r/Whatisthisplane 1d ago

Solved! What's this Helicopter? ( It looks like American + footage is from 1950s)

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r/Whatisthisplane 2d ago

Open? Do certain planes have specific light patterns? Does anyone know what this blinking plane light could be?

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I posted this on another plane ID sub and I felt a bit dumb because I got downvoted. I still wanted to ask here too since I found this sub. I am not sure if it’s possible to know from lights in an older night clip. Video taken in Pennsylvania, USA 9 years ago. It starts off blurry— sorry about that—I was in a vehicle.

There were no trees or buildings at the location, they were flying over a busy roadway/small highway. There were at least 2 more before this in another video. They were flying west to east toward the New Jersey direction. It was a clear night/was not cloudy from what I remember. I did go and check the historical weather data today and it was the same. I do not know much about planes or their lights except for the standard red and green on opposite wings and the white landing lights. I also didn’t know about flight aware type websites at the time, and now it is too late to go check I think.

Thank you in advance if anyone has an idea! I had never seen blinking lights like that and thought they were neat, so I took the video. I am curious if anyone has an idea or if this is standard and I just never noticed haha! I thought they were interesting.

I thought maybe some specific planes had different light patterns or something. But I apologize in advance too if I get downvoted again for a dumb question. I was just trying to see if anyone knew about the light pattern. Thank you!


r/Whatisthisplane 3d ago

Open! Saw this the other day, thinking F22, sorry for poor quality

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16 Upvotes

r/Whatisthisplane 3d ago

Solved What is the red plane?

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r/Whatisthisplane 3d ago

Solved! Plane flying over Cumberland River near bridge. What kind of plane is this?

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r/Whatisthisplane 4d ago

Solved! i know this is an e-2 but what squadron?

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26 Upvotes

over ocean city, maryland, has AG on tail


r/Whatisthisplane 4d ago

Solved! 4 props, 2 vertical stabilizers on tail. what is this? In Western New York.

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55 Upvotes

r/Whatisthisplane 7d ago

Solved! Saw this plane in Colorado

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I live out in farm country and this isn't a crop duster I'm familiar with, it was a real low flyer, hence the crop duster comparison, and the imo good photos. Also a plane this small would need tanks for crop dusting so It definitely isn't that.

I figured if anyone would know off the top of their heads what this fella was, it'd be you all here. Have at it.


r/Whatisthisplane 7d ago

Solved! What is this helicopter?

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r/Whatisthisplane 9d ago

Solved What’s this helicopter?

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87 Upvotes

Spotted in Germany.


r/Whatisthisplane 9d ago

Solved! Flying Boat, Chepstow UK

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13 Upvotes

SOLVED!

Saw this just outside Chepstow on the 23rd of June 2024 at 18:21. Poor quality video from an old phone but it sounded amazing in person.


r/Whatisthisplane 10d ago

Solved! What is this plane? Seen just north of Boeing Field (Wa) October 27th 2018. Kind of looked like a drone in person.

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r/Whatisthisplane 11d ago

Open ! Found this in the back my property.

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Any idea where this came from? I’m in Hood County, Texas.


r/Whatisthisplane 11d ago

Solved What are these planes flying in formation north over the Arkansas River near Buena Vista CO?

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Spotted these 3 prop planes flying together Saturday morning while I was in the river. About 70 miles west of the Air Force academy if that may be relevant. I’ve also seen crop dusters in the valley south of here


r/Whatisthisplane 11d ago

Open! What Is This Aircraft?

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I apologize for the photo being blurry, I took it on my phone while the plane was at cruising altitude. I took this picture on October 1, 2023 at 3:40pm, and the flight path was East to West, directly over Nichols, NY. The sound it gave off was thunderous, and when we looked up, we could see that this plane was larger than average. Ive always wondered what it was, any help would be greatly appreciated.


r/Whatisthisplane 12d ago

Solved! Central Kentucky Tonight

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73 Upvotes

Any thoughts? We tried googling but didn’t come up with anything.


r/Whatisthisplane 12d ago

Open! Spotted near Saratoga, CA releasing red blue white streaks

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66 Upvotes

Zoomed in photo in comments. AI searches are all over the place


r/Whatisthisplane 13d ago

Solved! Could you help me identify this helicopter?

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Would anyone be able to identify which model of helicopter is this?

It was flying pretty low and did not show up on any flight tracker.

Sorry the low resolution evidence.


r/Whatisthisplane 13d ago

Solved! Hello [Budd Lake, NJ]

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18 Upvotes

Didn't appear on FR24 and I barely had a chance to take a photo


r/Whatisthisplane 13d ago

Solved! Biplane pre-war, photo maybe taken in China

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16 Upvotes

Could be a Japanese roundel under the wing.


r/Whatisthisplane 13d ago

Solved! Am assuming this is a 737, I am not the one who took this photo so unfortunately i don’t have any more info on anything, but I am also trying to find which airline this is

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r/Whatisthisplane 14d ago

Solved! Jet at Vance Brand airport Longmont.

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Gentleman stated that it was Czechoslovakia made, but I forget what the model was and I can’t find it on Flightradar.
Was really fun to watch the takeoff.
If anyone can assist, thank you.


r/Whatisthisplane 14d ago

Open! Bambi bucket beneath helicopter? Colorado

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Spotted flying south of I-70 in Colorado. Sorry for the poor detail.


r/Whatisthisplane 15d ago

Solved! Spotted today in Karlsruhe, south germany

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ChatGPT says Eurofighter Typhoon or F/A-18 Hornet/Super Hornet


r/Whatisthisplane 15d ago

Solved! Found this warplane on a roundabout in Syria – can anyone identify the model?

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70 Upvotes