planespot

English

Etymology

Back-formation from planespotting.

Verb

planespot (third-person singular simple present planespots, present participle planespotting, simple past and past participle planespotted)

1. (intransitive, rare) To take part in planespotting.
   • 2000 November 8, A Guy Called Tyketto, “Re: Airports with good viewing galleries?”, in rec.travel.air‎^[1] (Usenet):

     So if you go to planespot at LAS, check your winds. they could save you a trip down there. ¶ PHL is also another good place to go. You may have to go a fair bit to get to it, but you can actually park right next or near the Tower to planespot.

   • 2001 March 7, Joe, “Re: What's so great about the 777?”, in rec.travel.air‎^[2] (Usenet):

     At the U.S. airports where I planespot you see this phenomenon manifested clearly. The planespotting idiots will ignore an Air China 747-400 as it glides in beautifully for landing, […] but let a dirty-looking stealth-schemed United 777 come in and they all get so excited they can barely keep from trembling and can't hold their cameras steady.

   • 2002 January 13, Michael G. Koerner, “Re: Airports been to”, in misc.transport.road‎^[3] (Usenet):

     You missed the best place of all to planespot. EAA week at OSH (in late July/early August).