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Boeing 737 vs Airbus A320

Boeing 737

Boeing 737

Airbus A320

Airbus A320

Cheat code: Flat-bottomed 'hamster pouch' engines? It's a 737.

Engines

Flattened bottom on the engine cowling, sits close to the ground

Perfectly round engines with more ground clearance

Nose & cockpit

Pointed nose; rear cockpit side window shaped like a 'V'

Rounded blunt nose; rear cockpit window has a notched corner

Tail

A long fin fillet runs forward along the top of the fuselage into the tail

Straight, clean tail root with no fillet

Tail cone

Tapered, slightly pointed tail cone

Short, rounded tail cone

Boeing 787 Dreamliner vs Airbus A350

Boeing 787 Dreamliner

Boeing 787 Dreamliner

Airbus A350

Airbus A350

Cheat code: Raccoon sunglasses round the cockpit? It's an A350.

Cockpit

Four smooth curved windscreen panes, no dark surround

Black painted 'raccoon mask' around the cockpit windows

Engines

Serrated sawtooth edges (chevrons) on the back of the engines

Smooth round engine exhausts, no sawtooth

Wingtips

Raked, swept-back wingtips with no upturned winglet

Curved winglets that sweep upward

Tail cone

Rounded, tapering tail cone

Flat, blade-like tail cone

Boeing 777 vs Airbus A330

No verified photo yet

Boeing 777

No verified photo yet

Airbus A330

Cheat code: Six wheels on each main leg? It's a 777.

Landing gear

Six wheels on each main gear leg (three axles)

Four wheels on each main gear leg (two axles)

Tail cone

Flat, blade-shaped tail cone

Round, cone-shaped tail cone

Engines

Huge engines, nearly as wide as the fuselage

Noticeably smaller engines

Wingtips

Raked tips (most) with no winglet

Small upturned winglets

Airbus A220 vs Embraer E190/E195

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Airbus A220

Embraer E190/E195

Embraer E190/E195

Cheat code: Big engines on a stubby small jet? It's an A220.

Engines

Large engines that look oversized for the plane

Smaller engines in proportion to the fuselage

Fuselage

Wider body, five seats across

Narrower body, four seats across

Cockpit

Large single-curve side windows, smooth nose

Distinctive four-pane windscreen with a pointed nose

Wingtips

Canted, gently angled winglets

Tall upswept winglets

Boeing 747 vs Airbus A380

Boeing 747

Boeing 747

Airbus A380

Airbus A380

Cheat code: Hump only at the front? 747. Full-length double deck? A380.

Upper deck

Short hump at the front only

Two full decks of windows the whole length

Nose

Pointed nose below the hump

Big rounded, bulbous nose

Wings

Slender, strongly swept wings

Enormous, thick wings with small wingtip fences

Landing gear

Four main gear legs of four wheels

Twenty-two wheels, six-wheel legs under the body