Spotters Finally Recognized by National Magazine

Thanks to the March 2 edition of Life Magazine in this Sundays' NY Daily News, spotters finally got some recognition. Inside is a 2-page spread showing spotters at Maho Beach in St. Maarten welcoming an Air France 747. I can't recall ever seeing an article about plane spotting in a general publication (non-airline publication). This is great . Hopefully, this will help in telling the public that spotting is a harmless, legitimate hobby, similar to bird watching. Thanks to Life Magazine.

I wonder how we could all get copies? This could be very handy to carry around to show appropriate parties when being given a hard time or ask to leave a location we are entitled to be in.

Regards

LGA777

Someone should contact the magazine and tell them to follow up on some NY's doing it too!

I attempted to contact Life Magazine at [email protected] but the message was returned to me as undeliverable. I tried to pick-up extra copies from my newsstand this morning but he says they're all gone.

I may be able to get some copies - I'll let you know later today.

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Originally Posted by Speedbird1

I can't recall ever seeing an article about plane spotting in a general prublication (non-airline publication).

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The New York Times had an article about the local NYC spotters and this website that was published over the summer.

I have a bunch of copies...let's talk :)

That's great if we got coverage from the NY Times last summer. Do you recall the date? Maybe I could find it. I was so excited because Life Magazine gets worldwide distribution and tells our story to the world; while the NY Times is more local.

Here's the thread when the NY Times article came out.

http://nycaviation.com/forum/viewtop...t=2558&start=0