I've never seen a Chinook doing this in the middle of the English Channel before.

I saw this video and was curious where to find the tracks?

https://youtu.be/pC1_NBHZm5A?si=Nt-G_EiW-gTNcZ3z

I've been getting into visualizing tracks and found adsb.lol very helpful, but 2022 is older than what they have. Maybe something regional because this was in the Irvine, CA area?

I appreciate your help! I'm new to the community and familiarizing myself with what's out there.

This would be very easy to integrate into your system. Use the arrow and +/- keys to zoom and pan.

https://magula10.pythonanywhere.com/flight/

Suggestions welcome!

I’ve never spotted a Predator surveilling the English Channel before

This is different spots between these aircraft’s, the Boeing was at the Nevada Security site (managed to get a Screenshot before it was “no callsign.” But the rotor sport is still active and it’s riding around across New Jersey.

Rotorsport - https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=a9cf06

Edit- I found the Boeing logs so here it is.

https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?replay=2026-10-14-17:44&icao=a506da&lat=37.972&lon=-116.793&zoom=7.8

I built SkyTrace to experiment with browsing aircraft and airport information in one interface, rather than running an existing viewer. It’s free and needs no account.

For ADS-B users, I’d love feedback on the map controls and whether observed, estimated and missing data are clearly distinguished. Coverage depends on third-party feeds.

AI disclosure: I used Claude and Codex extensively for code, debugging and tests.

Site: https://opensky-flight-tracking.vercel.app/

Public repo, screenshots and commit history (since October 2025): https://github.com/amassias/OpenSky-Flight-Tracking

Found them both heading south after leaving Alaska today.

Air Force One making an appearance in Alaska today. POTUS was here for a rally in Wasilla. Tanker out doing laps, I’m assuming for the aircraft doing top cover.

I'm curious as to the reason for this sharp deviation of three consecutive commercial airliners near/around Portland. The sky is relatively clear, just some high hazy clouds, certainly nothing these planes would need to avoid.

I have a receiver using the FlightAware 1090 MHz antenna attached to an outside wall in my attic. I am using 12’ of RG58 Superbat cable to connect to the FlightAware Pro Stick Plus. This connects to Raspberry Pi 4 8gb. The Pro Stick and Pi are in a second floor office. The antenna is about 20’ above the ground in said attic. It is an asphalt shingled roof, with wood trusses. No metal or brick near the antenna. I am getting a solid 100NM coverage, with some encounters above 150NM. Would replacing the RG58 cable with a LMR400 or KMR400 cable increase my range substantially?

WOLF28 is currently doing touch and goes, along with another Navy P-8. I’ve never seen a Navy plane list an owner, much less something like “AAR Aircraft & Engine Sales $ Leasing INC”… what’s up with that?

I am using sdrangel and am wondering is there any way of logging aircraft you have tracked?
All I can see is an option to log received frames.

Not quite what I was expecting to see this morning 😳

Once again the skies never cease to amaze me.

https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=14fa3b

Flightradar24 also confirms this flight to Pyongyang: https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ra-64059

Registration: RA-64059

ICAO hex: 14FA3B

Callsign: RSD912

Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-204-300

Operator: Rossiya Special Flight Detachment

Aircraft category: Russian government/VIP transport

The older plane took off from Andrews and flew a holding pattern over southern PA/WV and the new one took off. Both are headed back towards DC.

I have my ADSB Exchange receiver kit up and running. My account is all set and I see it in my phone. How do I add FR24 and FlightAware so I can feed those sites as well. I’ve used Google and I see that I have to set up the SSH…. Sorry but have no clue. Is there a site or video that will give the step by step process?

I configured the displays - Tracker, Clock, and Weather in a way that takes advantage of the whole screen.

I made it match the aircraft altitude color gradient the same as on globe.adsbexchange.com.

I also made it show different icons for different size and type of aircraft - i.e. large or small or multi engine, etc.

I also added a weather cloud overlay (none shown in my examples because the sky was clear).

I added two more screens, a clock that I configured to look like a pilots watch, and a basic weather info screen.

And my favorite - I made the ability to scan for a specific Type, or Callsign, and once found, it will automatically select and track it, even if I change range scales.

Example for Callsign: I am located in Denver. I know UAL236 is leaving Boston and will land at, or fly past Denver, I can have it constantly searching for UAL236 even when it is far out of range and once it detects it, it will select and track it and also zoom the display out to it's max range which is a 100 mile radius. Once UAL236 is in that range, it will display and track it at all ranges.

Example for Type of aircraft: I can have it automatically search for the closest Helicopter (or any type) to my location then select it, track it through all range displays, and also display the info I want about it at the bottom of the map.

No callsign or type found? New to spotting so unsure as to what this is. Found on the military filter. I have no clue. Is it some sort of jet or stealth plane?

The aircraft is at air & space port in an aircraft test center in California. (Possibly testing the aircraft or so.)

https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=a2d307

Every time a plane went over, I caught myself opening a flight tracker just to see what it was. So I built a small Mac app that does it without me looking.

So I built FlightBar. It sits in the menu bar, and when an aircraft enters a radius you pick, a small plane icon appears and flies along the menu bar from the clock to the Apple logo. Hover over it and it stops, and a card shows the callsign, airline, registration, aircraft type, distance, altitude, speed, heading, and whether it's climbing or descending.

What it does:

• Range from 1 km to 50 km (default 3 km)
• 8 icon colors
• A "Sample flight" button so you can see it without waiting for a plane
• Public ADS-B data from adsb.lol, with adsb.fi as fallback
• No account, no sign-up, no API key

Your coordinates go only to the ADS-B API to ask what's nearby. Distance and the radius check happen on your Mac.

It's free and the source is on GitHub (Swift, SwiftUI + AppKit, no dependencies). macOS 14+, Apple silicon only for now. It isn't notarized yet, so macOS will probably make you allow it in System Settings > Privacy & Security the first time.

Site: kaanuluer.com/flightbar
Code: github.com/kaanuluer/Flightbar

I'd love feedback: is the flying icon fun or distracting after a day? What would you add to the card? And is an Intel build worth doing?

I've done a quick PiAware setup with a Raspberry Pi 4, Nano 3 USB radio and an old magnetic antenna from a WiFi router I had. It's working well in an upstairs window but, obviously, range is fairly limited.

I have a chimney-mounted ATSC antenna which I used to use for HDTV viewing and there is coax coming from it leading to different rooms in the house. I know there are adapters from the F-type coax of those feeds to the SMA connectors on the Nano 3 but I'm wondering if anyone has tried this kind of setup. I've read a bit about the issues with impedance mismatch and if I've understood correctly it seems that at around ADS-B frequencies the power loss on the connection would be around 5%. That seems small considering that the location and size of the roof-mounted antenna should provide overall much better reception.

I'd be interested in opinions about this from more experienced folks than myself.

Thanks in advance...

Hi there,

I made a web app, that uses adsb to generate 3D cockpit view. For Holland every house and every tree is 3D modeled. It runs on a Raspberry Pi. What would you think of it?

http://poppo.win

Every time I head out to the airport, it’s a coin flip whether the ramp is buzzing or totally deserted

I put together an iOS tool called Localizer to make it a lot simpler.

You pick your home field, punch in your callsign, and set a quick tag for what you're up to. Tags automatically drop off after 4 hours to keep the board clean, and it pulls live METARs without running background GPS.

It’s completely free on public TestFlight with no ads or tracking:

https://testflight.apple.com/join/5SXNMrp4

Would love any feedback from other pilots and aviation enthusiasts after trying it out!