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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

• ((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 program)) - used with Infobox aircraft begin for aircraft or engine program(me) articles
• ((Infobox rocket engine)) - Rocket engines

• ((Aero specs missing)) - Use when an aircraft article doesn't have specifications
• ((Aircraft specs)) - the current specifications template
  • ((Aerospecs)) - Deprecated specifications template being merged with Aircraft specs.
  • ((Aircraft specifications)) - Another deprecated specifications template
    • ((subst:Airspec-imp))/((subst:Airspec-met)) - to insert ((Aircraft specifications)) template with chosen measurements as the main value.

• For engine specifications, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft/page content#Engine specifications
• ((Aeroengine-specs)) - Use when an aircraft engine article is missing specifications
  • ((Pistonspecs)) - reciprocating engines
  • ((Jetspecs)) - turbine engines
  • ((Electricspecs)) - electric engines
• ((3-view))

• ((aircontent))
• ((Aviation lists))
• ((AircraftDesignationNavboxShell))

Designation Sequence Footers

• ((Lone designation)) - one-off designations (eg, YAL-1, TR-1, GV Hercules)

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 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

Italy

• ((Italian military aircraft))

Japan

• Autogyros (Ka-) covered as a lone designation
• ((Japanese Army Aircraft Designation System)) (Ki)
• ((Japanese Army Glider Designation System)) (Ku)
• ((Japanese Navy short aircraft designations))
• ((Imperial Japanese Navy official aircraft names))

Soviet Union

• ((Soviet Aircraft Designations by Role or Configuration))

Sweden

• ((Swedish military aircraft designations))

United Kingdom

• ((Admiralty aircraft type numbers))
• ((Admiralty airships))
• ((Royal Air Force aircraft names))

United States

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 and Links to 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

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
  • Aircraft stubs (*W) - ((Aero-stub)) - <100 on October 31
    • Bomber stubs - ((Bomber-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-1940s-stub))
• ((aero-1950s-stub))
• ((aero-1960s-stub))
• ((aero-1970s-stub))
• ((aero-1980s-stub))
• ((aero-1990s-stub))
• ((aero-2000s-stub))

Generic

• ((Cite book))
• ((Cite news))
• ((Cite web))

Harvard Reference style

• ((Citation))

Source-specific

• ((Ref Jane's))

Style

((harv))

• ((Non-free aircraft image)) - Fair-use rational for image use.

• ((Airreg))