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aircraft spotting

hobby of observing and tracking aircraft, usually through photography or videography
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aircraft spotting

Summary

aircraft spotting is an activity[1]. It draws 293 Wikipedia views per month (activity category, ranking #96 of 272).[2]

Key Facts

  • aircraft spotting's instance of is recorded as activity[3].
  • aircraft spotting is a type of hobby[4].
  • aircraft spotting is a type of spotting hobby[5].
  • aircraft spotting is a type of citizen science[6].
  • aircraft spotting's Commons category is recorded as Aircraft spotting[7].
  • aircraft spotting's has characteristic is recorded as observation[8].
  • aircraft spotting's different from is recorded as aircraft spotting photography[9].
  • aircraft spotting's practiced by is recorded as aircraft spotter[10].
  • aircraft spotting's class of object is recorded as aircraft[11].

Body

Definition and Type

aircraft spotting's instance of is recorded as activity[3]. Recorded subclass of include hobby[4], spotting hobby[5], and citizen science[6].

Why It Matters

aircraft spotting draws 293 Wikipedia views per month (activity category, ranking #96 of 272).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Related Entities

citizen science

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → activity
    Practiced by → aircraft spotter
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007294596905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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