airplane spotting

On Thursday, numerous plane-spotter-types in the Twin Cities noticed that what appeared to be B-2 Spirit planes, commonly known as "stealth bombers," were passing over Minneapolis. (That numerous civilians who happened to look up at the right time were able to pick out "stealth" aircraft we spent $45 ...

They open the observation deck on top of the Theme Building only on the second weekend of each month. It's not advertised or well known. The only other people up there besides me were a handful of travelers and one bonafide, old-fashioned plane spotter, dutifully writing down the tail numbers of aircraft ...

Whatever went wrong with the plane's left engine, the turbine apparently broke apart and forced a mayday landing in Philadelphia. A photo of the Southwest jet taken last year by a plane spotter reveals the same tail number of a plane that was on the books to have been in Chicago tomorrow morning.

Sheriff George L. Mabry and Police Chief W. C. Kirven left for Jacksonville to take into custody a 27-year-old mechanic and airplane pilot, charged with breaking into the home of Lt. Col. Frank K. Clare recently and stealing approximately $1,000 worth of property. The accused was arrested by Jacksonville ...

World War II plane spotters protected West Milford, other local towns ... The plane spotter towers that I am personally aware of were on Bartholdi Avenue in Butler and at several locations in the Township of West Milford, although there ... Girls as young as 11 or 12 took on patriotic duties as airplane spotters.

Branksome Hotel opened in Robey St, Mascot, in October last year and it's already gained a reputation for its stunning rooftop garden bar. The five-star Branksome Hotel is in Robey St, Mascot. Picture: John Appleyard. “It's a fantastic space,” Ben Chandwani, Branksome's commercial director, said.

Chennai: The fascination for flights is synonymous with childhood, so to say. But not many of us actually go on to pursue a career in exploring the same. However, here is someone who took his aviation interest a notch higher and is now excelling in the said field. Meet S Srivatsan, a resident of Durga Nagar, ...

The NWS is hosting a FREE Skywarn Spotter class on Tuesday, April 10th at 6pm in Lee County. ... Spotters are concerned citizens, amateur radio operators, truck drivers, mariners, airplane pilots, emergency management personnel, and public safety officials who volunteer their time and energy to report ...

Times Tattles by I.D. Clare – Mrs. Paul Harper of Andrews serving for the first time as an airplane spotter at the Andrews observation post. She thought she would have an uneventful tour of duty but thirty-one planes coming over kept her hustling . . . Georgetown having a highly successful practice air raid ...

For weeks now, plane spotters on the ground and those using online flight tracking software have watched the curious activities of a highly modified and .... this particular aircraft appears to have been configured for aerial surveillance missions since at least 2003, when a plane spotter grabbed a picture of ...

When trying to count and classify a group of pronghorn antelope from the air, you deal with lots of factors that aren't included in most other general aviation flying. Where are the towers or power lines? Where's the light coming from? Where's the wind coming from and how strong is it? Where are the fences?

Adhama is a plane spotter, able to recognise the type of aircraft overhead simply by listening. Luisa is a budding ornithologist, obsessed by the spiraling patterns of starling murmuration. As it turns out, these characters are connected by more than their individual attempts to imagine a world beyond their ...

Every morning between 5.45 and 7.45, about 10,000 people travel through Dublin Airport. At 6.45am on a Friday I encounter seven of them, a hen party from Finglas who are on their way to Benidorm. Elaine Dempsey, dressed all in white with a plastic tiara, is the bride. Her mother, Lizzie, is wearing ...

Ben Granucci, Senior Editor, is an aviation enthusiast and plane spotter based in New York City. Growing up in Connecticut, he has had his eyes toward the sky for as long as he can remember. He can be reached at ben.granucci@nycaviation.com. Follow him on Twitter. More articles by Ben Granucci ».

Currently, Hecker owns a 1942 Boeing A-75N1 Primary Trainer and a 1943 Aeronca O-58B (L-3B) artillery spotter aircraft that he restored himself. Recently, he flew ... "This airplane is structurally, probably one of the best C-47's out there right now because it went through extensive restoration. It should give ...

"HCFR currently has 5 fire engines, 2 water tankers, 5 brush units, 1 rescue, 2 battalion chiefs and 3 administrative chiefs. The Florida Forest Service has 9 bulldozers, 3 engines, 3 field officers and 1 spotter airplane in the area. CCFR has 1 fire engine and 1 water tanker on scene. HCFR is requesting that ...

During World War II, the United States established civilian-staffed Aircraft Warning Service airplane spotters along the country's east and west coasts in May 1941. At Gold Beach on the ... When something noteworthy flew by, a spotter picked up the phone and said, “Flash Message.” The operator bumped ...

Tracking flights is a bit of a pain. Siri can do it, and if you're a real plane spotter, you might even trouble yourself to find an app to do it. But for most of us, we track a flight once in a while, whenever someone's coming to visit. We just want something that is simple to use, and the disappears. That something is ...

Mrs. Kelso was not a US Veteran but was a plane spotter in WWII. she was an avid golfer, and enjoyed gardening, reading and playing bridge. She was a secretary for St. Amelia Church, volunteered for the Erie County voting polls for many years and loved spending time with her family and friends.

Unbeknownst to him, Vancouver plane spotter Kent Matthiesen was also taking a video of the landing — this one from the ground. Midweek Megaplane Montage @british_airways Speedbird @airbus A380 #GXLED LEDzep arrival @yvrairport from @HeathrowAirport #yvrspotters pic.twitter.com/ ...

They have since been transformed into a spectacular property that would make any plane spotter jealous. A helicopter was used to deliver the plane parts to the building site. Rex Features. 9. A helicopter was used to deliver the plane parts to the building site. Part of the wing is lowered down to the site to ...

The love-heart flight path was visible on FlightRadar24.com, and was first spotted by eagle-eyed plane spotter Philip Davis. Virgin A330 drawing a heart off the north Cornwall coast ❤ pic.twitter.com/DZjAWyWJh7. — Philip Davis (@PlanePhil5) February 14, 2018. The Virgin Atlantic plane—an Airbus A330 ...

Travel industry websites do not enthral me; they are mostly utilitarian means to ends. But if you pressed me to name a favourite, it would probably be gcmap.com. Great Circle Mapper, as it is more grandly known, provides an interesting free service: calculating the shortest route between any two airports on ...

It's time to pack up your thermos flask, whip out your binoculars and make sure you bring a pillow for your deckchair – this list will whet the appetite of every plane-spotter across the globe. We believe that airports aren't just a place to get from A to B – they can be a fantastic holiday for themselves. To prove ...