Every plane you see in the sky – you can now follow it from the cockpit in 3D

140 points - last Wednesday at 6:10 PM

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tetris11 today at 7:20 PM
I'm currently flying at Mach 10 on a custom call sign, breaking all kinds of barriers on a single heading. I cannot be stopped.

https://flight-viz.com/cockpit.html?lat=40.64&lon=-73.78&alt...

coolwulf last Wednesday at 6:10 PM
Creator here. I posted Flight-Viz a few days ago (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47603966) and the feedback was great. Since then I added a cockpit mode that follows any liveflight with real 3D terrain.

How to try it: go to flight-viz.com, click any plane, then click "Cockpit" in the action buttons. You'll get a first-person view wit h real buildings, terrain, atmosphere, and a HUD showing altitude/speed/heading β€” all driven by live ADS-B data.

Hao

lastdong today at 6:51 PM
This is so impressive, love it!

A bit of feedback: Clicking exit cockpit goes back to the previous page (in this case this HN thread).

Not sure if just me, but I really had to search hard for the actions under menu and the cockpit button.

RichardHesketh last Wednesday at 6:19 PM
The FlightRadar24 app has had this feature for quite some time. I like your implementation though - it’s very easy on the eye.
sssilver today at 7:45 PM
Interesting, I wonder if it would be possible to visualize the most dramatic parts of every flight -- takeoffs and landings.
matmo today at 7:43 PM
Would be nice to pair this with something like FlightRadar where you can see relevant flights in proximity to you and select them.
grg0 today at 7:33 PM
This is great, smart application of graphics and public data.
Chrisszz today at 6:24 PM
Commands are not that handy but from someone that has the flying in his heart since he was child I must admit that it's cool to have the cockpit view
igtumt today at 7:50 PM
this is interesting and how much of the rendering/logic is running in WASM vs JS?
bigfudge today at 5:44 PM
Is it possible to pan?
gorfian_robot today at 6:00 PM
I wish it had all the small aircraft not just commercial flights
vixalien today at 6:53 PM
it doesn't seem to show most flights or airports in africa
metabagel last Wednesday at 6:20 PM
Perhaps this should be submitted under "Show".
Markoff today at 6:02 PM
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deadlinermusic last Wednesday at 7:04 PM
Love this. How do you modify the flight number?