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  Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Aircraft spotting   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Aircraft spotting is a hobby involving the pursuit of different aircraft: gliders, powered aircraft, large balloons, airships, helicopters, microlights and, less probably, drones and hovercraft.
Aircraft spotting was not until recently recognised as a legitimate hobby in Greece where the military authorities remain concerned about note-taking and photography on or near airfields.
One side-effect of the case was the heightened awareness it brought in the UK to the human rights implications of mutual extradition agreements anticipated between the member states of the European Union.
www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/ai/Aircraft_spotting   (1052 words)

  
 Aircraft spotting - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Aircraft spotting is a hobby involving the enjoyment, observation and photography of aircraft: gliders, powered aircraft, large balloons, airships, helicopters, and microlights.
If the observer is familiar with the airfield being used by the aircraft and its normal traffic patterns, he or she is more likely to leap quickly to a decision about the aircraft's identity - they may have seen the same one many times from the same angle.
Camouflage markings differ, depending on the surroundings in which that aircraft is expected to operate.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Aircraft_spotting   (947 words)

  
  Spotting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Spotting in weight training or powerlifting is done by a partner of the person lifting the weights to ensure safety.
Spotting is a practice used in climbing, especially in bouldering, where the climbers are close to the ground and ropes are not typically used.
The term spotting or spots is sometimes given to the practice of burning rolled balls of marijuana between heated metal knives and inhaling the smoke through a spottle.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Spotting   (300 words)

  
 Aircraft spotting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Aircraft spotting or Plane spotting is a hobby involving the enjoyment, observation and photography of aircraft: gliders, powered aircraft, large balloons, airships, helicopters, and microlights.
The picture was taken from Myrtle Avenue, an excellent aircraft spotting location at the south east corner of London Heathrow Airport.
If the observer is familiar with the airfield being used by the aircraft and its normal traffic patterns, he or she is more likely to leap quickly to a decision about the aircraft's identity - they may have seen the same type of aircraft from the same angle many times.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Aircraft_spotting   (739 words)

  
 Aircraft spotting   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Aircraft spotting is a hobby involving the pursuit of different aircraft: gliders, powered aircraft, large balloons, airships, helicopters, microlights and, less probably, drones and hovercraft.
Ancillary activities might include listening-in to air traffic transmissions (where that is legal), liaising with other "spotters" to clear up uncertainties as to what aircraft have been seen at specific times or in particular places, and the drawing, painting, filming, tape-recording or photographing of aircraft.
Aircraft spotting was not until recently recognised as a legitimate hobby in Greece where the military authorities remain concerned about note-taking and photography on or near airfields.
bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/a/ai/aircraft_spotting.html   (1045 words)

  
 Aircraft spotting
Aircraft spotting is a hobby involving the enjoyment, observation and photography of aircraft : gliders, powered aircraft, large balloons, airships, helicopters, and microlights.
Spotting Group Maastricht - Sections on the civil aviation at the Maastricht Aachen airport and military aviation at the Geilenkirchen airbase.
Aircraft dispatch, aviation weather, flight simulator, aviation photography, aircraft spotting, and airline news.
www.nebulasearch.com /encyclopedia/article/Aircraft_spotting.html   (1384 words)

  
 H.M.S. Hood Association-Battle Cruiser Hood: References & Research Materials-Official Records-ADM 239/137: Progress in ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The investigations of trial spotting rules, lasting three years, have resulted in the drawing up of similar rules for aircraft and direct spotting, because it is now generally accepted that aircraft spotting in action will at best be intermittent and it is therefore necessary that it should not require either different rules or different procedure.
Spotting lamps fitted by ship's staff have generally proved satisfactory and approval has been given for this arrangement to be adopted in all capital ships and cruisers.
Plot spotting should enable much fuller use to be made of a good rangefinder plot during an action and, as has been suggested by one ship, should permit the range to be re-tuned during the firing of a deflection group without upsetting the control.
www.hmshood.org.uk /reference/official/adm239/adm239-137.html   (6588 words)

  
 Aircraft spotting Information
Aircraft spotting or Plane spotting is the enjoyment, observation and photography of aircraft: gliders, powered aircraft, large balloons, airships, helicopters, and microlights.
If the observer is familiar with the airfield being used by the aircraft and its normal traffic patterns, he or she is more likely to leap quickly to a decision about the aircraft's identity - they may have seen the same type of aircraft from the same angle many times.
Some aircraft might be eventually be placed in the care of museums (see Aviation archaeology) - or perhaps be cannibalised in order to repair a similar aircraft already preserved.
www.bookrags.com /Aircraft_spotting   (636 words)

