What plane is that up there??

katnia · 04-01-2010 08:02PM

Hi

Is this radar real? If so, where does the info come from & how do we have free access to this in an age of terrorist attacks etc, I'm not trying to disbelieve it, I find it interesting but can someone give me a little bit of info on where this data is coming from etc & how do we have access to it.

I'm the curious type!

Thanks

FlutterinBantam · 04-01-2010 08:10PM

erm... we do live in the free world, last I heard.

EchoIndia · 04-01-2010 08:27PM

The site is hosted in another country and is fed by people uploading data from their SBS receivers. Despite the amount of data provided on the site, I find it hard to see what additional benefits it would afford to terrorists. The USA allows similar information, from the FAA itself, to be displayed on the Flightaware website (presumably for a suitable charge). If we decided to stop doing everything that conceivably might have terrorist applications, I think we might as well all wind the clock back 50 years or so.

katnia · 04-01-2010 08:37PM

Thanks for this EchoIndia, I'm not being ultra paranoid or anything like that, it's just I didn't know where this info came from, so your reply has been very useful thanks for this. Is it possible that this doesn't record all the planes coming & going as they do. Please forgive me ignorance if this is a stupid question.

I'm interested in aviation, although I'm an absolute beginner in this respect as you may have guessed, I am trying to learn though.

Thanks for your insightful reply FlutterinBantam, that type of answer is so needed..

EchoIndia · 04-01-2010 08:45PM

katnia wrote: »

Is it possible that this doesn't record all the planes coming & going as they do. Please forgive me ignorance if this is a stupid question.

Correct - not all flights are captured, and in any case the data displayed on the site is only as good as whatever users supply to it. Hence some areas/countries are devoid of or have incomplete coverage.

Steyr · 04-01-2010 09:32PM

katnia wrote: »

Hi

Is this radar real? If so, where does the info come from & how do we have free access to this in an age of terrorist attacks etc, I'm not trying to disbelieve it, I find it interesting but can someone give me a little bit of info on where this data is coming from etc & how do we have access to it.

I'm the curious type!

Thanks

Hi there, the realtime flight tracker ( http://www.radarvirtuel.com/ ) gets its Data via people sharing their data via their sbs-1 and radarbox contributions. You can only pick this information up when an Aircraft transmits thats how the SBS1 and Radarbox picks it up. Also you wont get Military Traffic on it but you will see the USAF Callsign "REACH/RCH" Followed by a number EG "RCH123" that will 99.9% of the time be an Omni Air International Aircraft as they are on contract to the US Military.

katnia · 04-01-2010 09:43PM

thanks for your replies folks, great help

Steyr · 04-01-2010 09:47PM

**ALSO**

The odd time you will see Irish Coast Guard S61N Helicopters on the link below

http://www.shipais.com/showship.php?map=Ireland&mmsi=311593000

They will show up on screen as:

Shannon: R115
Dublin: R116
Waterford: R117
Sligo: R118

On the left of the screen click the drop down menu where it says Ireland and choose a place of interest to you. If you move your mouse over any coloured object it will tell you what it is at a glance and for more detail if you click on any coloured object it will give allknown info in a box on the left of the screen.

mwrf · 04-01-2010 09:51PM

That's a fantastic resource, thanks for posting

Steyr · 04-01-2010 10:06PM

Your welcome.

Danbo! · 04-01-2010 10:32PM

Steyr wrote: »

Perhaps in a circuit to land?

At that altitude?!?

It came up over south dublin and it looked like it was turning too late for rwy 10, so it caught my eye. It disappeared after that screenshot though. I assume some are being tracked more accurately than others.

Anyway, cheers OP, this got me through a long first day back to work today..

vulcan57 · 04-01-2010 10:46PM

Is this fella lost??? (the highlighted in orange) Heading SW across Ireland and look at the info! From Manchester to Dalaman?

Podman · 04-01-2010 10:53PM

vulcan57 wrote: »

Is this fella lost??? (the highlighted in orange) Heading SW across Ireland and look at the info! From Manchester to Dalaman?

Maybe it's his first day?

