One of the things my brother and I have enjoyed doing is looking at jets in the sky as they pass over, high up in the sky. We always want more power. We've taken the eight inch telescope and tried to view and track them but the field of view is so small you constantly have to keep tracking the jets. We can see color schemes on the jets like red stripes down the middle or whatever. Sometimes we can make out big letters (sort of blurry) like FED EX.
What I want to know is - do any of you do this? Is there any type of binocular that can bring the jets up real close with a decent field of view? I don't want to zoom right in on the windows, I just want something powerful enough to make out how many engines and see the name on the jet tail wing.
What kind of power would you recommend? Would one of those stabilized binos be good?
Kind of crazy I know, asking about binos for "jetting" and not "birding." lol. Still, it's fun to do.
Why not try a scanner instead. It's a lot more interesting listening to the pilots flying overhead.
I have to admit I do this as well as watch birds! I did it a lot when younger with a pair of cheap Miranda 16x50s for hours in the garden, and still enjoy watching them go over from the garden now.
I would suggest that a 10x bin would be about the right compromise, those 16x were perhaps a bit too unsteady for watching high-flying aircraft (though I think the hours of trying to watch planes through them gave me very steady hands!).