plane spotter

noun

1. a person who observes, photographs, and catalogues aircraft as a hobby

Example Sentences

Audio of the passenger jet's crew alerting air traffic control to the potential threat was recorded by a Dutch plane spotter.

From BBC

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

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

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

A plane spotter who alerted an airbase to a jet "malfunction" averted a potential disaster, its pilot said.

From BBC