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L39 fly-by!

This L39 requested a fly by over rwy 17 at Hobby during a lazy Thursday afternoon. My friends Clint and Francisco made it out to do some spotting with me.


Photo copyright Andrew Broadfoot

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Welcome to HoustonSpotters.net!

This is the home of a group of plane spotters in the vicinity of George Bush Intercontinental Airport (KIAH), William P. Hobby airport (KHOU), as well as other surrounding airports in the Houston, Texas area!

Bush Intercontinental is the home base of Continental Airlines, and Hobby airport is one of the largest hubs for Southwest Airlines.

On our site you will find information about plane spotting in and around Houston, all of the resources you will need, news and discussions about upcoming and past events, as well as a photo database of pictures taken around Houston airports.

Check out and join our forum where you can post your experiences spotting!

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Current Events:

Read the article about HoustonSpotters at the annual World Airline Historical Society's collectible show in 2007

Read the article about HoustonSpotters at the Houston Airport System website, "Chasing planes in the big city"

Latest News:

Continental's newest Dash 8 Q400 arrives at IAH!
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