Radar online
Hello all,
Im not ATC just an architect with a few hours PPL.
Im here sitting at my desk at "lunch" watching radar online through an interesting site operated 24 hours *cough*.
Most airliners are shown, some private jets, and some small civilian types... but there are a few military flights....one interesting one has been a US Navy Mercury flight (GOTO) out of Stuttgart routing to North West Scotland, race track pattern for an hour then back to base. A US Air Force flight (DUKE) out of the same to Shannon, and back, and a Quinetic Avrojet a few times doing circuits. And a new Royal Air Force Voyager out of Bournemouth doing "maneuvers" out over the western approaches. Can also observe the "Jennifer flights out of Las Vegas if you know what I mean" off to interesting places.
Do the various aircraft both civilian and military that appear on this radar site accept they are being tracked publicly or do ATC filter this and the various military/civilian traffic?
Public technology is an incredible thing especially when tracking a friends flight or watching whats coming overhead where I live/work or watching the military comings and goings.
happy flighting,
Coley.