Flightradar24 – how it works

Re:Flightradar24 – how it works by samstave on Sunday February 17, 2019 @02:59PM (#19186482)

You know what would be a fun experiment with this:

Would be to specifially watch all the planes that fly in and out of a large notable event; such as the superbowl, or davos, g-20 summit etc - and see where all thise private jets come from to get to that event...

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Re:Flightradar24 – how it works by jeromegv on Sunday February 17, 2019 @03:13PM (#19186569)

That exists! https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/watch-the-massive-exodus-...

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Re:Flightradar24 – how it works by pjc50 on Sunday February 17, 2019 @04:33PM (#19187069)

.. or a small war. https://yorksranter.wordpress.com/2007/07/27/ex-viktor-bout-...

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Re:Flightradar24 – how it works by fires on Monday February 18, 2019 @02:59AM (#19189204)

People are definitely doing this, also codified in this paper: http://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/files/9919/eurosnp.pdf (Inferring Confidential Corporate Mergers and Government Relations from Air Traffic Communication)

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Re:Flightradar24 – how it works by themodelplumber on Sunday February 17, 2019 @03:13PM (#19186564)

I've seen people doing this on Twitter. With yachts, too, IIRC.

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