Spotters in the media

[Hans]

Just to create a single topic to collect all instances where aircraft spotters are mentioned in mainstream media.

Netherlands, Eindhoven
http://www.ed.nl/regio/eindhovenstad/55 ... gbasis.ece (in Dutch)
http://www.ed.nl/regio/eindhovenstad/55 ... vissen.ece (in Dutch)

India, Mumbai
(copied from http://www.scramble.nl/forum/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=58820" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;)
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city ... 357389.cms
http://epaper.dnaindia.com/epaperpdf/21 ... pg15-0.pdf

USA, New York
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/11/nyreg ... .html?_r=1
http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2007/04/0 ... _talk_blum
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/ ... 3#34461453 (originally broadcast at the Today Show @ msnbc)

General
http://insnews.org/world/focus/2006/03/ ... potter.htm

Surely the must be many more, but at least this is a start. If you know of any, please add them (but restrict to those where spotting is the subject of the article, not just every article where "we" are mentioned)

[aviodromefriend]

http://www.ed.nl/regio/eindhovenstad/55 ... vissen.ece (in Dutch)

. Actually, I expected something about Fisher01 here...

[Hans]

two more;

General
http://www.avsim.su/f/raznoe-video-93/p ... -9519.html (in Russian)
How could I forget about this one...?? Russian TV show, with Russian, British and Dutch spotters (click on "Посмотреть Online" to view online, or "Скачать" to download. Part about spotting starts at 10:20.

Netherlands, Volkel
http://www.brabantsdagblad.nl/regios/ud ... rikken.ece (in Dutch)

[Stefan]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qUCK3qDDME[/youtube]

And there's lot more where that came from...

Regards,
Stefan

[DJMikey]

http://www.xs4all.nl/~nhoog/Mike_8fm_LD2009.wma" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
(it's in Dutch)