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re: Does anyone else like to watch flightaware?

Posted on 5/8/23 at 7:09 pm to
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
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Posted on 5/8/23 at 7:09 pm to
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So awesome.



why don't you go out to the airport and get you a fam flight baw? you might get the bug
Posted by Arbengal
Louisiana
Member since Sep 2008
3426 posts
Posted on 5/8/23 at 7:11 pm to
Nor can I. Guess we had it inside of us since childhood. Really enjoy your posts 777!
Posted by LSURoss
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Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 5/8/23 at 7:11 pm to
I live directly across the road from a small airport. My front porch faces the e/W approach. I love it.
This post was edited on 5/8/23 at 7:13 pm
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
88139 posts
Posted on 5/8/23 at 7:14 pm to
quote:

I live directly across the road from a small airport. My front porch faces the e/W approach. I love it.



LINK
Posted by LSURoss
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Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 5/8/23 at 7:16 pm to
I've been up a hand few of times on small aircraft. Super fun.
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
88139 posts
Posted on 5/8/23 at 7:16 pm to
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Nor can I. Guess we had it inside of us since childhood.


yep, there was a time that I tried to be discrete about it so as not to set off a nerd alarm but I don't even flinch anymore, I just start looking
Posted by bhtigerfan
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2008
32919 posts
Posted on 5/8/23 at 7:17 pm to
quote:

So awesome.
It’s very helpful for navigating around and through shitty weather.

My airline just recently allowed our Jeppensen chart app and our weather app to be able to get live weather downloads from our WiFi, so I can use those also now. But those apps don’t show other aircraft like FlightAware does, so I’ll likely continue using it.
This post was edited on 5/8/23 at 7:20 pm
Posted by Tarps99
Lafourche Parish
Member since Apr 2017
11400 posts
Posted on 5/8/23 at 7:18 pm to
Last night I was at the Waveland Walmart and heard a jet airliner that was heading to MSY for a landing that took off from BWI.

It is pretty cool to be able to pull up that information online. I was following my flight one time while I was flying because we had to take a round about way to fly below the storms over the gulf and into Texas.

I took a nice night time photo of San Antonio from about 25,000 feet.



This post was edited on 5/8/23 at 7:27 pm
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
88139 posts
Posted on 5/8/23 at 7:21 pm to
quote:

It is pretty cool to be able to pull up that information online.




I dazzle my friends when we're out on the boat watching them come in and there'll be a 777 or 787 coming in and I'll say yeah, that's the boys coming in from... wherever, and somebody will pull it up and go, "how the hell did you know that?"
Posted by 81Tiger
LSU Alumnus
Member since Sep 2009
6816 posts
Posted on 5/8/23 at 7:22 pm to
I check it often. Last week I saw contrails miles up and HAD to see the flight details. An unusual north to south path directly overhead for our area.

It was British Airways from London Heathrow to Mexico City.
Posted by LSURoss
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Member since Dec 2007
16433 posts
Posted on 5/8/23 at 7:23 pm to
The a380 I used to track looked that that and I believe it was the same orgin/destination
Posted by Cosmo
glassman's guest house
Member since Oct 2003
128993 posts
Posted on 5/8/23 at 7:26 pm to
Ive been flying the cessna from meigs field on flight simulator since i was like 12

Got at least 1000 hours
Posted by Tempratt
Member since Oct 2013
14889 posts
Posted on 5/8/23 at 7:26 pm to
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Flightradar24


I saw Lufthansa 747 go over my area on Flightradar24 last weekend. It didn’t inform that it was a cargo hauler.
I thought 747 commercial jets were all cargo now.

Every once in a whiles something flys over that is low enough too see 4 trails.
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
88139 posts
Posted on 5/8/23 at 7:27 pm to
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I thought 747 commercial jets were all cargo now.



there's a few non US carriers still hauling folks around in them

ETA: Got at least 1000 hours
send me your info Cosmo, you're hired!!!
This post was edited on 5/8/23 at 7:29 pm
Posted by 0x15E
Outer Space
Member since Sep 2020
14735 posts
Posted on 5/8/23 at 7:29 pm to
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Are there apps to listen to them?!??


LiveATC.net

Not necessarily the ones flying over you but you can access comms from many of the busy airspaces in the country and around the world

ETA: Also, check out VASAviation YouTube channel. Videos have comms from many aviation incidents/accidents and the guy animates the aircraft so you have situational awareness.
This post was edited on 5/8/23 at 7:31 pm
Posted by OweO
Plaquemine, La
Member since Sep 2009
119989 posts
Posted on 5/8/23 at 7:32 pm to
No, but an app I like to check out on a regular basis, for some reason is downdetector. It shows what companies or currently receiving the highest volume of customer service calls. And if you click on the company thats on the list it gives a heat map to show what areas throughout the country.. and world that are receiving the highest volume.

So lets say you are having problems with AT&T, if there is an issue around your area and lots of people are calling customer service you can see that something is going on and it appears others in your area is having issues as well.

A few weeks ago evidently OnlyFans was having some issues and it wasn't in just one region, it was through the whole US. I bet the second it takes an OF page to download a little slower than usual, those dudes are calling CS..
Posted by LSURoss
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Posted on 5/8/23 at 7:33 pm to
Lame hijack attempt.
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
88139 posts
Posted on 5/8/23 at 7:33 pm to
and just like IBS you charge in and ruin a pleasant conversation, WTF is the matter with you?
Posted by LSURoss
Dragon Believer
Member since Dec 2007
16433 posts
Posted on 5/8/23 at 7:45 pm to
Yep. It's a shame.
Posted by 9Fiddy
19th Hole
Member since Jan 2007
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Posted on 5/8/23 at 7:47 pm to
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