Small planes
The little planes buzzing around on a nice weekend are general aviation: flight students, private pilots, banner towers, crop dusters and aerobatic pilots. There are far more of them than airliners.
Most of them can be narrowed down from the ground with two questions: where is the wing, and where is the tail?
How to tell them apart
Wing on top of the cabin
Usually a Cessna (152, 172, 182, 206).
Wing under the cabin
A Piper Cherokee or Archer, Cirrus, Diamond, Mooney or Beechcraft.
A T-tail on a small low-wing plane
Often a Diamond DA40 or DA42, or a Piper Arrow IV or Tomahawk.
A biplane doing loops and rolls
Probably a Pitts Special.
A single-seater flying very low over fields
An agricultural plane like the Air Tractor.
Every one Bogey can identify
Cessna 172 SkyhawkThe Trainer
Piper PA-28 CherokeeThe Cherokee
Cirrus SR22The Parachute Plane
Diamond DA40 Diamond StarThe Diamond
Cessna 182 SkylaneThe Skylane
Cessna 208 CaravanThe Bush Plane
Aerospool WT9 DynamicThe Dynamic
Air Tractor AT-502The Field Worker
Air Tractor AT-802The Air Boss
American Champion Decathlon / ScoutThe Decathlon
Aviat A-1 HuskyThe Husky
Beechcraft 76 DuchessThe Duchess
Beechcraft Baron 55The Baron
Beechcraft Baron 58The Baron
Beechcraft Bonanza (V-tail)The V-Tail
Beechcraft Bonanza A36The Bonanza
Beechcraft DukeThe Duke
Beechcraft King Air 100The Stretch King
Beechcraft King Air 200The King Air 200
Beechcraft King Air 350The King Air 350
Beechcraft King Air C90King Air C90
Beechcraft King Air F90The T-Tail 90
Beechcraft Model 18The Twin Beech
Bellanca 17-30 VikingThe Viking
Boeing-Stearman Model 75 KaydetThe Stearman
Cessna 120The Budget Classic
Cessna 140The Little Classic
Cessna 150The First Solo
Cessna 152The Trainer
Cessna 170The Elder Skyhawk
Cessna 172RG Cutlass RGThe Cutlass
Cessna 175 SkylarkThe Skylark
Cessna 177 CardinalThe Cardinal
Cessna 180 SkywagonThe Skywagon
Cessna 185 SkywagonThe Six-Seat Mule
Cessna 188 AGwagonThe Crop Duster
Cessna 195 BusinesslinerThe Businessliner
Cessna 206 StationairThe Stationair
Cessna 210 CenturionThe Centurion
Cessna 310The Songbird
Cessna 340The Cabin Twin
Cessna 400 (Columbia/TTx)The TTx
Cessna 402 BusinesslinerThe Island Hopper
Cessna 421 Golden EagleThe Golden Eagle
Cessna Conquest IIThe Conquest
Cessna P210 Pressurized CenturionThe Pressurized Single
Cessna T206H Turbo StationairTurbo Stationair
Cessna T210 Turbo CenturionThe Turbo Centurion
Champion 7ECA Citabria / Aeronca ChampThe Citabria
Cirrus SR20The Smart Start
Cirrus SR22TThe Turbocharged Parachute
Citabria 7GCAA / 7GCBC Explorer / 7KCABThe Citabria Explorer
Czech Sport Aircraft SportCruiserThe SportCruiser
Daher Kodiak 100The Bush Truck
Daher TBM 850The Daher Classic
Daher TBM 960The Speed Machine
De Havilland Canada DHC-3 OtterThe Otter
De Havilland DH.82 Tiger MothThe Tiger Moth
De Havilland DHC-1 ChipmunkThe Chipmunk
De Havilland DHC-2 BeaverThe Beaver
Diamond DA20 / DV20 KatanaThe Katana
Diamond DA42 Twin StarThe Twin Star
Diamond DA62The Austrian Twin
ERCO ErcoupeThe Ercoupe
Extra 300 / 330The Airshow Weapon
Flight Design CTThe CT
Glasair (I, II and III)The Glasair
Glasair GlaStarThe GlaStar
Globe/Temco GC-1 SwiftThe Swift
Grumman American AA-1The Yankee
Grumman American AA-5The Tiger
Grumman G-164 Ag CatThe Ag Cat
KitfoxThe Kitfox
Lake LA-4 BuccaneerThe Buccaneer
Luscombe 8 SilvaireThe Silvaire
Maule M-5The Lunar Rocket
Maule M-7The Maule
Mooney M20Mooney
Nanchang CJ-6The Red Star
North American / Ryan NavionThe Navion
Pilatus PC-12The Swiss Watch
Piper AerostarThe Hot Rod
Piper J-3 CubThe Cub
Piper Lance/SaratogaThe Saratoga
Piper M700 FuryThe Fury
Piper PA-18 Super CubThe Bush Legend
Piper PA-22 Tri-PacerThe Milk Stool
Piper PA-23 Apache/AztecThe Aztec
Piper PA-24 ComancheThe Comanche
Piper PA-25 PawneeThe Pawnee
Piper PA-28-181 ArcherThe Archer
Piper PA-28R ArrowThe Arrow
Piper PA-28RT-201T Turbo Arrow IVThe T-Tail Turbo
Piper PA-31 Navajo/ChieftainThe Navajo
Piper PA-31T Cheyenne IIThe Cheyenne
Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six/SaratogaCherokee Six
Piper PA-34 SenecaThe Seneca
Piper PA-38 TomahawkThe Tomahawk
Piper PA-44 SeminoleThe Twin Trainer
Piper PA-46 Malibu/MirageMalibu
Piper PA-46-500TP Meridian/M500Meridian
Pipistrel Alpha TrainerThe Bat
Pipistrel Velis ElectroThe Electric
Pipistrel Virus SW 121The Virus
Pitts S-1 SpecialThe Pitts
Pitts S-2 SpecialThe Airshow Biplane
Rans S-6 Coyote IIThe Coyote
Robin DR400The Wooden Wonder
Rockwell Commander 112The Commander
Rutan Long-EZThe Long-EZ
Scheibe SF 25 FalkeThe Falke
Schempp-Hirth DiscusThe Discus
Schempp-Hirth VentusThe Ventus
Sling 2The Globetrotter
Sling 4The Family Sling
Socata RallyeThe Rallye
Socata TB 20 TrinidadThe Trinidad
Stinson 108 Voyager / Station WagonThe Station Wagon
Taylorcraft BThe Taylorcraft
Tecnam P2006TThe Featherweight Twin
Tecnam P2008The Carbon Trainer
Tecnam P2012 TravellerThe Traveller
Ultralight AircraftThe Featherweight
Van's RV-10The Family RV
Van's RV-12The Easy Van's
Van's RV-14The RV-14
Van's RV-4The Homebuilt Hero
Van's RV-6The People's Airplane
Van's RV-7The Kit King
Van's RV-8The Backyard Fighter
Van's RV-9The Sensible Van's
Vulcanair P68The Observer
Yakovlev Yak-52The Yak
Piaggio P.180 AvantiThe Avanti
Piper PA-31T CheyenneThe Cheyenne
Powered ParagliderThe Backpack Pilot
Glider (Sailplane)The Silent One
Grumman G-21 GooseThe Goose
McKinnon Turbo GooseThe Turbo Goose
Ryan ST-AThe Sport TrainerMore types
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