Four-engine planes
Four engines used to mean long-haul. Today twin-engine jets fly most long routes, so four-engine airliners are getting rarer, and one overhead is worth a look.
The military still flies plenty of them, from cargo jets to tankers and radar planes.
How to tell them apart
A hump at the front
A 747. Two full decks: an A380. Long and slim: an A340.
Four jets, a T-tail and a high wing
A C-17 (or the bigger C-5).
Four propellers in gray
A C-130, A400M or P-3 Orion.
Four propellers in World War II colors
A B-17, B-24, B-29 or Lancaster.
Every one Bogey can identify
Boeing 747-400The Queen of the Skies
Airbus A380-800The Superjumbo
Airbus A340-600The Longest A340
Boeing C-17 Globemaster IIIThe Globemaster
Lockheed C-130 HerculesThe Hercules
Boeing KC-135R StratotankerStratotanker
Aero Spacelines Super GuppyThe Guppy
Boeing 747Queen of the Skies
Antonov An-12The Cub
Airbus A340The Four-Engine Classic
Airbus A340-300The Quad
Airbus A380The Superjumbo
Airbus A400M AtlasThe Atlas
Antonov An-22 AnteiThe Antei
Boeing 707-320The Jet Age Pioneer
Boeing 747-8Queen 2.0
Boeing 747SRThe Commuter Jumbo
Boeing C-135 StratolifterThe Stratolifter
Boeing C-97 StratofreighterThe Stratofreighter
Boeing KC-135 StratotankerThe Stratotanker
Boeing RC-135Rivet Joint
Ilyushin Il-76The Candid
Ilyushin Il-96The Flagship
Lockheed Martin C-130J Super HerculesSuper Herc
Lockheed P-3 OrionThe Sub Hunter
Northrop Grumman E-8 JSTARSJSTARS
Aerospatiale/BAC ConcordeConcorde
Antonov An-124 RuslanThe Ruslan
Avro LancasterThe Dambuster
Boeing 747 DreamlifterThe Dreamlifter
Boeing 747SPThe Special Performance
Boeing B-17 Flying FortressThe Fortress
Boeing B-29 SuperfortressThe Superfort
Boeing E-3 Sentry (AWACS)The AWACS
Boeing E-4B NightwatchNightwatch
Boeing E-6 MercuryThe Mercury
Boeing E-6B MercuryTACAMO
Consolidated B-24 LiberatorThe Liberator
Douglas DC-8The Super 70
Ilyushin Il-86The Soviet Wide-Body
Lockheed C-5 GalaxyThe GalaxyRead next
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