Do you love aviation and want to get more involved with it? It may be hard to get up and go fly on a plane every day, but with these three hobbies, you can get the best out of aviation with little to no experience. At the same time, you can learn more about aerodynamics, engineering, and aircraft design, while enjoying it! So, let’s explore some of the best aviation hobbies to try this year.

Flight Tracking/Planespotting

Planespotting is one of the best ways to observe aircraft in the real world. On a clear day, you can do it simply in your backyard or anywhere that you can observe the sky. If you live near an airport, you can visit it and planespot there too! With a flight tracker like Flightradar24, you can easily track flights around you, regardless of your location. All you need is listed below:

• A decent camera (the camera on your phone or a DSLR camera) – price varies
• A flight tracker app – $0

Flight tracking and planespotting a great ways to observe how planes fly. Meanwhile, you can explore many different places either on the map or in person!

Model Aviation

Another entertaining aviation hobby is model aviation. Collecting scale model aircraft teaches aircraft design, as well as giving you a new perspective on aviation. With affordable and highly detailed models of almost every aircraft, model aviation is indubitably an outstanding hobby to try. The average prices of model planes are listed:

• 1:400 scale plane: ~$35 – ~$85
• 1:200 scale plane: ~$70 – ~$250
• 1:500 scale plane: ~$25 – ~$70

RC Aircraft

Although RC aviation is the most expensive hobby listed in this article, it is quite a good one. Being able to control an airborne aircraft, RC (or Remote Control) aviation is one of the most exciting aviation hobbies around. The average prices for what you need are listed:

• RC plane remote: ~$50 – ~$300
• RC plane: ~$100 – ~$1000

RC aviation is one of the best ways to control an aircraft in the sky. One of the best parts of this is that you can fly without having to get your pilot’s license! Once you get your plane and remote for it, you can travel to a park that has a lot of open space and simply do whatever you want in the air.

So, have you tried any of these hobbies already? Tell us in the comments section below.