Aircraft Recognition Guide

The original MD-80s were much longer than the DC-9s. As a successor to the successful DC-9-30 (top), the MD-83 was shrunk into the MD-87, which has about the same length as the Series 30. Compared to DC-9, the MD-87 has an extended top of the vertical stabiliser and a longer strake on the nacelle, and a flat tail cone.

The AW169 (bottom) clearly has its origin in the A109 (top) considering the fuselage and window arrangement. How­ever, the A109 has a tail rotor on the left end of the pointed tail boom and horizontal stabilisers with straight tips. Finally, it has a single wheel nose gear.

Like many other fighter designs of the Swedish company the Saab Draken has a unique appea­rance. The DrakenSaab 35 has double delta wings. The inner wings have a very large sweep angle, much larger than the outer wings. The air intakes are at the front of the inner wings. There is now a new page describing all the variants and how to distinguish them: https://www.aircraftrecognitionguide.com/saab-35-draken.