FLIGHT RADAR

[Moodybluebird]

I'm not one for apps but a mate of mine showed me Flight Radar and I love it.

Yes it's totally anorak and geeky but if you see planes flying overhead and ever wondered where there destination was, then Flight Radar is for you. You'll also get their real time location on a map, altitude, the flight path, where it's come from, type of aircraft etc etc.

If you see a lone sole in the Rumney area looking up into a clear blue sky saying, "Mexico City to Paris, well I never", unfortunately that is likely to be me.

[Tuerto]

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I'm not one for apps but a mate of mine showed me Flight Radar and I love it.

Yes it's totally anorak and geeky but if you see planes flying overhead and ever wondered where there destination was, then Flight Radar is for you. You'll also get their real time location on a map, altitude, the flight path, where it's come from, type of aircraft etc etc.

If you see a lone sole in the Rumney area looking up into a clear blue sky saying, "Mexico City to Paris, well I never", unfortunately that is likely to be me.

Good, innit? Me and one of the blokes i work with have small wagers on where the plane has come from, and where it is going. It is possible to get quite close if you know your east from west and north from south, the height of the plane helps as well etc. Exciting stuff in my workplace :hehe:

[city1927]

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I'm not one for apps but a mate of mine showed me Flight Radar and I love it.

Yes it's totally anorak and geeky but if you see planes flying overhead and ever wondered where there destination was, then Flight Radar is for you. You'll also get their real time location on a map, altitude, the flight path, where it's come from, type of aircraft etc etc.

If you see a lone sole in the Rumney area looking up into a clear blue sky saying, "Mexico City to Paris, well I never", unfortunately that is likely to be me.

There are also ones for shipping such as MarineTraffic and Marine Radar.

https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:-16.3/centery:20.3/zoom:7

[RichardM]

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There are also ones for shipping such as MarineTraffic and Marine Radar.

https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais...ry:20.3/zoom:7

You don't get many ships flying over though, I suppose it could be useful on a trip to the seaside.

[Moodybluebird]

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Good, innit? Me and one of the blokes i work with have small wagers on where the plane has come from, and where it is going. It is possible to get quite close if you know your east from west and north from south, the height of the plane helps as well etc. Exciting stuff in my workplace :hehe:

Makes we wish I was back in work again ! Well not quite. About 2 weeks ago we had a cloudless sky and I followed on the map those planes heading in our direction and then trained my binoculars on them when they came into view. Cincinnati to Brussels, Chicago to Baki, Atlanta to Istanbul were just a few.

There is no way you or your workmate would have guessed one of the flights.....try Kuwait City to Shannon. Got to be worth 10 points that one lol

[life on mars]

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My 5 year old grandson loves it, he knows all the airlines by name lol

[GL1Blue]

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I'm not one for apps but a mate of mine showed me Flight Radar and I love it.

Yes it's totally anorak and geeky but if you see planes flying overhead and ever wondered where there destination was, then Flight Radar is for you. You'll also get their real time location on a map, altitude, the flight path, where it's come from, type of aircraft etc etc.

If you see a lone sole in the Rumney area looking up into a clear blue sky saying, "Mexico City to Paris, well I never", unfortunately that is likely to be me.

If you want to be REALLY sad about you could get a raspberry pi and nooelec SDR dongle and contribute to the data yourself.....I don't know anyone who'd be that sad, honest :hide:

[Moodybluebird]

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If you want to be REALLY sad about you could get a raspberry pi and nooelec SDR dongle and contribute to the data yourself.....I don't know anyone who'd be that sad, honest :hide:

Sorry, you lost me after "raspberry" lol

[city1927]

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You don't get many ships flying over though, I suppose it could be useful on a trip to the seaside.

Yeah fair point I should have mentioned it is nice when you walk along a coastal path or you at the beach and you see a tanker sat out there.

[pomeroy]

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I'm not one for apps but a mate of mine showed me Flight Radar and I love it.

Yes it's totally anorak and geeky but if you see planes flying overhead and ever wondered where there destination was, then Flight Radar is for you. You'll also get their real time location on a map, altitude, the flight path, where it's come from, type of aircraft etc etc.

If you see a lone sole in the Rumney area looking up into a clear blue sky saying, "Mexico City to Paris, well I never", unfortunately that is likely to be me.

Try “ The Flight Channel” on YouTube . Some superb representations of both doomed and saved flights. Not for the squeamish.

[cityhammer]

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I'm not one for apps but a mate of mine showed me Flight Radar and I love it.

Yes it's totally anorak and geeky but if you see planes flying overhead and ever wondered where there destination was, then Flight Radar is for you. You'll also get their real time location on a map, altitude, the flight path, where it's come from, type of aircraft etc etc.

If you see a lone sole in the Rumney area looking up into a clear blue sky saying, "Mexico City to Paris, well I never", unfortunately that is likely to be me.

If he's flying over Rumney en route from Mexico City to Paris I think that pilot needs retraining!

[The Bloop]

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I love using it when you know someone who's on a flight.

Also love the ISS Tracker app. Gives you 5 minute warning to see the Space Station, together with its position in the sky. Still blows my mind that sometimes I can see it and its actually flying directly over the north coast of Spain.

[Taunton Blue Genie]

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If he's flying over Rumney en route from Mexico City to Paris I think that pilot needs retraining!

Why is that? The Great Circle route goes over Cornwall, which is not far away.

[Moodybluebird]

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If he's flying over Rumney en route from Mexico City to Paris I think that pilot needs retraining!

Could be a variety of reasons why a certain flight path is taken, such as weather conditions and other air traffic for instance. But the Mexico to Paris flight definitely came up on the tracker and I viewed the aircraft overhead. On another day the same flight might enter UK air space over Cornwall or Mid Wales and would not be visible from Cardiff.

[Taunton Blue Genie]

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Could be a variety of reasons why a certain flight path is taken, such as weather conditions and other air traffic for instance. But the Mexico to Paris flight definitely came up on the tracker and I viewed the aircraft overhead. On another day the same flight might enter UK air space over Cornwall or Mid Wales and would not be visible from Cardiff.

Is it because people are familiar with looking at a Mercator map of the world and not realising that a straight line on it between two points is nowhere near the shortest distance involved?

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