Jet Dragon
Many people, myself included, use the 'Latest Threads' function on the home page. It is therefore possible to read a thread without ever knowing which forum that thread was on. I would suggest that the number of hits on a particular thread probably has more to do with the title. That is why a thread titled 'bmi rumours' on this forum receives 8185 hits whereas one titled 'Is there an international airport in Srebrenica?' only received 97.
Having said that, I have no probem in being a 'spotter'. My interest in aviation developed as a spotter at Ringway in 1958.
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