How to recognise transport and support aircraft
11 transport and support aircraft in Spotrep’s field guide, each with a photo, where it comes from, who uses it and the details that tell it apart from the rest.
Practise in Classic- Airbus A400M AtlasTransport & support · Europe (Airbus)
Four-engine high-wing transport with big eight-blade curved propellers that turn in opposite directions on each wing, and a T-tail.
- An-24 / An-26Transport & support · Soviet Union
Twin-turboprop high-wing transport with an upswept rear fuselage and, on the An-26, a rear ramp.
- An-124 RuslanTransport & support · Soviet Union
Giant four-jet high-wing transport whose nose lifts up for loading; conventional low tail.
- C-130 HerculesTransport & support · USA
Four-propeller high-wing transport with a rear ramp under an upswept tail and landing-gear bulges on the fuselage sides.
- E-3 Sentry (AWACS)Transport & support · USA
Four-engine Boeing 707 with a huge rotating radar dish on two struts above the rear fuselage.
- Embraer C-390 MillenniumTransport & support · Brazil
Twin-jet high-wing transport with engines under the wing, a T-tail and a rear ramp.
- Il-76Transport & support · Soviet Union
Four-jet high-wing transport with a T-tail, a glazed navigator's nose under the cockpit and a rear ramp.
- No photo yetBeriev A-50Transport & support · Soviet Union
Il-76 transport with a big round radar dish on two struts above the fuselage.
- No photo yetC-17 Globemaster IIITransport & support · USA
Large four-jet high-wing transport with winglets, a T-tail and a rear ramp.
- No photo yetKC-135 StratotankerTransport & support · USA
Four-jet airliner-like tanker with a low swept wing, single engine pods and a refuelling boom under the tail.
- No photo yetP-8 PoseidonTransport & support · USA
Boeing 737 shape with raked wingtips, few cabin windows and often a sensor turret under the nose.
