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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 18, 2016 18:07:20 GMT 12
If I see something in the sky and want to find out what it is, how do I look it up on Flight Radar?
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Post by pepe on Jul 18, 2016 20:32:11 GMT 12
I've got the Flightradar24 app on my phone. When you see an aircraft of interest: 1. Open the app and select the Bino view option (as opposed to the normal Map view) 2. Point the phone at the aircraft as you would when are taking a photograph of the aircraft. 3. The details of the aircraft (Rego, height, speed, etc) should be displayed on your phone screen.
You can also view the details on the normal map display.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 18, 2016 20:59:24 GMT 12
OK. I'll have to ask someone how to get an app on my phone
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Post by AussieBob on Jul 18, 2016 23:49:58 GMT 12
Dave, On your computer, centre the Flight Radar screen on the location of interest and you should see the aircraft you are looking for. Place cursor on aircraft, click mouse and it will turn from yellow to red, with its past track shown and aircraft details on left of screen.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 18, 2016 23:51:04 GMT 12
Thanks Bob, but what is the website? I don't even know which site it is
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Post by AussieBob on Jul 18, 2016 23:56:39 GMT 12
www.flightradar24.com/-37.13,173.27/7 and for additional interest, when you have selected an aircraft, on the left screen details there is a button to select 3D view, of either the aircraft over photo image of location landscape or cockpit view of the same - fairly boring over the Tasman but interesting for takeoffs and landings.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 19, 2016 0:07:38 GMT 12
Thanks
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Post by Bruce on Jul 19, 2016 10:30:04 GMT 12
Bear in mind however that very few NZ aircraft appear on Flight Radar, Which only shows ADS-B equipped machines with operating Transponders. This narrows it down to the newer, bigger airliners. A lot of aircraft (especially smaller ones) wont show up since they arent using ADS-B yet.
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Post by suthg on Jul 19, 2016 13:00:43 GMT 12
Dave, you can't add an "app" to a steam powered brick... or I s'pose you might have bought something with a coloured screen by now ... LOL!
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Post by philip on Jul 19, 2016 14:18:29 GMT 12
Bear in mind however that very few NZ aircraft appear on Flight Radar, Which only shows ADS-B equipped machines with operating Transponders. This narrows it down to the newer, bigger airliners. A lot of aircraft (especially smaller ones) wont show up since they arent using ADS-B yet. Except for a silly little microlight inbound to Ardmore from Whitianga that likes to pretend he's a real plane. No skiving off work when the world is watching www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/zk-prh#a51deb4
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 19, 2016 16:20:43 GMT 12
I've had a smart phone since November Graeme, got it for my trip to Aussie. It's not hugely smart but it's not a brick any more and has a coloured screen.
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Post by ErrolC on Jul 19, 2016 17:01:26 GMT 12
You can also go to the website on a PC and search for an airport - the map gets centered there and you can see what is around.
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