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Usage

This template acts to provide common formatting for other aircraft-related infoboxes. It (and any boxes that follow it) must be enclosed by {| and |} that enclose a wiki-table (see Help:Tables).

Examples

For an article on an aircraft type, use:

{|{{Infobox Aircraft Begin
 |parameters go here
}}{{Inbobox Aircraft Type
 |parameters go here
}}
|}

Or, for an article on an aero engine, use:

{|{{Infobox Aircraft Begin
 |parameters go here
}}{{Inbobox Aircraft Engine
 |parameters go here
}}
|}

Multiple templates can be stacked one after the other. For example, where the only example built of a particular aircraft type also had an individually noteworthy career (eg, The Spirit of St. Louis, use:

{|{{Infobox Aircraft Begin
 |parameters go here
}}{{Inbobox Aircraft Type
 |parameters go here
}}{{Inbobox Aircraft Career
 |parameters go here
}}
|}

Modules currently available for the modular Infobox Aircraft are:

{{Infobox Aircraft Begin}} 
Must be included in every stack. This template carries the name, image, image caption, and formatting for the rest of the stack.
{{Infobox Aircraft Type}} 
General data fields relevant to an aircraft type (or subtype), such as role, manufacturer, number produced, date of first flight (but not technical specifications)
{{Infobox Aircraft Career}} 
Data fields relevant to an individually significant airframe, such as construction number, registration number, military serial, current preservation status.
{{Infobox Aircraft Engine}} 
General data fields relevant to an aircraft engine, such as type, manufacturer, major applications (but not technical specifications)
{{Seriesbox Aircraft Categories}} 
Non-parameterised seriesbox for broad categories of aircraft, such as airship, helicopter, glider.

Parameters

name 
The subject of the article. When naming aircraft and engines, please do not repeat the name of the manufacturer unless the name would be otherwise ambiguous. For example, "P-51 Mustang" does not need to have "North American" in front of it: the name itself is unambiguous and the manufacturer will be stated just a few lines down in the Type Infobox.
image 
In the format Image:filename format with no image tags
caption 
A short (one- or two-line) caption for the image. If it isn't descriptive, then please skip it. "Boeing 747" or "Boeing 747 in flight" should be patently obvious from the context and does not need to be captioned. "A Qantas Airlines Boeing 747-400 at Heathrow Airport in 2006" is an example of a useful caption. Captions will appeared centred in the infobox.
long caption 
A longer (multi-line), more detailed caption may be desirable from time to time. Long captions will appear left-justified in the infobox.