High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! NYCAviation.com is an aviation enthusiast and plane spotting community and resource website, founded by Phil Derner, Jr. on August 31, 2003. It sprung from an email newsletter started by Derner in July 2002 called Aireola Aviation, sent to a group of local friends to give them a heads-up on upcoming unique aircraft visitors and happenings from the previous week. Just over a year after the newsletter was launched, Derner transitioned the operation to a static website format.