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| Big Jet TV | |
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| Personal information | |
| Nationality | British |
| Website | bigjet |
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| Subscribers | 421,000[1] (August 2024) |
| Total views | 87,755,444[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]
- ^ a b "About Big Jet TV". YouTube.
- ^ Jim Waterson (18 February 2022). "Big Jet TV: livestreaming of planes landing during Storm Eunice goes viral". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ Julia Buckley (18 February 2022). "The day plane spotting took over the UK". CNN Travel. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ a b "Storm Eunice: Big Jet TV turns plane-watching into a phenomenon". BBC News. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ "Storm Eunice: Meet the man behind the Big Jet TV phenomenon". BBC News. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
- ^ "Storm Eunice: Thousands watch Big Jet TV's livestream as planes land amid gusty winds at Heathrow". The Indian Express. 18 February 2022.
- ^ Lucy Thackray (18 February 2022). "The day the British public became planespotters". The Independent.