Spotting during these early years was a real endurance sport. There was no internet (so no forums), no cellphones, no adsb..... Sometimes a planned exercise/ deployment/ rotation was announced by a magazine, person at the fence or regional news of an airbase. but thats it. Long hours at airbase fences and keeping your eyes open every day and everywhere! It must be said though that the quantity and quality of everyday airbase visitors was huge...