New Game For You - Plane Spotting

[Yorky Lass]

If you get bored why not try spotting the plane flying over you http://planefinder.net/
I've just seen a plane flying from Pakistan to Manchester. I was actually looking for the Space Station, but missed it, so decided I'd try to find out something about the plane that flew over.
The site is very interesting. I followed my daughters flight home from holiday.

[Stephen_G]

I use this site, Yorky

http://www.flightradar24.com/

I'm a little east of Durham Tees Valley (Snigger) Airport - the laugh is no-one knows where the Tees Valley is. It's nowhere near Teesside Airport (To give its proper name.

[excelsior-1]

good lord! that is a lot of aircraft

[Prudie]

I use the same site as Stephen, I love looking at it.

[DTCwordfan]

Does this qualify?

http://www.flightradar24.com/54.23,1.38/6

[Yorky Lass]

Thanks for the new site, I'll give that a go too.

[knowabit]

I live right under the heathrow flight path ..... Flight radar app is great. I sit in the garden and know every plane that is coming over and where from!

[Stephen_G]

I don't know whether or not to say lucky you, knowabit. Would like to physically see the A380. My Nephews are lucky because they live a few miles away from RNAS Yeovilton, and they go to the Air Day. They've taken some great photos.

It's annoying, but there is a lot of traffic that doesn't show up on Flight Radar. A couple of things have flown over the house tonight and I can't identify them. I do like the fact you can see pics of the planes on both sites.

[Prudie]

That is true Stephen. I live under a flightpath area near Dorchester but I know there's a lot of Flybe traffic in and out of Southampton and that never seems to show up.

[DTCwordfan]

Are you surprised, Prudie. Given their rates and profits, they probably don't have radar!

[Prudie]

Don't say that. I fly with them quite often, I'm scared enough as it is!

[Stephen_G]

Scroll halfway down the page, Prudie. Planes have to have a certain type of Transponder, to show up on the maps

http://www.flightradar24.com/how-it-works

[Prudie]

Aaah thanks, that explains it, Flybe use a lot of Embraers.

[DTCwordfan]

F Bras I have seen but never M Bras.