Big Jet TV

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]

Big Jet TV
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Websitebigjet.tv
YouTube information
Channel
Subscribers349,000[1]
(July 2023)
Total views61,981,047[1]
(July 2023)

References

  1. "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. "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.
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