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

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...

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Is it possible to pan?

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

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

Perhaps this should be submitted under "Show".

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

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Love this. How do you modify the flight number?

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

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

Is it possible to pan?

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

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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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...

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!

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

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

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

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.

Love this. How do you modify the flight number?

Perhaps this should be submitted under "Show".

Hao

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

Current post is by someone else

Can you make it so "exit cockpit" navigates to a route rather than execute a back on the browser, as it takes me back to the hacker news page when I push it.

Also took me about 5 minutes to find the cockpit view button after I'd selected a flight but that might be a me problem :)

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.

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

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

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

Limited ADS-B receiver coverage in their data network, presumably.