While on a Facebook yesterday, I found an old friend from the 50's. I told her that I love to spot planes since I was a kid. Thinking she would think my hobby was bizarre, I was shocked to learn that she is a spotter as well. This got me thinking back to my spotter days since 1977. I rarely saw any female spotters. Maybe once or twice, I saw a female. The exception was the day of the final Concorde landing at JFK where there were several women; including a lady from the JFK Tower, who got harassed by the PA Police although she had her badge in plain sight. Why so few female spotters? I've never seen this addressed before.
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