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What a COOL Site: Real-Time Worldwide
Commercial Flight Radar!
Reaganite Republican ^
| 03 April 2013
| Reaganite Republican
Posted on 04/03/2013 1:21:48 PM PDT by Reaganite Republican
Maybe just because I'm a bit of a trainspotter/planespotter geek, I really dig this site: charts all commercial aircraft in the air worldwide in real time (except unfortunately US carriers on
5 min. delay due to unique American security concerns).
Elsewhere -as I recently did in Europe- you can glance at FlightRadar24 when you hear a roar, get the flight #/carrier online and bingo there it is on the tailfin overhead 30 seconds later.
Users can click on any plane (moving) over any chosen worldwide flight radar map and get flight #, carrier, plane type, basic stats, flight info, and even a picture of the aircraft in correct livery. One can choose an airport or other geographical area for mapping, or a flight number can be entered in the left column they'll find it for you.
Obvious uses would include seeing how you're wife's flight is doing, if you business partner will make the meeting this afternoon... or who is it exactly that's always buzzing your otherwise peaceful backyard. Not only is it free, but there's useful filters and even a playback feature, and naturally they're willing to sell you additional 'premium' features such as various smartphone apps and additional functionality.
First impression was there's a lotta birds up there- more than even my vivid imagination expected, and pretty much everywhere....
TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: aircraft; planes; radar; traffic
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To: dfwgator
Excellent pic! Glad someone posted that.
My daughter is really good at landing those planes. On her iPad, she has 1400+ landings on one of the airports. 900+ on another...I finally got to 250+, but I just can’t keep up.
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posted on
04/03/2013 3:00:46 PM PDT
by
LearnsFromMistakes
(Yes, I am happy to see you. But that IS a gun in my pocket.)
To: LearnsFromMistakes
Let’s just say I wasn’t cut out to be an air traffic controller.
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posted on
04/03/2013 3:01:18 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
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posted on
04/03/2013 3:30:10 PM PDT
by
phockthis
(http://www.supremelaw.org/fedzone11/index.htm ...)
To: ken5050
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posted on
04/03/2013 3:34:15 PM PDT
by
ken5050
(My tagline has mysteriously vanished...)
To: Married with Children
Would be awesome if there was one of these for trains! Dr Sheldon Cooper, is that you!?!?
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posted on
04/03/2013 4:26:08 PM PDT
by
RobertClark
(My shrink just killed himself - he blamed me in his note!)
To: Reaganite Republican
To: Reaganite Republican
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posted on
04/03/2013 4:37:08 PM PDT
by
wxgesr
(I want to be the first person to surf on another planet.)
To: Reaganite Republican
That’s what I was saying, and approach in trails like ants...They do. The flight paths are like ant trails. Of course just like the real ant world there are those who do not follow a trail but seem to wonder aimlessly. :-)
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posted on
04/03/2013 4:47:08 PM PDT
by
South40
(I Love The "New & Improved" Free Republic!)
To: onedoug
To: Reaganite Republican
Thanks for posting this ... awesome!! ✈
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posted on
04/03/2013 6:57:15 PM PDT
by
Fast Moving Angel
(A moral wrong is not a civil right: No religious sanction of an irreligious act.)
To: Married with Children
Also gives you respect for the overall air safety record... impressive
To: Fast Moving Angel
"Thanks for posting this ... awesome!! ✈" _____________________________________________ A WINGding of a PLANE! Too ironic!
To: wxgesr
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