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Did you know 12 Dec 2024 – Praga E-55 (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by The Bushranger (t · c); see discussion 08 Dec 2024 – Tsybin Ts-25 (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by The Bushranger (t · c); see discussion 27 Nov 2024 – Beechcraft BQM-126 (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by The Bushranger (t · c); see discussion 20 Nov 2024 – 1991 Andover tornado (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by EF5 (t · c); see discussion Articles for deletion 17 Dec 2024 – Pratt & Whitney GG4 (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Tule-hog (t · c); see discussion (4 participants) 16 Dec 2024 – Vertical penetration (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Dicklyon (t · c); see discussion (5 participants) 14 Dec 2024 – American Airlines Flight 1722 (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Ivebeenhacked (t · c); see discussion (9 participants) 08 Dec 2024 – Anders Jallai (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Bearcat (t · c); see discussion (6 participants; relisted) 08 Dec 2024 – 2009 Aéro-Frêt An-12 crash (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Aviationwikiflight (t · c); see discussion (2 participants; relisted) 05 Dec 2024 – Samson Arega Bekele (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by CanonNi (t · c); see discussion (9 participants; relisted) 07 Dec 2024 – Allendorf Airport (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Anonymous1261 (t · c) was closed as redirect by Benison (t · c) on 14 Dec 2024; see discussion (5 participants) 07 Dec 2024 – EgyptAir Flight 763 (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Aviationwikiflight (t · c) was closed as keep by Mojo Hand (t · c) on 14 Dec 2024; see discussion (6 participants) 29 Nov 2024 – TezJet (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Ratnahastin (t · c) was closed as redirect by Doczilla (t · c) on 13 Dec 2024; see discussion (4 participants; relisted) 29 Nov 2024 – Pradhaan Air Express (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Ratnahastin (t · c) was closed as delete by Just Step Sideways (t · c) on 13 Dec 2024; see discussion (4 participants; relisted) (1 more...) Categories for discussion 14 Dec 2024 – Category:De Havilland Canada Dash 7 (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by The Bushranger (t · c); see discussion Files for discussion 01 Dec 2024 – File:Savoia-Marchetti S.66 take off.jpg (talk · edit · hist) (on 1, 2) was FfDed by Iruka13 (t · c); see discussion 08 Dec 2024 – File:Macchi C.202 rear view.png (talk · edit · hist) (on Macchi C.202 Folgore) FfDed by Iruka13 (t · c) was closed; see discussion Featured article candidates 24 Nov 2024 – Operation Matterhorn logistics (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by Hawkeye7 (t · c); see discussion A-Class review undated – Project Pluto (talk · edit · hist) was put up for A-Class review undated – John S. McCain Sr. (talk · edit · hist) was put up for A-Class review undated – Granville Gee Bee Model A (talk · edit · hist) was put up for A-Class review undated – List of aviation shootdowns and accidents during the Iraq War (talk · edit · hist) was put up for A-Class review Good article nominees 14 Dec 2024 – Flying saucer (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Rjjiii (t · c); start discussion 02 Dec 2024 – 1991 Andover tornado (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by EF5 (t · c); start discussion 06 Oct 2024 – Columbus Airport (Georgia) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Mccunicano (t · c); start discussion 15 Jun 2024 – Chennai International Airport (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Magentic Manifestations (t · c); start discussion Featured article reviews 20 May 2024 – Northrop YF-23 (talk · edit · hist) was put up for FA review by Steve7c8 (t · c); see discussion Requests for comments 15 Dec 2024 – Sabiha Gökçen (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by 217.44.10.171 (t · c); see discussion Peer reviews 12 Sep 2024 – Elm Farm Ollie (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Sevey13 (t · c); see discussion Requested moves 14 Dec 2024 – British European Airways Flight 706 (1965) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to British European Airways Flight 5427 by ThatFlyingSquid (t · c); see discussion 13 Dec 2024 – Malacca International Airport (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Malacca Airport by The Bangsawan (t · c); see discussion 16 Dec 2024 – 2024 New Jersey drone sightings (talk · edit · hist) move request to 2024 Northeastern United States drone sightings by Very Polite Person (t · c) was closed; see [[Talk:2024 New Jersey drone sightings#Requested move 16 December 2024 to 2024 Northeastern United States drone sightings\|discussion]] Articles to be merged 07 Dec 2024 – Escadron de Chasse 1/7 Provence (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to No. 328 Squadron RAF by Gavbadger (t · c); see discussion 08 Nov 2024 – Lannion Airfield (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Lannion–Côte de Granit Airport by P199 (t · c); see discussion 15 Oct 2024 – RAF Kalyan (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Kalyan Airstrip by Gavbadger (t · c); see discussion 31 Jul 2024 – Collaborative combat aircraft (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Loyal wingman by Wasianpower (t · c); see discussion Articles to be split 21 Nov 2024 – Spacecraft attitude control (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Fgnievinski (t · c); see discussion 20 Nov 2024 – List of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Mjroots (t · c); see discussion 15 Jul 2024 – Prince Andrew, Duke of York (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by AjaxSmack (t · c); see discussion 10 Sep 2023 – Ibaraki Airport (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Harashisaki (t · c); see discussion 04 Dec 2022 – Wankel engine (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Thumperward (t · c); see discussion Articles for creation 17 Dec 2024 – Draft:SXM Airways (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by 173.71.125.140 (t · c) 10 Dec 2024 – Draft:Jetfly Aviation SA (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Avionsfanclub (t · c) 10 Dec 2024 – Draft:Kalix Airfield (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by KeyMen12 (t · c) 01 Dec 2024 – Draft:Naval Outlying Landing Field Cuddihy (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by KeyMen12 (t · c) 23 Nov 2024 – Draft:Valdahon Airfield (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by KeyMen12 (t · c) 18 Nov 2024 – Draft:Drone Remote Identification Protocol (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Waritsanant06 (t · c) 15 Nov 2024 – Draft:Ilker Furat (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Heathbar1981 (t · c) 08 Nov 2024 – Draft:Corsica Airfield Complex (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Bollardant (t · c) 28 Oct 2024 – Draft:Aérodrome communal de Rodez-Onet-le-Château (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by KeyMen12 (t · c) 25 Oct 2024 – Draft:Pierre de Saint Roman (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Grégoire Corty (t · c) (1 more...)
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Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft/Missing articles now lists just over 500 articles that need to be created or redirected.

