Yes! In my circles it’s more prevalent than the train kind, but I live near the only aerospace school in the country so there’s some self selection.

Yes. I live directly in line with an airport's runway and can identify landing aircraft based on their sound. The best is when the city uses an Antonov An-2 to spray mosquito control chemicals from a height of 100 feet.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_spotting

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