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tex_ritter Jan 7th 2012 6:53 pm

Flight tracking
 
For those who've not come across

http://www.flightradar24.com/ click on a plane.

jimenato Jan 7th 2012 8:29 pm

Re: Flight tracking
 
Absolutely bizarre:blink:

I clicked on a couple of planes around Cordoba. One it said was going from Milan to Rome and the other from Cran Canaria to Lanzarote:confused:

I hope they don't use this for air traffic control

ETA another over central Spain is on its way from Glasgow to Bristol:eek:

jackytoo Jan 7th 2012 10:36 pm

Re: Flight tracking
 
Thanks for that, it's fun. One close over me on it's way from Leeds to málaga and another from Vienna to New York.

lynnxa Jan 7th 2012 10:43 pm

Re: Flight tracking
 
that's pretty scary if you zoom out a bit - you can't see Europe for planes :eek:

Dick Dasterdly Jan 7th 2012 11:30 pm

Re: Flight tracking
 

Originally Posted by jimenato (Post 9828079)

ETA another over central Spain is on its way from Glasgow to Bristol:eek:

Looks like the Glasgow guys must have hit the whisky bottle early today.

Maybe taken over the cockpit and ordered a diversion from Bristol to the Costa del Sol.:blink:

tex_ritter Jan 8th 2012 1:04 am

Re: Flight tracking
 

Originally Posted by lynnxa (Post 9828259)
that's pretty scary if you zoom out a bit - you can't see Europe for planes :eek:

Thats the truth:eek:

Dick Dasterdly Jan 8th 2012 1:15 am

Re: Flight tracking
 

Originally Posted by lynnxa (Post 9828259)
that's pretty scary if you zoom out a bit - you can't see Europe for planes :eek:

When you can't see the sky for planes is the time to start worrying. :eek:

Ka Ora! Jan 8th 2012 2:58 am

Re: Flight tracking
 

Originally Posted by tex_ritter (Post 9827990)
For those who've not come across

http://www.flightradar24.com/ click on a plane.

A internet based shoot em up for al-Qaeda

Fracman Jan 8th 2012 5:38 am

Re: Flight tracking
 
Not wanting to hack the thread but attached is an interesting site to track shipping including cruise ships , just punch in the vessels name and track it.
One of my favourites is MSC Fantasia that visits Malaga on a regular basis, its enormous .

http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/

jdr Jan 8th 2012 7:18 am

Re: Flight tracking
 

Originally Posted by Fracman (Post 9828732)
Not wanting to hack the thread but attached is an interesting site to track shipping including cruise ships , just punch in the vessels name and track it.
One of my favourites is MSC Fantasia that visits Malaga on a regular basis, its enormous .

http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/

Went on it last year, despite being huge the spray from the rough sea still reached our balcony on deck 12. :eek:

fionamw Jan 12th 2012 5:26 pm

Re: Flight tracking
 
I think this site has *discrepancies* in the information it displays! The other day my OH's flight was disrupted by fog both at BRS and AGP. He couldn't get accurate info from EZY so I was googling at home and texting him. At one point I found the flight coming south, tracked it for a while, went onto another site for some reason and when I clicked again the flight had just disappeared. Never did find it again! Meanwhile I knew from him the flight had been diverted to Granada, but Granada doesn't seem to provide info on flights to that particular tracking site so it was one of those 'ho hum' mornings.;)

Fredbargate Jan 12th 2012 8:19 pm

Re: Flight tracking
 

Originally Posted by Fracman (Post 9828732)
Not wanting to hack the thread but attached is an interesting site to track shipping including cruise ships , just punch in the vessels name and track it.
One of my favourites is MSC Fantasia that visits Malaga on a regular basis, its enormous .

http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/

I first visited this site when the Queen Mary 2 made her first visit to Gibraltar.

My thoughts were what a useful site for terrorists.

gill556 Jan 14th 2012 5:41 am

Re: Flight tracking
 
try using www.planefinder.net. My husband uploads all the information for the Alicante area and it is spot on.

Lord_GG_Byron Jan 14th 2012 2:24 pm

Re: Flight tracking
 

Originally Posted by Fracman (Post 9828732)
Not wanting to hack the thread but attached is an interesting site to track shipping including cruise ships , just punch in the vessels name and track it.
One of my favourites is MSC Fantasia that visits Malaga on a regular basis, its enormous .

http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/

Yeah, I liked that site. Back when they had the flotilla hubub in Israel I tracked the boats.

fionamw Jan 14th 2012 10:53 pm

Re: Flight tracking
 

Originally Posted by gill556 (Post 9842070)
try using www.planefinder.net. My husband uploads all the information for the Alicante area and it is spot on.

That one looks good.... back to the boats, and I'm sorry but I couldn't help myself, I looked yesterday and there appeared to be no marine traffic of any kind in the region of Isolo del Giglio. :frown: How?


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