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That's genius, being invited into the cockpit felt extremely cool even as a grown adult, so I will absolutely get this started next time we get a flight
I thought that after 9/11 passengers were not allowed to visit the cockopit any more
My son loves this app and he’s 7. Thanks! A small gripe, I’m unsure whats the api refresh rate and my kid continues closing and opening the app and then it sporadically gets time outs on the API. That being said, I much appreciate taking the time to release it and blog about it.
Very fair - the OpenSky API has no SLO, so it will sporadically fail to reload. I'm working on better retry logic in V2, and potentially the ability to login with your own OpenSky account (http basic auth)
> Which begs the question, why can’t Google Maps ever work out which direction I am facing? I always wondered this as well. Apple Maps seems to be much better at this
My Apple maps consistently has me 90° off from where I'm actually pointed.
> Which begs the question, why can’t Google Maps ever work out which direction I am facing? I always wondered this as well. Apple Maps seems to be much better at this
This is a terrific toy. Great work!
I like the idea that changing the display color was a must-have feature for the initial release. Shows a very solid understanding of the target demographic's user needs. (My 3yo loves any toy that includes a color picker!)
Heck, I’m a grown man and I get giddy too when something includes a color picker! (Imagine my irrational excitement when I surpassed 250 karma here on HN)
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That's genius, being invited into the cockpit felt extremely cool even as a grown adult, so I will absolutely get this started next time we get a flight
I thought that after 9/11 passengers were not allowed to visit the cockopit any more
This is great. On my « one day » build list. In a similar vein, my 5yr old son has a flight log book - I started it for him as a baby. Every flight he gives asks one of the crew if the captain wouldn’t mind completing it. It logs route, aircraft and any events that happened. The crew _love_ this kind of thing - we’ve toured cockpits and crew rests and the messages are always gracious. He’s always beaming to get it ba…
My father started a logbook for me when I was a toddler which I still keep updated to this day (I'm in my 30s). Every flight I've ever taken is in it. It's a really neat idea.
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For Logan airport in Boston, Revere Beach is one place with a pretty good view of airliners, and is short walk from the Blue Line. You can also see a bunch of other places on a map that line up with runways: South Boston (including Castle Island), East Boston, and a bit further from Logan is the harborwalk around Long Wharf and the aquarium. (The aquarium might also be interesting to kids. There's some free viewing w…
Going to Pearson airport in Toronto with my dad is one of my few early childhood memories. I don’t know exactly where we were but it was a popular enough spot that someone had set up a hotdog stand. In my mind it very clearly registers as a scene from the 80s. The aircraft everyone was hoping for was the 747. I still remember the roar of that thing coming in.