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Tracking a Flight

Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 10:58 am
by mountainman
Can anyone Track this for me online?

British Airways 203 from London to Detroit?

Thanks... I can't seem to find a good tracker online.

Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 11:27 am
by NutNut

Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 11:31 am
by mountainman
Nice... thanks!

Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 11:36 am
by NutNut

Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 11:37 am
by Illini25
Here's another one Brandon:

http://www.flytecomm.com/cgi-bin/trackflight

It's pretty much dead on. I was tracking a flight from Detriot to Champaign and the site told me it was at about 3000ft, 220kts and eta was a couple of minutes. I step outside and it's passing over my place. Not too shabby. :thumb:

Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 11:56 am
by mountainman
That's pretty cool.

I guess my mom was having trouble with it earlier since it was just leaving the UK.

Not sure.

Thanks for the great links, guys!!

:thumb:

Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 3:56 pm
by thepieman
wow they make that stuff Public Info?? So much for Security.


Pie

Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 4:17 pm
by Croc
thepieman wrote:wow they make that stuff Public Info?? So much for Security.


Pie
That's what I was thinking too. Next you will be able to get the passenger lists.

Looks like only for US and Canada.

Croc.

Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 6:05 pm
by thepieman
Croc wrote:That's what I was thinking too. Next you will be able to get the passenger lists.

Looks like only for US and Canada.

Croc.
They guard Passenger lists with their life, but give out exact locations...Ok Mohammed Bin Osama Al Burundi wait on this spot and when I say...pull the trigger.


Pie

Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 6:06 pm
by mountainman
Good grief.

:rolleyes:

Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 7:16 pm
by thepieman
mountainman wrote:Good grief.

:rolleyes:
I would say that Flight tracking would be more damaging then knowing who was on a flight, and they guard that info carefully.

Pie

Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 9:13 pm
by mountainman
I think both are pretty useless compared to what they are capable of doing.

This place always gives me a good chuckle.

Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 9:34 pm
by Chris
mountainman wrote:Can anyone Track this for me online?

British Airways 203 from London to Detroit?

Thanks... I can't seem to find a good tracker online.
The FBI has been notified and are now sitting ouside your house in a black van, or SUV, or sedan, or Icecream truck, awaiting your next move, ya damn terrorist

Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 10:31 pm
by mountainman
Chris wrote:The FBI has been notified and are now sitting ouside your house in a black van, or SUV, or sedan, or Icecream truck, awaiting your next move, ya damn terrorist
Either that, or my dad came over and saw his grandson he hasn't seen in 5 weeks.

One of the two.

;)

Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 8:45 am
by p2ii
thepieman wrote:They guard Passenger lists with their life, but give out exact locations...Ok Mohammed Bin Osama Al Burundi wait on this spot and when I say...pull the trigger.


Pie



HAHA! :D