Very cool that you have plane spotting as a hobby.
There is one guy in our railfan group of friends who also is a plane spotter. He periodically goes to Kennedy International in New York, Liberty International in Newark, NJ and McGuire Air Force Base, located about 45 southeast of scenic, historic Trenton in NJ Pine Barrens, to plane spot.
McGuire primarily sees Air Force refueling planes, such as KC 10 and the older KC 135, as well as transport planes such as C5.
Jim, my friend who is also plane spotter, says the KC 135 refueler is his favorite military plane.
The planes that go in and out of McGuire are visible for miles around as they approach or depart.
McGuire is now part of Joint Base Dix McGuire Lakehurst. Fort Dix is Army and formerly was known as Camp Dix. McGuire is Air Force. Lakehurst is Navy.
Fort Dix is the former Camp Dix. Among those who went through Army basic training at Camp Dix include Elvis Presley. Lakehurst was the destination of the German zeppelin Hindenburg, which exploded on arrival.
I am not a plane spotter. But I am a fan of military aircraft, especially those of World War II. My father gave me a paperback book titled something like "Warplanes of World War II," when I was a youngster. I still have the book, which lists the planes of each nation in the war. So I know everything from Spitfire fighter to Focke-Wulf 190 fighter to Junkers 87 Stuka dive bomber to B24 Libertator bomber to Betty, a Japanese bomber, officially Mitsubishi G4M.
There is an airport near me, Trenton Mercer, served with passenger flights by Frontier. Airport symbol is TTN.
But of greater interest is the fact that usually during the summer, vintage World War II planes fly in. I have seen in air over my house B17 and B25. Then this summer, saw a couple stubby fighters heading southeast. They were pretty high and I couldn't make a positive ID.
Ironically, I was about to enter local library and was talking with a woman who ALSO happened to be a fan of vintage aircraft. How's that for karma!!! We concluded that they were either F4F Wildcat or F6F Hellcat, Grumman fighters operated from carriers by the Navy.
Below is a picture of a Wildcat.
So Misconducts, if you ever make it to my 'hood, will be able to keep you busy re: plane spotting.
I will close with a spot that is a favorite of mine. Have not been there for maybe seven years. It provides both railfan and plane spotting in the same spot.
That would be the Dorval Train Station, which is located a few miles west of Montreal. Station is served by VIA (Canada intercity railroad) and AMT commuter railroad. There are two platforms sandwiching two tracks.
Here is a map of the AMT system. Dorval is on the "red" line. Look in middle bottom of image.
http://mapsof.net/map/montreal-commuter-rail-map-trainBeyond the westbound platform when I was last there was a fence and two more railroad tracks. Freight trains run on these tracks.
So one sees plenty of trains.
If one sits on the eastbound platform, can also see planes taking off from and landing at Trudeau (formerly known as Dorval), one of the two international airports in Montreal. The view is side to side, not head on.
Montreal is a city I really enjoy. I used to visit every year in June for the Formula 1 race. Maybe I will make it back in 2016 for the race.
I also have been to the old Forum once and the Bell Centre several times for Penguins versus Habs (not to be confused with former FHL franchise Haps).
Glad to talk plane spotting more at your convenience.