Big Jet TV

Big Jet TV
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Websitebigjet.tv
YouTube information
Channel
Subscribers421,000[1]
(August 2024)
Total views87,755,444[1]
(August 2024)

Big Jet TV is a British YouTube channel that records and livestreams aeroplanes landing at major airports.[2] It made international headlines in 2022 during Storm Eunice, as the channel livestreamed planes landing at London's Heathrow Airport in very high winds.[3] The BBC carried a report titled "Big Jet TV turns plane-watching into a phenomenon".[4] The channel was founded in 2016 by Jerry Dyer,[5] an aviation enthusiast who livestreams with commentary from the roof of an adapted van using a Panasonic HC-VX1 camcorder.[4][6][7]

References

  1. ^ a b "About Big Jet TV". YouTube.
  2. ^ Jim Waterson (18 February 2022). "Big Jet TV: livestreaming of planes landing during Storm Eunice goes viral". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  3. ^ Julia Buckley (18 February 2022). "The day plane spotting took over the UK". CNN Travel. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Storm Eunice: Big Jet TV turns plane-watching into a phenomenon". BBC News. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Storm Eunice: Meet the man behind the Big Jet TV phenomenon". BBC News. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Storm Eunice: Thousands watch Big Jet TV's livestream as planes land amid gusty winds at Heathrow". The Indian Express. 18 February 2022.
  7. ^ Lucy Thackray (18 February 2022). "The day the British public became planespotters". The Independent.