  
 The home of the Aviation Spotter
Therefore aircraft spotting is a world-wide spread hobby.
One of the goals of aircraft spotters is logging these registrations, to proof they have seen the airplanes.
Some are collecting every aircraft, others are restricting their collection to a certain type of aircraft.
users.pandora.be /michel.vandaele/air1.htm   (443 words)

  
 BBC - h2g2 - Aircraft Spotting
Aircraft spotting is a fairly harmless hobby that evolved on Earth during the 20th Century.
Depending on the range at which the aircraft is seen, and perhaps heard, spotters are likely to know its manufacturer, its generic type, its precise type, its operator, its owner, its registration, its construction number, its squadron, its base, its delivery date, previous registration and so forth.
Some airfields acknowledge spotting as a legitimate activity and realise that a proportion of the general public is fascinated by moving aircraft and the many supporting activities on the ground that air travellers take for granted.
www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A698998   (1657 words)

  
 Aircraft spotting   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
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Impressions at ZRH Spotting at Zurich with pictures of aircraft and details of spotting tours.
Spotting Group Volkel Centered around Volkel Air Base in the Netherlands, the group offers information on aircraft movements, other such groups, the hobby, the magazine and membership.
www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Aircraft_spotting.html   (1191 words)

  
 Thirty Thousand Feet - Aircraft Spotting
OPShots.net Chronicling the aircraft that visit Cleveland Hopkins International Airport - everything from the mundane to the unusual and rare, from the eighties to the present.
The database can also be queried to check if aircraft you have spotted in the past have been used to set records.
Spotting EHBK A website with a lot of pictures and information about Maastricht Aachen Airport, as well some other major airports.
www.thirtythousandfeet.com /spotting.htm   (1341 words)

  
 - = Jetzone 2000 = - 'Military Aviation Photography' : Camera Article
Amongst these people are a few former aircraft spotters who had to lay down their past hobby for one reason or another but still have a weak spot in their harts for aviation.
Keeping track of the history of an aircraft (when did it fly with squadron x or when did it crash) is also a vital part of the hobby.
While aircraft spotting can be done on an individual basis, most spotters nowadays are member of a aviation group or spotting society.
www.jetzone2000.com /5_art_spotters.htm   (1077 words)

  
 muc-spotter.de
Aircraft was delivered to SAS on May 01, 1969 (!) as OY-KIC, later for SAS in service as SE-DBO.
Aircraft was delivered to ATA on March 20, 2002 - less than 8 month old....
Aircraft was deliverd to Soutwest on August 11, 1986.
www.muc-spotter.de /97278/103375.html   (627 words)

  
 H.M.S. Hood Association-Battle Cruiser Hood: References & Research Materials- ADM 186/349- Progress in Naval Gunnery, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Aircraft should also report the towing ships’ movements and their reports should be similarly treated.
The successful application of any spotting rules, especially those in which a correction precedes each salvo, is seriously affected by bad shots, and the failure to report bad shots may cause such confusion that hitting will only occur by chance.
Conditions for rangefinding and spotting at the beginning were very difficult, but the visibility improved as the firing progressed, and from the latter part of phase 3 onwards a fair rangefinder plot was obtained.
www.hmshood.org.uk /reference/official/adm186/adm186-349.html   (8109 words)

  
 Fabke's Spotting guides  - Fabke's AIRSHOW page
This is my favorite spotting point as most of the traffic is landing on runway 25L and you can get great photos from this point the whole day, they pass very low over the road and you can even stand under the aircraft.
Aircraft are quite far and to photograph those landing on runway 25L you need at least a 400mm.
Sometimes when aircraft are parked here for EU-meetings or NATO reunions security can be high and they may close this road.
fafafabe.free.fr /Spottingguides/Civ/BRU/Bru.htm   (1505 words)

  
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www.essaytown.com /topics/aircraft_spotting_essays_papers.html   (805 words)

  
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AIRCRAFT SPOTTING Add a new phrase to the Tactical Turn Sequence called "Aircraft Spotting." This phase takes place prior to "Defending Player Air Movement Phase" and is now the first phase.
If "undetected" all aircraft at that altitude may remain hidden and be secretly moved by the player.
In the meantime, a couple of comments on the spotting aspect: General It seems to me that the ranges on the Tactical display are sufficiently short that spotting is not likely to be an issue.
grognard.com /variants1/fastcars.txt   (1746 words)

  
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Spot 4 is the official observation terrace on top of terminal B. It is quite similar to the terrace in Frankfurt but you will face the planes much closer!
Spot 5 is the top of parking area "F" between terminal A and the cargo-area.
Spot 6 is a quite new area which is located at the approach of runway 28.
www.muc-spotter.de /40437/40483.html?*session*id*key*=*session*id*val*   (860 words)

