Big Jet TV

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Big Jet TV
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Personal information
NationalityBritish
Website bigjet.tv
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2017–present
Subscribers456,000 [1]
Views103,422,513 [1]
Last updated: June 2025

Big Jet TV is a British YouTube channel that records and livestreams aeroplanes landing at major airports, particularly London's Heathrow Airport. [2] It was founded in 2016 by Jerry Dyer, [3] an aviation enthusiast who livestreams with commentary from the roof of a specially adapted van. [4] Within a year, he had taken out a £30,000 loan and launched paid memberships at £4.99 a month. [5] By 2020, the business could afford to employ a full-time administrator. [5] As of May 2025, Dyer has six filming locations around Heathrow. [3]

The channel made international headlines in February 2022 when it livestreamed planes landing at Heathrow during Storm Eunice in very high winds. [6] [7] [8] More than 200,000 viewers were tuned in at one point. [9] The BBC carried a report titled "Big Jet TV turns plane-watching into a phenomenon". [4] The channel received further recognition during Storm Gerrit in December 2023. [3] In January 2025, more than 200,000 viewers tuned in to watch the channel's livestream of planes landing at Heathrow during Storm Éowyn. [5]

In June 2025, the channel livestreamed footage of a deportee running across a taxiway at Heathrow, which soon drew international media attention. [10] [11] [12]

References

  1. 1 2 "About Big Jet TV". YouTube.
  2. ↑ Jim Waterson (18 February 2022). "Big Jet TV: livestreaming of planes landing during Storm Eunice goes viral". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 18 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 Macauley, Iain (20 May 2025). "I spent the day with Britain's planespotting king". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 June 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Storm Eunice: Big Jet TV turns plane-watching into a phenomenon". BBC News. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  5. 1 2 3 Clark, RM (1 March 2025). "Storm chasers: behind the scenes at Big Jet TV". Financial Times . Archived from the original on 3 April 2025. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  6. ↑ Julia Buckley (18 February 2022). "The day plane spotting took over the UK". CNN Travel. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  7. ↑ "Storm Eunice: Thousands watch Big Jet TV's livestream as planes land amid gusty winds at Heathrow". The Indian Express. 18 February 2022. Archived from the original on 18 February 2022.
  8. ↑ Lucy Thackray (18 February 2022). "The day the British public became planespotters". The Independent.
  9. ↑ "Storm Eunice: Meet the man behind the Big Jet TV phenomenon". BBC News. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  10. ↑ "Man chased on tarmac at Heathrow Airport near moving aircraft". Sky News. 9 June 2025. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
  11. ↑ "Man who ran across Heathrow taxiway a deportee, Home Office says". www.bbc.com. 10 June 2025. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
  12. ↑ Granville, Alan (10 June 2025). "Watch: 'That geezer is running from someone' - An airport chase accidentally caught on camera at London Heathrow". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
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