Article class	Project
Article class	Aviation	Aircraft	Airlines	Airports	^{Military Aviation}	^{Aviation accident}	Rotorcraft	Gliding	^{Defunct Airlines}	Air sports	Biography	^Aero engine
FA	147	19	1	4	194	17	1	1	0	1	81	2
FL	5	0	1	1	8	1	0	0	1	2	3	0
A	23	13	0	0	97	1	2	0	0	0	40	1
GA	150	174	24	54	549	71	1	6	13	2	137	3
B	783	2,171	99	418	3,445	313	131	177	73	45	800	172
C	2805	4,662	246	1,007	8,003	664	294	396	104	370	1,161	438
Start	10811	5,776	1,064	4,630	12,312	971	468	633	752	347	1,980	931
Stub	17340	1,326	1,394	9,102	2,678	176	89	86	543	224	1,365	89
List	1579	445	463	595	608	148	23	13	74	6	104	10
Template	1260	871	209	413	1	187	16	6	5	94	10	81
Category	6053	3,947	774	1,280	0	827	74	83	357	80	234	139
Disambig	511	16	16	408	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	1
File	250	177	1,184	0	0	5	5	0	7	0	5	0
Portal	632	36	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	18	0
Project	45	9	7	4	0	8	0	3	4	0	1	3
Unassessed	357	31	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	79,217	22,548	6,004	19,684	35,412	3,827	1,178	1,448	2,083	1,202	6,499	2,178

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Articles needing attention
Aviation articles needing attention to coverage and accuracy	24,642
Aviation articles needing attention to grammar	20,563
Aviation articles needing attention to referencing and citation	26,816
Aviation articles needing attention to structure	13,527
Aviation articles needing attention to supporting materials	19,785
Aviation articles with incomplete B-Class checklists	11,846
Unassessed aviation articles	357
Aviation articles needing infoboxes	223
Aircraft articles without specifications	45
Aviation articles needing images	912
Aviation articles needing attention	949
Aviation articles with no associated task force	0
Aviation collaboration candidates	6
Requests for aviation peer review	0

