| Spotters are a separate breed. Many
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| | same plane in the colours of various
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| people would indeed wonder what makes it
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| | companies, with or without the same
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| so attractive to write down airplane
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| | registration.
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| registrations. Well, it's a hobby.
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| | Another nice aspect is when an airline
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| Nothing more and nothing less. Or is it?
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| | changes the livery, or the company
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| The term 'spotter' applies not only to
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| | colours, and you have pictures of the
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| planespotters. There are also spotters
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| | same airplane in two or more different
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| who take pictures and write down numbers
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| | colour schemes of the same airline. Some
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| of trains, buses and ships, for example.
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| | airlines paint their aircraft in special
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| Die-hard spotters will go a long way for
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| | colours, to commemorate the company's
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| their hobby, sometimes literally. They
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| | anniversary for example. Logojets are
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| could easily travel a great distance just
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| | airplanes that are either painted in
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| to 'log' a particular aircraft. A rare
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| | another company's colours, such as a car
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| aircraft mostly, of which there are only
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| | rental company's, and also planes painted
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| a couple in the whole world (such as the
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| | in a special scheme of the airline
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| Antonov An-225) or a plane from an exotic
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| | alliance the company belongs to. Airlines
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| airline operating on the other side of
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| | that belong to the Star Alliance for
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| the world that is on a delivery flight.
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| | example have one or more aircraft in
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| Pure spotters 'log' registrations. They
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| | their fleet flying around in special
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| have complete logbooks with airline
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| | colours, which consist of a dark blue
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| fleets, in which they mark off a plane
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| | tail with the star logo, 'Star Alliance'
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| when they see it for the first time. They
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| | written in large letters over the
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| might take photographs as well, but
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| | fuselage and the airline's name in
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| seeing the actual aircraft and writing
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| | smaller letters in the front of the
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| down its number is their main goal.
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| | fuselage. Another trend is painting the
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| I have always been interested in
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| | aircraft in retro schemes, which means
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| aviation, and I started to photograph
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| | that the planes are painted in a previous
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| airplanes when I was about ten years old.
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| | livery of the airline. This makes for an
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| In my case, I go more for a nice picture
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| | interesting combination of a modern plane
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| than for the registration. However, I do
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| | bearing old colours.
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| take a note of the registration whenever
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| | I think spotting is a great hobby and as
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| I can read it on the picture. It is quite
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| | an aviation enthusiast love to visit
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| interesting to do, as you end up
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| | airports to take pictures. It is also a
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| 'collecting' various aircraft of an
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| | hobby that brings many people together.
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| airline this way and might end up having
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| | Spotters organise meetings to visit
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| photographs of all the planes in the
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| | spotting locations together and share
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| fleet. And once that is achieved, you
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| | valuable information.
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| will want to catch any new plane that
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| | Via the website mentioned below you can
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| joins the fleet as well. Often airplanes
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| | download the FREE 'Spotter's Guide to the
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| change owners during their operational
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| | World's Top Ten Airports'.
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| lives and you might get pictures of the
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