  
 Bus spotting - TheBestLinks.com - Aircraft spotting, Fashion, Hong Kong, Train spotting, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
As with train or aircraft spotters, they spend much time outdoors with notepads and therefore tend to own anoraks with scant regard for the fashion industry's attempts to discredit these garments.
Bus spotting has never had the wide following achieved by train spotting in the UK but has become popular in Hong Kong and many bus societies have been formed there.
Since bus spotting involves urban mass transit, it often goes hand in hand with metrophily.
www.thebestlinks.com /Bus_spotting.html   (269 words)

  
 Torben Koed Homepage - Interests - Aircraft Spotting my way
It often happened that aircrafts passed overhead on their way to and from Kastrup Airport or the now closed airfield in Skovlunde.
It is a strange feeling, that you, in order to see any aircraft at all, have to go far away to a private cafeteria "Flyvergrillen".
Some are just curious, almost naive exited people, who just love to see and listen to an aircraft taking off, while the aircraft-spotters can be seen with their binoculars, cameras, radio scanners, and notebooks.
www.trkoed.dk /English/Interesser/eng_spot_my_way.htm   (529 words)

  
 The home of the Aviation Spotter
Therefore aircraft spotting is a world-wide spread hobby.
One of the goals of aircraft spotters is logging these registrations, to proof they have seen the airplanes.
Some are collecting every aircraft, others are restricting their collection to a certain type of aircraft.
users.telenet.be /michel.vandaele/air1.htm   (443 words)

  
 HiGH FLIgHT
The pilot uses the yoke to control the aircraft's pitch.
Position of aircraft when it is in a pitch up position.
Position of aircraft when it is in a pitch down position.
www.geocities.com /flyingconnection/theelevator.html   (138 words)

  
 Airport Business Directory   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Spotting guide for Japan that contains photo albums, descriptions of non-jet aircraft, lists of commercial aviation in Japan, Tokyo Haneda and Narita observer locations, and information on some of the special color schemes found in Japan.
Aircraft arrivals and departures, registration list, photographs, airport spotting guide, links and a live webcam.
Focuses on aircraft and airports in and around the Seattle, Washington area, but includes aviation photos of other areas and events.
www.airportbusiness.com /directory?cat=323   (1312 words)

  
 Torben Koed Homepage - Interests - Aircraft Spotting
What I spot is aircrafts, and I love it.
Generally an aircraft-spotter is a person, who spots aircrafts.
You can simply look at the aircrafts, you can put down their registrations in notebooks, and you can make photos or video.
www.trkoed.dk /English/Interesser/eng_spotting.htm   (230 words)

  
 Steve's Airshow World - Aircraft Spotting Pages
There are several different types of spotting activities - those I will be mentioning are the most commonly practiced methods that I know of and practice myself.
I will list any spots in each of the represented pages where I personally have been questioned about my activities and the spots where you have a good chance of being stopped and questioned.
Spotting at McGuire AFB and NAS/JRB Willow Grove is pretty much off-limits.
www.stevesairshow.com /spotting-main.html   (368 words)

  
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Spotters like to know where various aircraft are from, what units are active, who's going where, and what they're flying.
While my primary hobby is Military spotting, many people are interested in civil aircraft spotting, or helicopter spotting.
CHARTER: rec.aviation.planespotting This is a newsgroup for discussion of all aspects of aircraft spotting and to provide information to aircraft spotters.
www.faqs.org /ftp/usenet/news.announce.newgroups/rec/rec.aviation.planespotting   (705 words)

  
 SPOTTERSUNITED.COM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
3/ Spotting from any of the perimeter roads including the cargo area, bizjet area or any of the support roads is no longer permitted even with the form.
The issued Use of Facilities Form must be in the possession of the individual to whom it is issued and must be presented when asked, while aircraft spotting.
Upon completion and approval of the Use of Facilities Form, Aircraft spotting will be permitted in the following location and hours: On the 9th floor of the terminal top garage facility from sunrise to sunset.
home.hetnet.nl /~mvdb22/spottersunited/mcospot.htm   (1758 words)

  
 Spotting Modifiers Chart (TSoH)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
(plan view) Spotting aircraft is in the 60-120 arc of a target aircraft that spent at least 1/3 of its move turning or rolling in the last half of the turn = +1
(side-view smokers) Spotting aircraft is in the 60-150 arc of a "regular" Smoker-at-Mil-Power aircraft for the last half of that aircraft's move = -1
Spotting a target isn't the whole story, get info based on range to target and its visbility number.
www.pavilion.co.uk /users/johnc/spot.htm   (332 words)

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