>>1057470Most kids will learn military aircraft first because they're awesome, loud, and drop bombs and shit. But once you start flying you will gradually open your eyes to all kinds of planes and learn neat things about all of them.
Take the Metro II, pic related.Its a poor man's King Air, and regarded as such. But unlike the King Air, it has a system for alcohol injection to increase the power of the engine for a limited time during hot and high takeoffs, something you really don't see a whole lot.
Civilian aircraft recognition will come in time, but you have to recognize that each and every plane is designed to do a similar task slightly differently, so they all have their quirks, advantages, and disadvantages. Even different models of the same plane are very different.