As an old-timer who learned programming with punched cards, this visualization blows my mind. I want to turn it into my desktop screen saver.
Airloom – 3D Flight Tracker
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#22I love this, and would pay for native or electron app on Mac. Like Google Earth for global airspace.
Please. No Electron!
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#23Planes flying w/ multiple transponders [1]?
[1] https://files.littlebird.com.au/Screenshot-2025-11-29-at-8.2...
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#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
Curious, what would make you default to this tool over FA?
I use Flightaware for detailed information about specific flights. They have tons of information about the history of the flight, past delays, etc. I use it to track specific incoming flights when I have to pick up someone from the airport. I keep an eye on it when I'm waiting to fly, and I also use it to see progress of the flight while I'm in the air if the airline doesn't provide that in a seat-back screen. While…
Thanks for the feedback!
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#26Planes flying w/ multiple transponders [1]? [1] https://files.littlebird.com.au/Screenshot-2025-11-29-at-8.2...
They’re likely planes that are on the ground with transponders on. You can toggle off the “show planes on ground” to hide the mess.
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#27As an old-timer who learned programming with punched cards, this visualization blows my mind. I want to turn it into my desktop screen saver.
A second monitor running this in surf mode might be a close second
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#28Really nice!
Absolutely killer would be integrating with https://www.liveatc.net/ or other live ATC stream. Drop down to choose ground, tower, approach/departure, center, etc.
I'll start in another tab for now.
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#29Really nice! Absolutely killer would be integrating with https://www.liveatc.net/ or other live ATC stream. Drop down to choose ground, tower, approach/departure, center, etc. I'll start in another tab for now.
Completely agree. I think the concept has legs enough to actually start paying for some of these more expensive data providers.
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Please. No Electron!
Why not?
https://josephg.com/blog/electron-is-flash-for-the-desktop/
Please use native toolkits. At least Gtk or Qt :)
Flash is just “We don’t like to pay developers. We prefer you to pay more for memory. And your processor. And by the why, we don’t care about your security.”
Ironically memory prices are skyrocketing right now. Even the best known Electron application (Signal) is eating memory like it is free. Similiar native applications integrate much better and use a fraction of memory (e.g. Fractal).
PS: If autonomous locally usage doesn’t make sense a mere web-app is good way. At least it is then a single tab in the web-browser and most platforms are covered (if you don’t target Chrome exclusively…). In this case possible step? At least not 500 MB wasted.