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Name the plane from the airlines that fly it.
One mystery aircraft. Five attempts. Choose an airline or an aircraft fact for each clue. Your first clue and the clue after a miss are free. Asking for an extra clue uses an attempt. The final attempt is always a guess. If one clue type runs out, choose the other.
Guess by typing a manufacturer or model and picking from the list. Variants are grouped by family — every A321 is “Airbus A321”, every 737 is “Boeing 737” — so you never need the exact sub-type. A wrong guess with the correct manufacturer shows a green “Right maker” tile, and the game locks that maker in for your remaining guesses so you only have to pick the model.
Current mode — the answer is an aircraft flying today, from the A220 and the E-Jets up to the A380. Airline counts are dated published listings; some include parked or partner-operated aircraft. The result explains each source and its scope.
Historic mode — classic airliners: Concorde, the DC-10, the L-1011 TriStar, the 727, the 747 Classic. Clues are the carriers that flew them across the type's service life, including defunct legends like Pan Am, TWA, and Braniff (marked “former”). Counts are distinct aircraft operated over time, not peak fleet sizes. Some classic types still fly. Each mode keeps its own streak.
Facts cover cabin layout, engines, engine and wing position, first airline service and passenger capacity. Capacity describes a published layout or range; variants and airline configurations differ. Source links and scope notes appear with the answer. Every aircraft has seven fact categories. Concorde has three airline clues; the other families have at least five. Earlier archive puzzles keep their original rules.
Choose an airline or an aircraft fact as your first clue for free. Every miss earns another free clue choice. Extra clues use one of five attempts. The final attempt is always a guess. Name the aircraft family to win.
Current mode draws from fleets flying today — airline clues use dated published fleet listings, which can include parked or partner-operated aircraft. Historic mode is classic airliners like Concorde, the DC-10, and the 747 Classic, with clues drawn from the carriers that flew them, including defunct airlines like Pan Am and TWA. Each mode has its own daily puzzle and streak.
Airline clues generally progress from smaller counts to larger ones. Current counts are dated listings. Historic counts are distinct aircraft flown over time. Choose an aircraft fact instead whenever that would help; sources and scope notes appear with the answer.
Each guess shows two tiles — manufacturer and model. The manufacturer tile turns green with a 'Right maker' tag when you named the correct manufacturer but the wrong model. Once you've proven the maker, the game locks it in so your remaining guesses only need to pick the model.
No. Variants are grouped into one answer per family — every A321 (ceo, neo, LR, XLR) is simply 'Airbus A321', and every 737 from the -800 to the MAX is 'Boeing 737'. You guess the manufacturer and model family, not the sub-type.
12 AM Eastern every day, both modes at once. Weekends use the same schedule.
Read the first operator's market. A small regional carrier points to a turboprop or regional jet; a leisure or charter airline with a few frames suggests a workhorse narrowbody; a flag carrier with a small widebody fleet narrows it to long-haul types. Then use the fleet count — single digits of a type at a niche airline reads very differently from 40+.