ID question: hornet or super-hornet?

Probably the quickest way from below would be the tailplanes, the rear edge
of a legacy Hornet has a curve at the tip, SuperBugs have a straight angle.
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Drewe Manton wrote in message .4...
Probably the quickest way from below would be the tailplanes, the rear edge
of a legacy Hornet has a curve at the tip, SuperBugs have a straight angle.

Canopy to body size ratio can sometimes be a giveaway, the super bug
is bigger enough that the canopy looks different. And IIRC the pylon
count will be different too. 4 vs. 6

Here are Hornet / Super Hornet photos:

http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/.../air-fa18.html

Emilio

"Jim Battista" wrote in message
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Seeing a couple fly over one at a time this weekend leads me to ask:

Is there any easy way to tell a plain-old Hornet from a Super-hornet if
it's alone in the sky? I know the E/F's are bigger, but, that ain't
much help without the other one next to it.

Is this one where you just have to really know what to look for?

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