Eddie wrote:

> And now for a little OT goodie. Like to track airplanes? Check out
> this site:
> http://www.flytecomm.com/index.html
>
> From their track a flight page:
>
> "Welcome to our flight tracking section, where you can track the
> status of any flight arriving or departing the United States or
> Canada. Get updates on flight arrival and delay times, and remaining
> time en route for departed flights, updated every 5 minutes.
> Additional flight details include departure time, aircraft type,
> current altitude, and current groundspeed, along with the forecasted
> weather conditions for your selected destination."


This is a subscription service, isn't it? It doesn't seem to show the
price on the website. Usually means *expensive*.

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"Reg" > wrote in message
m...
> Eddie wrote:
>
> > And now for a little OT goodie. Like to track airplanes? Check out
> > this site:
> > http://www.flytecomm.com/index.html
> >
> > From their track a flight page:
> >
> > "Welcome to our flight tracking section, where you can track the
> > status of any flight arriving or departing the United States or
> > Canada. Get updates on flight arrival and delay times, and remaining
> > time en route for departed flights, updated every 5 minutes.
> > Additional flight details include departure time, aircraft type,
> > current altitude, and current groundspeed, along with the forecasted
> > weather conditions for your selected destination."
>
>
> This is a subscription service, isn't it? It doesn't seem to show the
> price on the website. Usually means *expensive*.
>
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> Reg email: RegForte (at) (that free MS email service) (dot) com
>

Free tracking section:

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

MW 8-}

Eddie wrote:
> Gonna try y'awls recommendations this week-end. Thanks for all the
> help. You guys (afb'ers) should write a book. I think a good title
> would be: "Everything You Always Wanted To Know About BBQ But Were
> Afraid To Ask."

Been done. Check out:
http://www.eaglequest.com/~bbq/faq2/toc.html

Eddie wrote:

> reg, I just checked out my son's flight. It shows a map of Pacific
> Ocean and North America. There is a small figure of an airplane and
> the line it should take from Honolulu to Oakland. Below it has text
> with info such as ground speed, altitude, time left in flight, weather
> in Oakland, departure time and ETA. I think it refreshes every 5 min.
> It's all free.
> Eddie
>

Pretty cool Eddie. I like the fact that there's one place you can check
for all flights, instead of having to go to each airline's website.

Reminds me of the NOAA website with (almost) real time doppler
weather radar. I can watch the sight and guess almost to the second
when the first raindrop will hit my roof. Useful information when
I'm scheduling backyard cooking.

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/radar/loop/D.../si.kmux.shtml

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Eddie wrote:

>>Pretty cool Eddie. I like the fact that there's one place you can check
>>for all flights, instead of having to go to each airline's website.
>>
>>Reminds me of the NOAA website with (almost) real time doppler
>>weather radar. I can watch the sight and guess almost to the second
>>when the first raindrop will hit my roof. Useful information when
>>I'm scheduling backyard cooking.
>>
>>http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/radar/loop/D.../si.kmux.shtml
>
>
> Thanks for the url. At least we're a little on topic. <g>

I'd say so. During rainy season it gets as much use as my
polder thermometers. Have you checked out your locale with it yet?
It's kinda fun.

> And as for flight tracking, I just checked his status and it shows 5
> minutes to touchdown. However, it show altitude of 37.000 ft. Hmm,
> that means dropping 7,400 ft per minute. I fly 737's, my favorite MS
> FS airplane and that sounds like too rapid a descend. I'm gonna try
> it in a minute to see if I can do it without overspeeding.
> Eddie
>

A 7,400 ft per minute descent? Captain, I think we have instrumentation
problems

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