OREANDA-NEWS. Autumn spotting, a significant event for the fans of aviation photography, took place at Pulkovo airport. NCG LLC, the airport operator, arranges such events regularly, but a two-day spotting was a premier : on September 24 it was arranged for amateurs, on September 26 - for professionals.

A special program was prepared for amateurs, who on day 1 could visit the maintenance base of "Rossya" airline. They also got to know a lot of new facts about the operation of the home-based company and could visit an Airbus 319-111 and the flight deck.

The roof of the Search and Rescue Building located close to the runways was for the first time used as a photo site. This is a new interesting angle for taking unusual and unique photoes. Photographers from St.Petersburg,Moscow and even guests from Estonia and Byelorussia could observe aircrafts and tаke a lot of interesting shots.

40 photographers took part in the spotting. They will compete for prizes : the best photoes will be awarded by Pulkovo airport and its partners for the event- Rossiya and Aviasales. Audience choice award will also be presented. Photoes signed by the authors are available on the official web-site of Pulkovo airport,its official pages in social networks and in the NCG corporate paper.

Aviation spotting is a specific kind of hobby related to the aircraft register. The goal of spotting is to identify the AC type, its tail and serial number. Traditionally spotting is accompanied by taking AC photo and video. Pulkovo airport is one of the largest spotting sites in Russia.