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The page is for templates used only by the Aircraft WikiProject. For other aviation and Aviation WikiProject related template, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Aviation/Templates

Header

• {{Infobox Aircraft Begin}} - top right infobox
  • {{Infobox Aircraft Type}} - used with Infobox Aircraft Begin for aircraft type articles
  • {{Infobox Aircraft Career}} - used with Infobox Aircraft Begin for individual aircraft articles
  • {{Infobox Aircraft Engine}} - used with Infobox Aircraft Begin for aeroengine articles

• {{Infobox Aircraft}} - top right infobox (now deprecated, use Infobox Aircraft Type)
• {{Infobox rocket engine}} - Rocket engines
• {{Future aircraft‎}} - top of "future aircraft" article

Specifications

{{Aero-table}} - Add when the specifications are not in a template format

• {{Aero specs missing}} - Use when an article doesn't have specifications
• {{Aeroengine-specs}} - Use when an aircraft engine article is missing specifications
• {{Aircraft specs}} - the specifications template
• {{Aerospecs}} - A specifications template
• {{Aircraft specifications}} - Another specifications template
  • {{subst:Airspec-imp}} - to insert the {{Aircraft specifications}} template with imperial measurements as the main value and metric as the alternate.
  • {{subst:Airspec-met}} - to insert the {{Aircraft specifications}} template with metric measurements as the main value and imperial values as the alternate.
• For engine specifications, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft/page content#Engine specifications
  • {{Pistonspecs}} - reciprocating engines
  • {{Jetspecs}} - turbine engines
• {{Infobox aircraft/doc}}
• {{3-view}}

Footers

• {{aircontent}}
  • {{split sequence}}
  • {{Aviation lists}}
• {{AircraftDesignationNavboxShell}}

Designation Sequence Footers

• {{Lone designation}} - one-off designations (eg, YAL-1, TR-1, GV Hercules)
• {{Admiralty aircraft type numbers}}
• {{Admiralty airships}}

Austria-Hungary

• A-class covered as lone designation
• {{KuKLFT B-class designations‎}}
• {{KuKLFT C-class designations‎}}
• {{KuKLFT D-class designations‎}}
• Dr-class - no articles yet
• G-class - no articles yet
• R-class to be covered as lone designation (no article yet)

Canada

• {{Canadian Forces aircraft}} Canadian designations post-1968

China (PRC)

• {{PLAAF Aircraft}}
• {{PRC drones}} BA-
• {{PRC trainers}} CJ-, JL-
• {{PRC bombers}} H-
• {{PRC fighters}} J-
• {{PRC attack aircraft}} Q-
• Maritime patrol (SH-) covered as lone designation
• UAV (WZ-) covered as lone designation
• Glider (X-) no articles yet
• {{PRC transport aircraft}} Y-
• {{PRC helicopters}} Z-

Germany

• {{Idflieg A-class designations}}
• {{Idflieg B-class designations}}
• {{Idflieg C-class designations}}
• {{Idflieg D-class designations}}
• {{Idflieg Dr-class designations}}
• {{Idflieg E-class designations}}
• {{Idflieg G-class designations}}
• {{Idflieg J-class designations}}
• {{Idflieg K-class designations}}
• {{Idflieg N-class designations}}
• {{Idflieg R-class designations}}

• {{RLM aircraft designations}}

Japan

• Autogyros (Ka-) covered as a lone designation
• {{Japanese Army Aircraft Designation System}} - Ki-
• {{Japanese Army Glider Designation System}} - Ku-
• {{Japanese Navy Carrier Fighters}} - A
• {{Japanese Navy Torpedo Bombers}} - B
• {{Japanese Navy Reconnaisance Aircraft}} - C
• {{Japanese Navy Dive Bombers}} - D
• {{Japanese Navy Reconnaissance seaplanes}} - E
• {{Japanese Navy Observation Seaplanes}} - F
• {{Japanese Navy Land based bombers}} - G

• {{Japanese Navy Flying Boats}} - H
• {{Japanese Navy Land Based Fighters}} - J
• {{Japanese Navy Trainer Aircraft}} - K
• {{Japanese Navy Transport Aircraft}} - L
• {{Japanese Navy Special-Purpose Aircraft}} - M
• Fighter Seaplanes (N) covered as a lone designation
• Bombers (P) covered as a lone designation
• {{Japanese Navy Patrol Aircraft}} - Q
• {{Japanese Navy Reconnaissance Aircraft}} - R
• Night Fighters (S) to be covered as a lone designation (no article yet)