Articles tagged with
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Stubs	Total
Aviation stubs	378
→ Aircraft	132
→ Airport	27
→ Airline	13
→ Biography	266
→ Military aviation	252
→ Aerospace museum	58
→ Aircraft engine	36
→ Aircraft component	33
→ Air sports stubs	61
→ Aeronautical company	185

Airport Articles tagged with
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Stubs	Total
Airport stubs	20
→ North American airport stubs	11
→ → Canada	82
→ → → Alberta	220
→ → → Atlantic Canada	105
→ → → British columbia	198
→ → → Manitoba	131
→ → → Northwest Territories	66
→ → → Ontario	439
→ → → Quebec	204
→ → → Saskatchewan	170
→ → United States	14
→ → → Midwestern United States	160
→ → → Northeastern United States	139
→ → → Southern United States	170
→ → → → Texas	56
→ → → Western United States	142
→ → → Alaska	237
→ → → California	107
→ → → Kansas	55
→ → → Michigan	46
→ → → North Carolina	49
→ → Mexico	54
→ South America	158
→ Oceania	207
→ → Australia	108
→ Africa	7
→ → North Africa	156
→ → East Africa	147
→ → Southern Africa	259
→ → West Africa	253
→ Europe	561
→ → France	63
→ → Turkey	47
→ → Russia	245
→ → United Kingdom	44
→ Asia	344
→ → India	79
→ → Indonesia	154
→ → People's Republic of China	76
→ → Pakistan	37

Airline Articles tagged with
{{stub}} tags
Stubs	Total
Airline stubs	13
→ North American airline stubs	122
→ → United States	201
→ South America	83
→ Oceania	32
→ Africa	269
→ Europe	284
→ Asia	237

Did you know

12 Dec 2024 – Praga E-55 (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by The Bushranger (t · c); see discussion
08 Dec 2024 – Tsybin Ts-25 (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by The Bushranger (t · c); see discussion
27 Nov 2024 – Beechcraft BQM-126 (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by The Bushranger (t · c); see discussion
20 Nov 2024 – 1991 Andover tornado (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by EF5 (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

17 Dec 2024 – Pratt & Whitney GG4 (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Tule-hog (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
16 Dec 2024 – Vertical penetration (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Dicklyon (t · c); see discussion (5 participants)
14 Dec 2024 – American Airlines Flight 1722 (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Ivebeenhacked (t · c); see discussion (9 participants)
08 Dec 2024 – Anders Jallai (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Bearcat (t · c); see discussion (6 participants; relisted)
08 Dec 2024 – 2009 Aéro-Frêt An-12 crash (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Aviationwikiflight (t · c); see discussion (2 participants; relisted)
05 Dec 2024 – Samson Arega Bekele (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by CanonNi (t · c); see discussion (9 participants; relisted)
07 Dec 2024 – Allendorf Airport (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Anonymous1261 (t · c) was closed as redirect by Benison (t · c) on 14 Dec 2024; see discussion (5 participants)
07 Dec 2024 – EgyptAir Flight 763 (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Aviationwikiflight (t · c) was closed as keep by Mojo Hand (t · c) on 14 Dec 2024; see discussion (6 participants)
29 Nov 2024 – TezJet (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Ratnahastin (t · c) was closed as redirect by Doczilla (t · c) on 13 Dec 2024; see discussion (4 participants; relisted)
29 Nov 2024 – Pradhaan Air Express (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Ratnahastin (t · c) was closed as delete by Just Step Sideways (t · c) on 13 Dec 2024; see discussion (4 participants; relisted)

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Categories for discussion

14 Dec 2024 – Category:De Havilland Canada Dash 7 (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by The Bushranger (t · c); see discussion

Files for discussion

01 Dec 2024 – File:Savoia-Marchetti S.66 take off.jpg (talk · edit · hist) (on 1, 2) was FfDed by Iruka13 (t · c); see discussion
08 Dec 2024 – File:Macchi C.202 rear view.png (talk · edit · hist) (on Macchi C.202 Folgore) FfDed by Iruka13 (t · c) was closed; see discussion

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