Larry 66,

While it is very true that into today’s security conscious world, aviation enthusiasts and aviation photographers are not made welcome at most British Airports, there are usually places outside the airport boundary that spotters and photographers congregate. True a car is a great advantage not only to find the locations, but to shelter from the British summer weather!

Try a “Google” using the Airport name and spotting (or spotters, photography, viewing) as your key words, and you will get links to a number of sites.

For example for DTV (assuming that to be your ‘local’):

http://aircraftspotting.co.uk/durham-airports-airfields-viewing-guides.php Not just DTV but two light aerodromes too.

http://www.plane-mad.com/airport-spotting-guides/united-kingdom/durham-tees-valley-mme-egnv.html Note links on right to spot A and spot B.

There is more to aviation than airliners. Light aircraft airfields, gliding sites and microlight airfields are usually much more friendly, and you are usually reasonably close to the action for photography. Fly-in events (again can be found on a “Goggle”) are very weather dependent but a good day out. Seafront Air Displays eg Sunderland are also a great opportunity to see diverse aircraft being put through their paces. RAF Leeming has a good spotting viewpoint, although is quiet much of time time, does hold exercises eg recent deployment of A-10 Thunderbolts. News of these are often provided by spotters forum – I know I’m the admin of a very active Merseyside/North West England aviation forum, so find a NE based group forum for local information, don’t expect international sites such as this one, excellent as it is, to provide local information.

Cool thanks for the info. Sadly I dont drive. Got a pushike tho…