Planefinder.net aka time sink.
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http://planefinder.net/
Pretty cool little website that shows you planes flying. Apparently it's only planes equipped with the newest form of tracking.
I'm sure plane nuts will know about that
It's amazing how close some planes going out of london fly when taking off.
Pretty cool little website that shows you planes flying. Apparently it's only planes equipped with the newest form of tracking.
I'm sure plane nuts will know about that
It's amazing how close some planes going out of london fly when taking off.
Flight radar is the best imo, they have an excellent augmented reality app for iphone and ipad too.
http://www.flightradar24.com/
http://www.radarvirtuel.com/
Boats
http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/
Satallites, space stations and launches.
http://www.n2yo.com/
http://www.flightradar24.com/
http://www.radarvirtuel.com/
Boats
http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/
Satallites, space stations and launches.
http://www.n2yo.com/
I've used this one: http://www.flightradar24.com/ to track my old man flying in, shocking that this info (height, speed etc.) is easily available for Joe Public
OldJohnnyYen said:
Because the Daily Mail tells him brown folk are using this information to blow stuff up.
hahahaha. So there aren't people out there who would quite happily use this information for negative things? For example knowing that planes flying over a certain point are at a certain height that could be reached with certain weapons? Nobody has ever tried to attack aircraft have they? How do you know I'm not a "brown" person?
A lex said:
Its not shocking, dont be so Daily Mail!
The info these sites use (and what is freely available to everyone) comes from a device called a MODE-S transponder - it downlinks various pieces of information about the aircraft, including:
-Callsign
-Air Speed
-FMS selected magnetic heading, MACH/IAS and Flight Level
Its a great safety tool that we can use in ATC to cross check and verify that instructions we give to the pilots are being in-putted correctly in the cockpit.
In the 2yrs or so we have been using it where I work its already saved countless losses of separation and is a fantastic bit of kit.
Apologies for my Mailness The info these sites use (and what is freely available to everyone) comes from a device called a MODE-S transponder - it downlinks various pieces of information about the aircraft, including:
-Callsign
-Air Speed
-FMS selected magnetic heading, MACH/IAS and Flight Level
Its a great safety tool that we can use in ATC to cross check and verify that instructions we give to the pilots are being in-putted correctly in the cockpit.
In the 2yrs or so we have been using it where I work its already saved countless losses of separation and is a fantastic bit of kit.
I have a question regarding the info on there, sometimes it shows planes as having a route which they definately aren't on, it will say for example Madrid to Dublin but the plane is near Heathrow, what's that all about?
A lex said:
Every MODE-S transponder has a unique HEX ID that is already being used in trials to 'Identify' the aircraft to ATC units (Maastricht, the centre where I work is one of the pioneers in such systems) - the callsign that you see on these strips I believe is based on the info downlinked from the transponder and is therefore derived from info entered by the pilot - dont forget the callsign usually changes with every flight the aircraft makes. So basically you are relying on a human input, which usually results in errors 
I think the 'HEX ID' you're referring to is the ICAO 24-bit aircraft address? - the CAA helpfully publish these (in binary and octal as well as hexadecimal, presumably the contractor charged a suitable amount extra for that feature) on the G-INFO site. As the name implies, the 24-bit address is assigned to the aircraft, rather than a specific transponder unit - some transponders have the aircraft address 'hard-wired', but since this is something of a ball-ache should the unit need replacing, many low-end units - Garmin for example - allow the 24-bit address to be changed via a configuration menu. The Flight ID is something different - as you say, generally changes with each sector.Either way, it means that just because your Mode-S/ADS-B decoder box or public feed is telling you the thing overhead is a Lufthansa cargo flight, it doesn't mean it isn't really - for example - a rather lumpy 747SP belonging to a well-heeled middle-eastern gent.
It also means that to all intents and purposes, the information is as much use to Johnny Terrorist as a chocolate Kalashnikov.
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eharding said:
Either way, it means that just because your Mode-S/ADS-B decoder box or public feed is telling you the thing overhead is a Lufthansa cargo flight, it doesn't mean it isn't really - for example - a rather lumpy 747SP belonging to a well-heeled middle-eastern gent.
Aha, so 'Air Force One' actually transmits 'Rubber dog s
t from Hong Kong'!I once filmed the arrival of some minor royals at an event. Convoy of about six cars swept in and parked. But the royal didn't get out of one of the posh cars that you might have aimed your RPG at, no, he was in one of the ordinary ones at the back. They're not dumb!
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