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December 17, 2009
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NYCAviation on the Today Show!

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By: Phil Derner Jr.
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Al Roker and Ann Curry having a good time while taking in some spotting at Bayswater Park.
Al Roker and Ann Curry having a good time while taking in some spotting at Bayswater Park.
NYCAviation made its network television debut as NBC’s “Today” aired a segment covering the team’s efforts to spread aviation enthusiasm among the masses. I was lucky enough to spend a morning planespotting with Al Roker and Ann Curry, where we braved heavy winds and changing runways during our opportunity to show them and our country why hundreds of thousands around the world enjoy aviation.

Al and Ann were both a pleasure to hang out with, and smiles and laughs were shared by all as I explained the various ways one can practice their passion, how to go about identifying aircraft and we also gave them a photo lesson as well. Ann Curry knew her way around a camera already, and we were all very impressed with her handling of it. Al was eager to identify the planes and even amazed us at some of the airline knowledge he already had.

For those new visitors to the site, NYCAviation.com has been an online news and resource organization geared towards aviation enthusiasts for 6 years. A considerable amount of what we do surrounds the aspect of the hobby known as “planespotting”, where people go to airports to enjoy the sights and sounds of commercial aviation by means of taking photos, or just by relaxing with fellow aficionados on a nice day. To Learn more about Planespotting itself, check out our new and growing “Planespotting for Dummies” section.

NYCAviation Founder Phil Derner (me) explaining the hobby to Ann.

NYCAviation Founder Phil Derner (me) talking about the hobby to Ann.

The goal of NYCAviation is to create an environment that allows people to enjoy and celebrate their passion for aviation by not only providing the tools that are needed to have a fun time, but by working with the community  to also make our airports a safer place.

Those tools that we make available include interesting, fun and relevant airline news, Spotting Guides, history features, an in-depth forum for communication, and consultation on the hobby, as you have seen on television today.

We wanted to provide something new and something that is unavailable to the hundreds of thousands of enthusiasts around the world. Our success  in supporting the hobby, along with news references and syndications have been seen on CNN, The New York Times, The New Yorker, USA Today, The Telegraph, The Sun, and many other forms of television, radio, magazines and books.

If you would like to learn more about our organization and what we do, you can read about us here or contact us at phil@nycaviation.com.

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A great time had by all.

A great time had by all.