Todos
← Back to Squawk list
Plane spotters allege harassment at Connecticut airport
The plane spotters went to the American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut to complain after repeatedly being thrown off Bradley International Airport property and told by police their activities are illegal. (www.usatoday.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Dave - you think that Chicago has a good attitude towards spotters? How did you come up with that opinion. In the 31 years of spotting at ORD I have seen a dramatic shift from "live and let live" to "get out of here before I arrest you". It depends on what police officer you run into, and showing my airport ID, ATP certificate, heck, even my full blown uniform didn't stop one officer from actually handcuffing me and putting me in the back-seat of his cruiser before he even asked any questions about a year after 9/11. If you have any good places to spot from, please share
Jason: look up above at a new post that just came in about the group at Bensenville. There was an FA article on them awhile back. If you are able, check in to it.
If it's helpful Jason, see ordairportwatch.org
Sorry to hear ORD is like that. I'm taking it off my list of airports to visit for airliner photography.
I'm sad but not surprised to read what happened to you.
I'm sad but not surprised to read what happened to you.
Photographing airplanes, illegal? So I have nearly 68,000 counts of illegal photography then?
Put another way, the Connecticut mindset as described in "Stepford Wives":
Claire Wellington: I asked myself, "Where would people never notice a town full of robots? Connecticut."