United States

• {{Q-UAVs}} - US DOD Q-series UAVs
• {{US airships}}
• {{USN rigid airships}}
• {{USN non-rigid airships 1954}}
• {{USN non-rigid airships 1947}}
• {{USN non-rigid airships 1940}}
• {{USN non-rigid airship classes}}
• {{USN AEW aircraft}}
• {{US Army airplanes}} - post-1948, pre-1962 fixed-wing designations
• {{USN ASW aircraft}}
• {{US ASW aircraft}}
• {{USAF attack aircraft}}
• {{USN attack aircraft}}
• {{US attack aircraft}}
• {{USAAC autogyros}}
• {{USAAS bomber aircraft}}
• {{USAF bomber aircraft}}
• {{USN bomber aircraft}}
• {{US bomber aircraft}}
• {{USAF convertiplanes}}
• {{USAAF drones}}
• {{USAF drones}}
• {{USN target drones}}
• {{USN drones}}
• {{US EW aircraft}}
• {{USAAS fighters}}
• {{USAF fighters}}
• {{USN fighters}}
• {{US fighters}}
• {{US Army flying platforms}}
• {{USAAF glider aircraft}}
• {{USAF glider aircraft}}
• {{USN glider aircraft}}
• {{US glider aircraft}}

• {{US Army helicopters}} - 1956-1962
• {{USN helicopters}} - pre 1962 designations
• {{US helicopters}} - R and H sequence from 1941 to date for all services
• {{USN hospital aircraft}}
• {{USAF liaison aircraft}}
• {{USN marine expeditionary aircraft}}
• {{USAAS observation aircraft}}
• {{USAAF observation aircraft}}
• {{USN observation aircraft}}
• {{US observation aircraft}} post 1962 O sequence
• {{US patrol aircraft}} post 1962 P sequence
• {{USN patrol aircraft}} pre-1962 P, PB and PBT
• {{USAAS racing aircraft}}
• {{USN racing aircraft}}
• {{USAAF reconnaissance aircraft}}
• {{USN scout aircraft}}
• {{USN torpedo aircraft}}
• {{USAAS trainer aircraft}}
• {{USAF trainer aircraft}}
• {{USN trainer aircraft}} - 1922-1948 N-sequence
• {{USN trainer aircraft 1948}} - 1948-1962 T-sequence
• {{US trainer aircraft}}

• {{USAF transports}}
• {{USN transports}}
• {{USN transport single-engined}} 1939-1941 G-sequence
• {{US transport aircraft}}
• {{USN utility aircraft}} 1935-1955 J, JR-sequence
• {{USN utility aircraft 1955}} 1955-1962 J-sequence
• {{US utility aircraft}}
• {{US STOL and VTOL aircraft}}
• {{US Army VTOL}}
• {{X-planes}} - US X-Planes

Aircraft Manufacturer Specific Footers

These templates include the different planes that each respective aircraft manufacturer has created. These templates are to be used at the bottom of an article about an airplane by the selected manufacturer or about an airplane manufacturer itself. Should be used as the top navigation template at the bottom of the page.

The footers style can vary depending on the amount of information included and how it is arranged. Some examples are the very simple:

Simple with unlinked titles:

The more complicated, with titles on the left:

A timeline:

In general all templates use Template:Navbox, which has instructions on how to reate a variety of styles.

For a full list of manufacture templates, see Category:Manufacturer-based aircraft navigational boxes

Aircraft Engine Manufacturer Specific Footers

Please see Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft/Engines/Templates for more on this subject. These templates are used to link aircraft engines built or designed by a manufacturer. The templates are to be used at the bottom of an article about an engine by the selected manufacturer or about an engine manufacturer itself. Should be used as the top navigation template at the bottom of the page.

In general all templates use Template:Navbox, which has instructions on how to create a variety of styles.

For a full list of engine manufacturer templates, see Category:Manufacturer-based aircraft engine navigational boxes

Aircraft Type Specific Footers

• {{707 military variants}} - 707 and C-135 variant nav footer
• {{B-29 family}} - B-29 Superfortress and derivatives

General Info Footers

• {{Flight instruments}} - Aircraft flight instruments nav footer
• {{Giant aircraft}} - Very large aircraft

Aircraft Stub Types

• {{aero-company-stub}} - aviation company stubs
• {{mil-aviation-stub}} - military aviation stubs

Aircraft Stubs

• Aviation stubs *B | - {{Aviation-stub}} - <500 on October 31
  • Aviation-terminology-stubs - {{Aviation-term-stub}}
  • Aircraft stubs (*W) - {{Aero-stub}} - <100 on October 31
    • Bomber stubs - {{Bomber-stub}} - <100 on October 31
    • Pre-1930 aircraft stubs - {{aero-pre1930-stub}} - <100 on October 31
  • Airline stubs (*W) - {{Airline-stub}} - <50 on October 31

• {{engine-aircraft-stub}}
• {{component-aircraft-stub}}

Stubs by aircraft years

• {{aero-pre1930-stub}}
• {{aero-1940s-stub}}
• {{aero-1950s-stub}}
• {{aero-1960s-stub}}
• {{aero-1970s-stub}}
• {{aero-1980s-stub}}
• {{aero-1990s-stub}}
• {{aero-2000s-stub}}

Citation/Reference

Generic

• {{Cite book}}
• {{Cite news}}
• {{Cite web}}

Harvard Reference style

• {{Citation}}

Source-specific

• {{Cite airliners.net}}
• {{Ref Great Aircraft}}
• {{Ref Jane's}}

Style

{{harv}}

Image use

• {{Non-free aircraft image}} - Fair-use rational for image use.

Formatting/auto-linking

• {{Airreg}}