Aviation enthusiasts have been watching air planes and other aircraft ever since they were invented. However, as a hobby (distinct from active/wartime work), plane spotting did not appear until the second half of the 20th century.

During World War II and the subsequent Cold War some countries encouraged their citizens to become "plane spotters" in an "observation corps" or similar public body for reasons of public security. Britain had the Royal Observer Corps which operated between 1925 and 1995. A journal called The Aeroplane Spotter was published in January 1940. The publication included a glossary that was refined in 2010 and published online.

The development of technology and global resources enabled a revolution in spotting. Point and shoot cameras, DSLRs & walkie talkies significantly changed the hobby. With the help of the internet, websites such as Flight Aware and Flightradar24 have made it possible for spotters to track and locate specific aircraft from all across the world. Websites specifically for aircraft, such as airliners.net, and social networking services, such as Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, allow spotters to record their sightings and upload their shots or see pictures of aircraft spotted by other people from all over the world. People can upload videos to YouTube, including inflight videos.

This group is for you that is travelling through an airport, or like to spot planes at airports as a hobby.

For you that like to learn about the airlines, try out new air planes and find out what the different airports have of service.

Are you flying somewhere? After you’ve gone through security screening, and think that is a hassle you are not alone to think that. 

We will try to build up an international community of people that are interested in air planes and airports in this club. And try to get the best information possible about spotter places and other info of the airports around the world. There is today much good info around on the net from airports in Europe and USA but it's still many airports that there is not so good information on yet.

When it comes to airports where it's illegal to spot, we always recommend that you just keep away from the aria. It's not worth to be arrested for. So, check whit airport security or some that work in the airport before you start to spot. This can save you for much trouble. If there are some spots outside the airport aria that you can spot form so is that the best thing, you are then free to spot as much as you like.

The spotter group is open for all types of spotters, so if you are a hobby spotter or are spotting just on travels so are you welcome to us. We hope that so many as possible and from different parts of the world will join our group. To share pictures, share ideas and experience from different airports.

This is a group for people in any age and both gender that like to spot: