REALLY cool flight tracking website...

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Nov 9, 2005 | 2:07 pm

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WHOA! This is actually really cool... ^

Nov 9, 2005 | 3:17 pm

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I checked this out late last night and decided that FedEx should be my preferred carrier out of IND.

Nov 10, 2005 | 6:15 am

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This site is a great resource...and a great time-waster. Now to exercise self-control at work so I'm not watching it all day...

Nov 10, 2005 | 7:33 am

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Now we just need wireless on the plane for when they remove the map for the damn IFM.

Nov 10, 2005 | 1:26 pm

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wow, nice ^

Nov 10, 2005 | 2:17 pm

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back seat

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Does this website have the ability to track the flight in a real time manner - without having to keep entering the airline and flight number in? If so I can't seem to find it.

Nov 10, 2005 | 2:17 pm

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Well, there went that hour! Very cool site. Looks like it's still in Beta stage. i may need a 12 step program to get over this thing.

Nov 12, 2005 | 10:08 pm

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Thanks for the link. It's amazing how there are always new ways to waste countless hours

Nov 12, 2005 | 11:25 pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by back seat

Does this website have the ability to track the flight in a real time manner - without having to keep entering the airline and flight number in? If so I can't seem to find it.

The map of the flight should open in a separate window. It should keep refreshing with position changes, but if it doesn't just hit Ctrl-R.

(Keeping in mind that, per the site FAQ, there is a 6 minute delay on the data)

Nov 12, 2005 | 11:46 pm

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Very cool for the US but it doesn't work on the rest of the world.

Nov 13, 2005 | 9:53 am

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back seat

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Quote:

Originally Posted by cblaisd

I got it now!

If you click on the map it then opens in another window and it works

Now I wonder if it is the actual track of the flight OR just the projected track. I will have to ask a friend to find out.

Nov 14, 2005 | 12:07 pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by back seat

I got it now!

If you click on the map it then opens in another window and it works

Now I wonder if it is the actual track of the flight OR just the projected track. I will have to ask a friend to find out.

I'm pretty sure the tracks (live and historical) are real, and not projections. After a recent flight from DFW-EWR, I went to the website to see the historical track, and sure enough, it had a big loop in it where we circled over Virginia for 20 minutes in a holding pattern. Very cool!