because it carries wingtip missiles
5. Can fly, thus not an XFV12A, other than that, probably a jet.
6. Pointy, also second most baroque pitot tube.
7. MB5 I got another! Possibly.
8. Something stealthy. Are you allowing drones, HK gang? If so, some kind of drone.
9. Most baroque pitot tube winner! Also, very thin and pointy – one of those twin-engined Yak jets?
10. Well that’s very green isn’t it? Looks a bit soviet to me, but I wouldn’t bet a brass farthing even on that guess, frankly.
11. Mc 202? Or is that actually the name of a DJ? Not a Ka 61. that’s for sure. because I once glued a Revell model one of those together ineptly.
12. You want to get that seen to, mate.
13. Concorde? Probably not
Though your score wasn’t the highest (1.5/13) your answers are my favourite so far! Good work.
1. Antonov 148
2. MB-339K
3. B-58 Hustler
4. F-15 & Rafale
5. Tejas
6. YF-17
7. MB5
8. Pak-FA/T-50
9. Su-15 Flagon
10. Tu-128
11. Me209
12. EC-135E
13. Tu-144
Congratulations Ric! You’ve won (I have answer 12 as EC-135N but I accept your answer, and would have accepted ARIA). Do you have a Twitter account?
Hooray! Wasn’t sure about the me209 and the tu144. I have an old twitter account I haven’t used in years, should probably re-activate or open another one. Thanks for the quiz Hushkit, it was a lot of fun!
Glad you enjoyed it- you have impressive skills! Do let us know your Twitter handle so we can give you a shout out.
No cheating so I’ve probably got loads wrong:
1. BAE 146?
2. L-39?
3. B-58!
4. Mirage 2000 and some kind of Flanker
(?)
5. MiG-25?
6. T-38?
7. MB.5
8. PAK-FA?
9. Flagon?
10. Fiddler?
11. Me 209
12. Some kind of C-135 variant
13. CONCORDE.
11 Me 209? Nah bro, I think that’s an Heinkel He-100. (Identified by Anna Puma over at AoSHQ)
Check this out fam: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=heinkel+he-100&safe=off&rlz=1C5CHFA_enGB709GB709&espv=2&biw=1280&bih=573&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjwsN7Zj5bPAhXlL8AKHZsqDcEQ_AUIBygC#safe=off&tbm=isch&q=messerschmitt+209&imgrc=plvVfUfey5P-aM%3A
Nope. Definitely ME209.
It’s an Martin-Baker MB.5.
1. Don’t Know (IDK)
2. Soko Galeb
3. B-58 Hustler
4. There’s a Tornado there
5. Tejas. Who else has green?
6, 7, 8 IDK
9. Yakovlev something or other
10, 11 No idea
12. Failed Nimrod AWACS
13. Gotta be Russian
that number 11 is a Me-209R