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Aircraft spotting (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Aircraft spotting" in English language version.

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44bbc.co.uk
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aeroplanemonthly.co.uk (Global: low place; English: low place)

bbc.co.uk (Global: 11th place; English: 10th place)

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  • "Plane-spotters 'ignored warnings'." BBC News, 25 April 2002. Quote: "Note-taking in conjunction with other activities may be detrimental (to Greek security)."
  • "Greek court convicts plane-spotters." BBC News, 26 April 2002. Quote: "The verdict bears no relation whatsoever to the evidence given."
  • "How did plane-spotters end up as spies?" BBC News, 26 April 2002. Quote: "I would warn that spotting in Greece is still not particularly liked by the authorities and without our contacts at the Greek Ministry of Defence, which helped on a number of occasions, the trip might have been a little longer than anticipated!"
  • "Plane-spotters join terror fight". BBC News. 4 May 2004. Archived from the original on 15 May 2004. Retrieved 15 September 2025. Police and BAA are recruiting aviation enthusiasts to help fight terrorism at London's Heathrow Airport

bissella9.wordpress.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

  • Amateur plane-spotting during WWII increased, e.g. in Colchester VT in 1944, "Among the several Chief Observers during both airwatches, Mrs. Ida Stetson carried the greatest number of hours. Early in 1944, Mrs. Nellie Heath, Mrs. Martha St. Amour, Mrs. Bessie Stanley and Mrs. Frances Sweeney received merit awards for more than 300 hours of planespotting." In Ruth Wright Paulsen, History of the Town of Colchester (Burlington VT: Queen City Printers, 1963), 168. The numbers of groups and spotters increased through the 1950s and '60s, often being compared to amateur bird-watchers, but with strong associations with wartime, especially World War II. See e.g. Ann Angel Eberhardt, "Plane Spotting in the 1950s", Small Town Memories (blog on Shenango Valley PA): https://bissella9.wordpress.com/plane-spotting-in-the-1950s/; also discussed regarding Kansas in the 1950s/60s in Richard J. Loosbrock, The History of the Kansas Department of American Legion (Topeka: Kansas Department of the American Legion, 1968), 152.

cbc.ca (Global: 110th place; English: 65th place)

disciplesofflight.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

flightradar24.com (Global: 6,243rd place; English: 6,030th place)

globalnews.ca (Global: 1,016th place; English: 518th place)

ordairportwatch.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

web.archive.org (Global: 1st place; English: 1st place)