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Re:Show HN: What's My Aircraft? by mitchellst on Monday March 25, 2019 @06:00PM (#19487133)
This is kind of cool but there are other good tools for it, as commenters mentioned. (Seatguru, FlightAware.) I think the missing feature there is simplicity and “so what?” Tell me why my a321neo is so cool, how to tell it apart from other planes when I see it on the tarmac, when it was designed, how many are out there, which airlines operate lots of them. Others will beat you on feature richness, but I just want an app I can use to teach my kids about planes, and geek out on them myself.
Re:Show HN: What's My Aircraft? by cco on Tuesday March 26, 2019 @01:02AM (#19489419)
Isn't this just a tool to know if you were going to be on a 737 Max?
Re:Show HN: What's My Aircraft? by stackola on Tuesday March 26, 2019 @08:31AM (#19491119)
Not since it's been effectively grounded worldwide
Re:Show HN: What's My Aircraft? by ams6110 on Monday March 25, 2019 @06:25PM (#19487312)
Most of that info is in Wikipedia, which has detailed pages on probably every aircraft type and model ever flown.
Re:Show HN: What's My Aircraft? by taneq on Tuesday March 26, 2019 @02:04AM (#19489589)
You could use it to figure out which seats are emergency row seats. Some flight check-in pages don't display the emergency exits when choosing your seats, and it can make the difference between being able to use your 17" laptop or not. :P
Re:Show HN: What's My Aircraft? by ediardo on Tuesday March 26, 2019 @02:10PM (#19494498)
The curious kid (and geek) inside of me would love to see this happening. Thanks a lot for the feedback!