There Are A Lot Up There

[Bazile]

Reading that other thread about smowball's son going to Amsterdam , to lose is innocence , made me think about this

I'm always amazed by the number of planes in the skies at anyone one moment .

Are You ?

https://www.flightradar24.com/54.8,-12.41/6

[Zacs-Master]

Whaddyagoandothatfor! Now I want to go. A lot.

It even has it's own app!!!

[The Builder]

Aw, sorry. I know. Me too ;o(

[Zacs-Master]

It's finding out about things like that which make my life seem very mundane. Ah well, there's always the pub and Flight-Radar.

[Zacs-Master]

I did go to the British GP last weekend tho.

[Prudie]

Just whispering in that I also spend a lot of time on flightradar and am always showing others that amazing mass of yellow when you zoom out.

[TonyV]

Probably already posted but interesting for an hour when you nothing better else to do!!

https://www.vesselfinder.com

[Bazile]

ZM
What other information can you get on Flightradar , apart from just a map showing planes and do you have to sign up to something to get the full benefit ?

[Zacs-Master]

Baz,

if you click on a plane it brings up a picture of the type (if not the actual) of plane and where it's going from / to.

I often crank-up my ipad in the airport to see whether the inbound flight is on time (especially when going home).

[Zacs-Master]

But yes, it will do all sorts of other things if you buy the non advert version.

[Bazile]

Thanks

How was the British GP , by the way ?

I recorded it and have made about three attempts to watch it , each time falling asleep .
Only because i've started watching it late at night ( I'm a F1 fan )

I'll put it on earlier over the weekend and finally watch all of the race

[Prudie]

If you click on a plane apart from type and journey it also shows current height, airspeed and how many kms it's gone/got to go plus scheduled and expected take-off/arrival. I only have the free version but use a blocker.

[Zacs-Master]

It was very good, Baz, We were there for Fri / Sat / Sun. The F2 race was great (British winner coming from behind - Jonathan Aitken).

We sat in the pit straight to watch Practise, which was very exciting. Unfortunately it is about £800 to sit there on race day and we couldn't 'thoil' it (as we say in Yorkshire).

[Calicogirl]

You can watch me flutter home (hopefully) on Tuesday afternoon :)

[Bazile]

calicogirl

Tell us which window seat you'll be in and give us a wave

[Calicogirl]

Willdo Baz :)

[237SJ]

You can also ( on Flightradar) click on the a/c and it will show you all the other sectors it has flown in the last week. I think you have to pay to join some sort of premium service if you want more historical info (if that sort of thing floats your boat)

[Tilly2]

I love that link, Bazille. More time wasting viewing. Thanks. :-)

[jno]

if you could see the vertical separation, it doesn't look half as scary.

same with the ships, I expect.