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

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post #12

Perhaps this should be submitted under "Show".

Creator posted it as Show HN last week: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47603966 Current post is by someone else

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

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

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

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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/head…

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.

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

#15
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.

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

#17

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

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.

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

#18

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.

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

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

#20

Love this. How do you modify the flight number?

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.
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