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Google Earth Live Cockpit View of Planes Landing at Gatwick



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fork me

I have changed this
Oct 22, 2003
2,127
Gate 3, Limassol, Cyprus
Wardy said:
Okay I have a question about the flight paths. Do flights tend to follow the same flight path? For example will a flight leaving Gatwick today for Barcelona follow the same flight path as the same flight leaving in 2 weeks time? I guess that take off and the approach to the airport may be slightly different depending on the other traffic in the area.
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Not always, no, it depends on various factors, mainly the weather, flight paths change to avoid turbulence. Sometimes they also change to avoid congested areas, or areas that have become dangerous.

Flightdiary just puts the quickest great circle route, but flightradar24 actually uses live information from a box on the plane itself so it should be correct. Where it misses the runway, it usually means google maps isn't that accurate. Some airports always miss for that reason.
 








Gazwag

Gazwag

5 millionth post poster
Mar 4, 2004
30,137
Bexhill-on-Sea
Oh god must stop, just watch a plane go over my house


Its extraordinary when you go across to america its likes a massive ants nest
 






papajaff

papajaff

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Aug 7, 2005
3,974
Brighton
Tricky Dicky said:
You had me all excited thinking it was going to be a live view - it's just the Google Earth view using the real co-ordinates. Having worked on real flight-simulators (if that's not an oxymoron) for 7 years in the 80s, this would have been a revelation.
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Rediffusion or Link Miles? I was at Rediffusion for 7 years from 1986. Best job I ever had.
 


Bwian

Bwian

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Jul 14, 2003
15,898
papajaff said:
Rediffusion or Link Miles? I was at Rediffusion for 7 years from 1986. Best job I ever had.
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What was the worst job you ever had?

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Seagull on the wing

Seagull on the wing

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Sep 22, 2010
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Hailsham
I followed a flight from Rome to Stanstead...great, except when it was just coming in to land the graphics froze then up came the message 'Plane has landed'....I really wanted to see the landing....but hey ho....good viewing anyway.
 




jevs

jevs

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Mar 24, 2004
4,343
Preston Rock Garden
This is fantastic, i can sit in the conservatory and look over all of Sussex from my gaf. The planes tend to stack over Lewes then head off north before turning onto the final approach over Hever way. Obviously this is only when they're landing from the east.
 








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