Sometimes you see a glimpse of the future 1890 envisioned for 2020.
Still can’t believe I caught this collection of aircraft in one relatively constrained frame on ADSB exchange; December 1 2020.
That’s a single-engine GA plane, a helicopter, some kind of Rutanmobile, and a U2.
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ADSB is a transponder system used by aircraft for position reporting and identification. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic This website aggregates a number of flight data streams (eg making it possible to figure out what type of airplane just flew overhead) globe.adsbexchange.com
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I refer to that site so often it won a “Save to Home Screen” app-ification from me:
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Oh, entirely due to my unbridled curiosity about the skies above. Relatedly, has been doing some fantastic experiments with ADSB data;
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If you want to try the shortcut, visit this url from an iOS device: icloud.com/shortcuts/78c1
Once it's installed (and you give it permission to access your location and network), you can say "Hey, Siri, what's overhead?" and it will describe the closest aircraft to you.
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