plane spotter
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The surge of immigration detention flights at Minneapolis-Saint Paul airport spurred plane spotter Nick Benson to shift from tracking rare and unusual aircraft to cataloging the removal of detainees from Minnesota.
From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026
Pilshchykov was an avid plane spotter before training as a pilot and joining the 40th tactical aviation brigade in 2016, military news outlet Militarnyi said.
From Reuters ● Aug. 29, 2023
Through a painstaking search that included deep dives into websites in which plane spotter hobbyists kept track of aircraft, Ceraudo and Lewin were able to locate the planes.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 24, 2023
ProPublica confirmed that Thomas was on the jet through Supreme Court security records obtained by the nonprofit Fix the Court, private jet data, a New Haven plane spotter and another person at the airport.
From Salon ● Apr. 6, 2023
A plane spotter who alerted an airbase to a jet "malfunction" averted a potential disaster, its pilot said.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2021
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