Quizzes & Puzzles1 min ago
Flight Tracking
I'm interested in most things to do with civilian planes . airports
I read somewhere that there are apps that you can get on your mobile , where you can point your phone at an airplane in the sky and get details about it
Anyone on here use any particular apps , to do with flight tracking
I read somewhere that there are apps that you can get on your mobile , where you can point your phone at an airplane in the sky and get details about it
Anyone on here use any particular apps , to do with flight tracking
Answers
Best Answer
No best answer has yet been selected by Bazile. Once a best answer has been selected, it will be shown here.
For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.PS:
The app that your post refers to seems to only be available for iPadsand iPhones
https:/ /itunes .apple. com/gb/ app/pla ne-find er-ar/i d390039 844?mt= 8
and is far from perfect
https:/ /www.tn ooz.com /articl e/point -a-phon e-in-th e-air-a nd-get- details -on-eve ry-airc raft-in -the-sk y/
The app that your post refers to seems to only be available for iPadsand iPhones
https:/
and is far from perfect
https:/
http:// www.cro ndallwe ather.c o.uk/fl ighttra cker.ht ml#.V0d fTvkrLI V
Might be of interest.
Might be of interest.
Actually, such devices and programs will only work or aircraft that are transponder equipped. A transponder is a device required by air traffic control if the aircraft is operating in "controlled" airspace. At least here in the U.S., there are huge tracts of airspace that aren't "controlled", so aircraft (usually small, general aviation types) are required by regulations to have one.
Early on, back in the 1960's the devices were large, heavy and were only used by military and shortly thereafter, transport aircraft... today they look like this:
https:/ /www.go ogle.co m/searc h?q=Pic tures+o f+aircr aft+tra nsponde rs& biw=143 8&b ih=899& amp;tbm =isch&a mp;tbo= u&s ource=u niv& ;sa=X&a mp;ved= 0ahUKEw ii4fqZl _rMAhUB RFIKHal cD3QQsA QIGw
Even transponders are being phased out, though, in favor of "ADS B"... which is "...Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast (ADS-B) is a precise satellite-based surveillance system. ADS-B Out uses GPS technology to determine an aircraft's location, airspeed and other data, and broadcasts that information to a network of ground stations, which relays the data to air traffic control displays and to nearby aircraft equipped to receive the data via ADS-B In. Operators of aircraft equipped with ADS-B In can receive weather and traffic position information delivered directly to the cockpit..." Aircraft so equipped can "talk" to one another automatically thereby enhancing collision avoidance... which is a good thing.
Early on, back in the 1960's the devices were large, heavy and were only used by military and shortly thereafter, transport aircraft... today they look like this:
https:/
Even transponders are being phased out, though, in favor of "ADS B"... which is "...Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast (ADS-B) is a precise satellite-based surveillance system. ADS-B Out uses GPS technology to determine an aircraft's location, airspeed and other data, and broadcasts that information to a network of ground stations, which relays the data to air traffic control displays and to nearby aircraft equipped to receive the data via ADS-B In. Operators of aircraft equipped with ADS-B In can receive weather and traffic position information delivered directly to the cockpit..." Aircraft so equipped can "talk" to one another automatically thereby enhancing collision avoidance... which is a good thing.
I use this on my desktop, although I am not sure if it has a Mobile phone version ::::
https:/ /www.fl ightrad ar24.co m/51.44 ,-3.18/ 8
https:/