SkyVector VS Plane Finder

For me, I do that too. The tablet is my primary and tied to my stratux for ADSB/weather/GPS for navigation and awareness. Having a list of frequencies and VOR settings on the old junk I use, a marked up map is really handy. I like doing a loop around MSP (KFCM > KLVN > KSGS > KSTP > KANE > KMIC > KFCM) so a lot of frequency jumps. You can see what the EFB is more or less going to look like - so a sharpie on... - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago

Technically these are referred to as "charts" and not maps. :) Another fun (and free!) resource is SkyVector, which automatically stitches them together and has tons of useful features for flight planning. https://skyvector.com/. - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago

If you’re in the US you can use skyvector to get most charts, which helps find sids and stars for commercial. For GA I love VOR navigation which are the blue compass roses you see everywhere. You have to dial the given frequency into your nav radio and set the course to intercept it at the desired heading. With two VORS (nav 1 and nav 2) you can triangulate your position without the GPS. Source: 5 months ago

To practice GPS navigation from one place to another, I'll pick a takeoff and landing airport, then go to skyvector.com and input a flight plan. Then I'll choose the 'Routes' link on the right-middle of the flight plan input. Then I'll press the Nav Log button on the bottom right of the flight plan input. From that I'll put in the waypoints into the GPS. Source: 5 months ago

A suggestion for much further down the line: a timeline on the map which composites many maps from a similar time period so you can see them all stitched together (somewhat like how https://skyvector.com/ stitches together multiple sectional charts into a continuous map, though I know it can't be as seamless). - Source: Hacker News / 9 months ago

I just checked https://planefinder.net/ and I didn't see anything flying near El Cajon from 9:05 to 9:20. Source: 5 months ago

Look them up on https://planefinder.net. Source: 10 months ago

I just checked planefinder.net it said that the plane flew in the direction of Smolensk then carried on south west, is currently heading to Caspian Sea. Source: 11 months ago

Planefinder.net also has a pretty good replay feature for free. If you hunt around the sites, most of the big sites have it in some form or fashion. Source: 11 months ago

Maybe try https://planefinder.net/ next time? I know during the search for Myles Sanderson it was possible to track the rcmp plane. Anyone know what app/website that was? And yes if you hear a plane flying around Regina in the middle of the night it’s probably the police plane. Source: 11 months ago