I downloaded PlaneFinder HD for my ipad2 the other night and I'm loving the ability to track aircraft on the move, and to watch the flight patterns etc.

But every day for the past week I've been using the search function to find G-BNLX which, despite not having NF, is the best 744 in the fleet (as its the one I proposed on, back in 2009). But, the App can never find her. Any idea where she is?



And as an aside, who else uses PlaneFinderHD?

I love the info it shows, and I'm getting a bit addicted to watching flight patterns. For example, last night there were a couple of planes headed out over the Outer Hebrides and above the North Atlantic, flying in what appeared to be very close formation. Turns out they were both UPS freighters, one out of Standtead, and the other out of somewhere like Frankfurt. It made me wonder if they rendezvous in the skies on purpose every night to accompany each other over the pond???

My best find to date, by randomly clicking on aircraft and seeing what they are and where they are headed, is finding BA's one an only 747-800! Sadly a freighter, but interesting to find it en route to Chicago.

My other question for those who use the App is this... How come you find such a huge mass of aircraft over Europe and North America. I'm sure these are likely to be the dense traffic areas, but why so little over Africa? There must be lots of inter-Africa scheduled flights - and similarly in India, China etc... Is the App not allowed to show this traffic, or is there another reason it doesn't appear (see below):