Steyr · 04-01-2010 10:55PM

Shannon Stopover:pac:

Podman · 04-01-2010 11:03PM

Thank you for the radarvirtuel link

Steyr · 04-01-2010 11:04PM

Your very welcome Chompy.:)

Steyr · 04-01-2010 11:12PM

Here is what the more detailed version looks like via AirNav Systems utilising Radarbox 3D Software:

Pretty cool:cool:

FlutterinBantam · 04-01-2010 11:54PM

katnia wrote: »

Thanks for this EchoIndia, I'm not being ultra paranoid or anything like that, it's just I didn't know where this info came from, so your reply has been very useful thanks for this. Is it possible that this doesn't record all the planes coming & going as they do. Please forgive me ignorance if this is a stupid question.

I'm interested in aviation, although I'm an absolute beginner in this respect as you may have guessed, I am trying to learn though.

Thanks for your insightful reply FlutterinBantam, that type of answer is so needed..

I didn't realise.

Please accept my apologies, that was an insensitive and stupid reply.

Sorry.

highlydebased · 05-01-2010 12:38AM

vulcan57 wrote: »

Is this fella lost??? (the highlighted in orange) Heading SW across Ireland and look at the info! From Manchester to Dalaman?

Sometimes the flight numbers get mixed up or lost in translation somewhere and hence it all appears wrong.....Plenty more of em there!

EchoIndia · 05-01-2010 01:38AM

vulcan57 wrote: »

Is this fella lost??? (the highlighted in orange) Heading SW across Ireland and look at the info! From Manchester to Dalaman?

I would treat the stated linkage between flight numbers and routes with a bit of scepticism, especially where charter companies are concerned, as these are liable to change with the seasons.

Shane Slv · 05-01-2010 02:43AM

Steyr wrote: »

Here is what the more detailed version looks like via AirNav Systems utilising Radarbox 3D Software:

Pretty cool:cool:

I wan't this soooo much

. where have you it set up, whats the coverage like.?

Plowman · 05-01-2010 03:58PM

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Surveyor11 · 05-01-2010 04:27PM

Just got this guy http://www.airliners.net/photo/USA---Air/Gulfstream-Aerospace-C-37A/1446714/L/

Over North East Maryland, US at moment. Interesting.

cuterob · 05-01-2010 06:16PM

saw the AF a380 coming over on it's way to New York from Paris.. got the binoculars out and there it was silhouetted against the sunset.. massive plane! the tail is huge

vulcan57 · 05-01-2010 07:19PM

Shane Slv wrote: »

I wan't this soooo much . where have you it set up, whats the coverage like.?

Me too been looking at getting one for sometime now. Really expensive though, guts of a thousand euro the last time I looked.

katnia · 05-01-2010 07:32PM

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

I didn't realise.

Please accept my apologies, that was an insensitive and stupid reply.

Sorry.

No Worries FlutterinBantam, thanks for the reply

Katnia

Shane Slv · 05-01-2010 07:39PM

vulcan57 wrote: »

Me too been looking at getting one for sometime now. Really expensive though, guts of a thousand euro the last time I looked.

its €464.95 on airnavs website, still not cheep do.

Steyr · 05-01-2010 09:07PM

Shane Slv wrote: »

I wan't this soooo much . where have you it set up, whats the coverage like.?

Ha! I wish it was mine!!:( Its a guy i know from another site.

andy_g · 06-01-2010 01:17AM

heres a rare one for ya lads flying to stanstead its reg is 99-0404 and the pic is here she is currently about to pass over rosslare and she is talking to shannon callsign SAM 6397

http://www.airliners.net/photo/USA---Air/Gulfstream-Aerospace-C-37A/1582983/L/&sid=1dcd7e98bd075b814a7f656aa8607c9d

Shane Slv · 06-01-2010 01:27AM

andy_g wrote: »

heres a rare one for ya lads flying to stanstead its reg is 99-0404 and the pic is here she is currently about to pass over rosslare and she is talking to shannon callsign SAM 6397

http://www.airliners.net/photo/USA---Air/Gulfstream-Aerospace-C-37A/1582983/L/&sid=1dcd7e98bd075b814a7f656aa8607c9d

What frequency is she on shannon with do you know, No sign of her on 124.700

What plane is that up there??

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