Commercial aircraft names are something most aviation enthusiasts will be familiar with. Indeed, almost all of you out there will know the difference between an Airbus A350 and Airbus A380. It would be another safe statement to say that those watching will know the difference between a Boeing 737-700 and 737-800.
But what about the difference between a Boeing 737-824 and a 737-8CT? It’s all, or at least some, of these extra numbers (and letters) that we’ll attempt to decode in the following video.
Article link: https://simpleflying.com/explained-what-the-codes-mean-behind-airbus-and-boeing-plane-names/
Video sources:
747-8 Lufthansa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpEVg-a9EJI
777F Qatar Airways Triple Delivery https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhCquz6rjCA
747-8 Air China https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIV5LWSQhp4
A340 Lufthansa Star Alliance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZebvuMPV0w
A300 Historical Doc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26I2vOQpZqs
A300 Airbus Historical Doc 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctPoA9bENKc
Airbus historical first flights A300 A310 A330 A340 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YjGP0HXkDQ
777-200LR Air India https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0zftWYWJrk
747-400 Last KLM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1iW9veVvdI
737 MAX Air to Air Canada https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bf2W84jrGqs
A380 Qantas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5WwBMCQ334
A319neo Airbus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfrvDMg2Xmc
A310 Iran Air https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeJgV6BkK2I
A310 IranAir https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llVampm3BLU
777-300ER American Airlines https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bi630LQUNns
A310 Iranair https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeJgV6BkK2I
737 MAX 8 Southwest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCBbM3D-7Jk
747-8 Korean https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImpHcUYVO6Q
DC3-178 NC17334 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01052013-1
DeHavilland Comet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0eQgCODwQM
747-8i First Flight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqfGh4KyEIM
777 Emirates https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UD7v7YXxC0
777 Emirates https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClIT2VwF-k
737 MAX United MCAS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKFWfdKSYD
787 Air Canada air to air https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3eGrEAYFlE
787 Mexico President https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVpB4wTITKw
A321neo JetBlue https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW6F8fn1mjA
A330neo delta https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLYVgcsO718
707 Qantas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CserWEdSa7M
A321neo Air New Zealand https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40xNORkaEe4
727 FedEx https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNYqIl7P9RQ
737-200 Nolinor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdXbNo9OFaY
PanAm Commercial 1979 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1hxhmXgQKc
Pan Am Boeing 707 1959 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRFebZ1rFyg
A220-300 Airbus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaDiC4v2t9I
737-800 Qantas Retro Livery Travolta https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OktVgRaj9No
767-400 Boeing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Px8v70TdIk8
777 SWISS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axQ0s-TYCGU
787-9 Air France Air to Air https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkDsYkhCl-U
A350-900 Maiden Flight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRT5H375bgQ
737 United https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pkcul1iT8D0
A10 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDFMhMjmpkA
A330neo, powering into the future https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8sYmvzQcQg
Photos:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WestJet_Boeing_737-8CT_-_C-GZWS_-_803_-_Flight_WS1233_from_FLL_to_YYZ_(14455812293).jpg
https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_L-188_Electra#/media/Soubor:Varig_Lockheed_L-188A_Electra_Groves-1.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:F_A-18_Hornet_landing_at_Meiringen_Airbase_(7139546081).jpg
https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin/Boeing_F-22_Raptor#/media/Soubor:F-22_Raptor_edit1_(cropped).jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RNLAF_F-35_F-001_01.jpg
https://www.flickr.com/photos/130994353@N04/43771184314
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Boeing_737-800_(Korean_Air)_(6441129665).jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HL7704_(29383752017).jpg
https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A340#/media/Soubor:A340FAMILYv1.0.png
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