Vlaanderen Vakantieland: Wanted: Spotters

Post by **Bottie** » 17 Oct 2004, 11:46

Just received this E-mail:

Beste,
ik zat gisteren een beetje te surfen op het internet en ik ben onder andere op jouw website terechtgekomen, ik werk nl. voor het tv1-programma 'vlaanderen vakantieland' en héél héél binnenkort plannen wij opnames voor een binnenlandreportage in en om de luchthaven van Zaventem, kortom over wat er in de regio Zaventem te beleven valt. We gaan o.a. mee op één van de fietstochten van Bike-Events rond de luchthaven, maar we willen ook een paar spottersplekken opzoeken omdat dat toch iets heel typisch is voor die regio en dat moet er dus tussenzitten, daarom ben ik dus op zoek naar een aantal spotters die daar hun vaste stekjes hebben en die de streek daar door en door kennen, kortom die alle goeie spottersplekken weten zijn....
Concreet ben ik op zoek naar een aantal contactgegevens, bij voorkeur dus tel of gsmnummers omdat ik een aantal spotters zou willen contacteren, ten eerste om een beetje spotters te verzamelen op de dag van opname, maar ook omdat we met één of twee spotters toch een gesprekje zouden willen inplannen....

Ben jij één van die freaks als ik het zo mag noemen die daar echt veel uurtjes slijt of ken je zo iemand die ik zeker moet contacteren of heb je z'n gegevens ? Laat het mij weten !!

met vriendelijke groet,
hans

hans depuydt
redacteur 'vlaanderen vakantieland' - tv1

Iemand intresse, sorry dat ik het in het Nederlands laat (het is een Nederlandstalig programma

).

Anyone intrested in a "spottersmeeting?"

[note by sn26567: Bottie, a short English translation would have been useful for our non-Dutch speaking readers. Can you please provide it? I have no time today...]

Post by **luchtzak** » 17 Oct 2004, 11:50

Wow 8O Great news!

This could be a great event to promote planespotting in Belgium!

Post by **Bottie** » 17 Oct 2004, 11:53

luchtzak wrote:Wow 8O Great news!

This could be a great event to promote planespotting in Belgium!

This is surely great news, and if they put our websites on the screen the viewers can visit us and see with their own eyes how serious we are in our hobby.

Post by **luchtzak** » 17 Oct 2004, 11:54

Bottie wrote:This is surely great news, and if they put our websites on the screen the viewers can visit us and see with their own eyes how serious we are in our hobby.

For sure! Will you keep us up-to-date on this event Bottie?

Post by **Bottie** » 17 Oct 2004, 11:55

Off course

Vonsmalhausen · Post by **Vonsmalhausen** » 17 Oct 2004, 12:00

received the same mail

will see what i can do

Post by **Bottie** » 17 Oct 2004, 12:12

They're planning at this moment, the day of recording will probably be monday the 25th of october or tuesday the 26th.

Jense · Post by **Jense** » 17 Oct 2004, 13:23

Bottie wrote:They're planning at this moment, the day of recording will probably be monday the 25th of october or tuesday the 26th.

Damn

Just one week before the holidays

, can't the replace it

Anyway; spotters that will be there, complain (but also say you love your hobby

) about the facilities, maybe someone will do something to the bad facilities then...

greettzzz

Post by **luchtzak** » 17 Oct 2004, 13:37

Bottie wrote:They're planning at this moment, the day of recording will probably be monday the 25th of october or tuesday the 26th.

Can you ask them if other people are allowed too, or that it's only for the ones who are invited.

Post by **Bottie** » 17 Oct 2004, 13:39

Every spotter is welcome

Post by **luchtzak** » 17 Oct 2004, 13:41

Bottie wrote:Every spotter is welcome

Great,

then we still need a rendez-vous point

L-1011 · Post by **L-1011** » 17 Oct 2004, 14:12

All possessors of a luchtzak T-shirt, you have to wear it visibly, even if it's damn cold out there on the 25th & 26th

Great news for Belgian spotters
Great opportunity to promote all your websites, and of course this one

Ciao,
TriStar

aerobel · Post by **aerobel** » 17 Oct 2004, 15:07

Recieved the same mail, and send it to Bart

killerwhale65 · Post by **killerwhale65** » 17 Oct 2004, 15:30

maybe this is an ideal opportunity to address some of the misunderstandings about nightflights, very loud MD-11's, DHL and dispertion plans ... Let the world (or at least the flemmish people), know that there are also people pro! And that the complainers are only a small minority!

Zorba · Post by **Zorba** » 17 Oct 2004, 15:36

Oh my god

I'm so unhappy it will take place on a school day 8O I hope Mister Hans D would change the date to at least a wednesday !

Me with my big mouth would say what I'm trying to say so long

Would be a fantastic opportunity for us spotters and pro-aviation people !!

Kind Regards,
Rutger

Post by **Apuneger** » 17 Oct 2004, 15:48

I'd like to be there as well, but if they want to do it on a weekday I won't be able to make it unfortunately...

Ivan

Vonsmalhausen · Post by **Vonsmalhausen** » 17 Oct 2004, 15:56

killerwhale65 wrote:maybe this is an ideal opportunity to address some of the misunderstandings about nightflights, very loud MD-11's, DHL and dispertion plans ... Let the world (or at least the flemmish people), know that there are also people pro! And that the complainers are only a small minority!

this would be indeed a good opportunity to do so,.... but i don't think they are interested in that, it's about a touristic program that want's to help other people to find out the possibility's of spotting round the national airport, not in starting a discusion about the nightflights.
if they succeed in doing that, people will learn to know the "problems" for them selves, see for them selves how important this airport is for our economy and understand that the complainers mostly lives in the new build villa's around the airport.
giving the people the opportunity to see and learn al this for them selves, is mutch more efficient to make those flights acceptable than starting yet an other discussion of pro ore contra ; we had already plenty of those, and it brings no solution as everybody is just concentrating on there own point of view.

killerwhale65 · Post by **killerwhale65** » 17 Oct 2004, 16:42

Vonsmalhausen wrote:we had already plenty of those, and it brings no solution as everybody is just concentrating on there own point of view.

Yes, i know WE did have them, but the general public only hears who shouts load, in this case the complainers. So it might be the opportunity for the public to hear the story of the majority instead of always hearing the minority. But indeed this will probably not fit in this episode, but maybe it can be a start to more ....

Avro · Post by **Avro** » 17 Oct 2004, 18:34

Apuneger wrote:I'd like to be there as well, but if they want to do it on a weekday I won't be able to make it unfortunately...

Ivan

Same over here

Chris

EBBRspotter · Post by **EBBRspotter** » 17 Oct 2004, 18:39

If it's a Monday, I'll be there!!!!!!! Where do you meet then?