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

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by coolwulf

3 days ago

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| 15 comments

| flight-viz.com

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tetris11

42 minutes ago

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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...

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diavelguru

11 minutes ago

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did this https://flight-viz.com/cockpit.html?lat=40.64&lon=-73.78&alt... flew over Mexico then got to Antartica and it started going backwards. was hoping to get to South America. Fun!

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nomel

25 minutes ago

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If you wait long enough, it looks like things go very wrong around the poles.

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diavelguru

10 minutes ago

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yes just saw that!

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coolwulf

3 days ago

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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 — all driven by live ADS-B data.

Hao

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_HMCB_

1 hour ago

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This is so cool. But on iOS, clicking the plane flashes the mini modal/popup but the it immediately disappears. There no way, on touch, to keep it open long enough to click a cockpit view button, assuming there is one.

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lastdong

1 hour ago

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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.

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grg0

28 minutes ago

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Double-clicking on an airplane should send you to the cockpit view imo.

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batisteo

42 minutes ago

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You lucky, on Firefox mobile it does nothing.I can only see the one random flight, in this case already on the ground

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sssilver

16 minutes ago

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Interesting, I wonder if it would be possible to visualize the most dramatic parts of every flight -- takeoffs and landings.

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matmo

19 minutes ago

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Would be nice to pair this with something like FlightRadar where you can see relevant flights in proximity to you and select them.

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RichardHesketh

3 days ago

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The FlightRadar24 app has had this feature for quite some time. I like your implementation though - it’s very easy on the eye.

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coolwulf

3 days ago

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Thanks for letting me know. I actually didn't know about this feature in FlightRadar24 app.

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culi

32 minutes ago

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Paid feature though

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grg0

29 minutes ago

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This is great, smart application of graphics and public data.

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igtumt

12 minutes ago

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this is interesting and how much of the rendering/logic is running in WASM vs JS?

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Chrisszz

1 hour ago

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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

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nomel

23 minutes ago

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You can get "introductory" flights for pretty cheap, where they let you fly a bit.

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rogerrogerr

55 minutes ago

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If you go hang out at your local small airport on a weekend, I guarantee someone will give you a ride. In the US, at least.

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bigfudge

2 hours ago

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Is it possible to pan?

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gorfian_robot

2 hours ago

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I wish it had all the small aircraft not just commercial flights

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mayneack

1 hour ago

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Pretty sure it does https://flight-viz.com/cockpit.html?lat=34.026608&lon=-118.3...

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vixalien

1 hour ago

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it doesn't seem to show most flights or airports in africa

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metabagel

3 days ago

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Perhaps this should be submitted under "Show".

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wkjagt

1 hour ago

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Creator posted it as Show HN last week: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47603966

Current post is by someone else

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mikestew

1 hour ago

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Current post is from the creator (not that I particularly care one way or the other):

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47694065

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Markoff

1 hour ago

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deadlinermusic

3 days ago

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Love this. How do you modify the flight number?

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gramie

35 minutes ago

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If you click on a city's name, you can see a list of all flights arriving and departing. Some of the arriving ones will be in flight, and you can click on the flight number to view it, then "Cockpit" view to see (roughly) what the pilots are seeing.