What's flying over your house?

Tarowah said:
Someone posted about a CIA aircraft flying around RDU for 6-7 hours this past weekend.
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It flies out of Johnston regional quite regularly. It’s some sort of cargo plane. They also fly a C47. Of course they are shell companies that own them
 
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Epic41 just came scooting the house again. 400kts@2300ft
 

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Mirac said:
Which is the better app ? FlightAware or FlightRadar
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What he said.
I don't think anyone responded.
I'm curious too and I wish someone would offer an opinion. Please.

If y'all ain't figured it out yet, I'm always way late to the party and this is no exception. It's probly old hat to you guys and I'm just finding out this ability exists. I think it's cool as all !!!!
For whatever reason I've always paid attention to aircraft, wondering who and what, the origin and destination, seen pairs, triples, quads, thinking probly military. And this info is readily available, who woulda thunk it??
Seymour flys out here regularly. Its probly 3 miles tops as the crow flies to Joco airport. Theres lots of traffic in the air here.
Im also curious about where the info comes from and how it ends up accessible to the end user.
I was telling someone about it today and they swore, "no way you can access that data." I'm sorry but yes you can i replied.
So c'mon guys give us/me the lowdown.
 
well, WAS flying, anyway.
in my previous post, i mentioned an R44.
update:
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reports that the aircraft, a Robinson R44 helicopter,
rolled into bushes after landing in a parking lot near the Myrtle Beach International Airport around 5:15 p.m.
www.wltx.com

Helicopter rolls into bushes, crashes after landing in Myrtle Beach

Fire officials said the helicopter apparently came down in a parking lot off of 17th Avenue South. Four people were aboard at the time.
www.wltx.com www.wltx.com
 
svtf150 said:
What he said.
I don't think anyone responded.
I'm curious too and I wish someone would offer an opinion. Please.

If y'all ain't figured it out yet, I'm always way late to the party and this is no exception. It's probly old hat to you guys and I'm just finding out this ability exists. I think it's cool as all !!!!
For whatever reason I've always paid attention to aircraft, wondering who and what, the origin and destination, seen pairs, triples, quads, thinking probly military. And this info is readily available, who woulda thunk it??
Seymour flys out here regularly. Its probly 3 miles tops as the crow flies to Joco airport. Theres lots of traffic in the air here.
Im also curious about where the info comes from and how it ends up accessible to the end user.
I was telling someone about it today and they swore, "no way you can access that data." I'm sorry but yes you can i replied.
So c'mon guys give us/me the lowdown.
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@Mirac too…

In my opinion FlightRadar24 seems to show a little more aircraft and definitely distinguishes their type by icon on the map better than FlightAware. It’s also a better user interface than FA.

FA is easier to find simple info like where the plane is from, where it’s going, etc. That satisfies the simple game of wondering where that jet is going.

I have both of them on my phone and have leaned toward FR recently.
 
Geese.... You asked... and a ocassional Buzzard here and there.

Biden must be some where else hiding... not Camp David, that's the only time
there's a lot of traffic.

-Rock
 
Have had a few Chinooks passing by,
It’s been a while since they passed by low enough to see the crew chiefs legs hanging out of the rear ramp
 
@Chuckman For the CIA shell company they are lol
 
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Heard the most strange prop sound over the clouds today. Almost like an old WWII bird. Happened to be a flock of Super Herc’s.
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Came from way out in Alambam:
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9outof10mms said:
Could be aerial imagery for a county(ies) and/or LiDAR mapping. Although that is a large footprint for such a venture. It's usually done on a county scale or smaller.
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I was thinking similar. I'm watching it, will be interesting to see how big of an area it ends up covering.
 
For those that have interest, I recommend: https://flightaware.com/adsb/piaware/build/

For a wee bit more than $125 you can have your own receiving station and stare endlessly at whats what. Sure you can get some info online free at no effort, but if you are even the slightest bit geeky ( and I know theres Hams on this board) the DIY thing is satisfying. Also you get a free Enterprise account on FA.
 
Alfred said:
For those that have interest, I recommend: https://flightaware.com/adsb/piaware/build/

For a wee bit more than $125 you can have your own receiving station and stare endlessly at whats what. Sure you can get some info online free at no effort, but if you are even the slightest bit geeky ( and I know theres Hams on this board) the DIY thing is satisfying. Also you get a free Enterprise account on FA.
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A RTL-SDR dongle and dump1090 will do pretty much the same thing for $30.

No enterprise account going that route but far more functional as you can use the rtl-sdr for a ton of other things.

<- ham 😉
 
hp468 said:
A RTL-SDR dongle and dump1090 will do pretty much the same thing for $30.

No enterprise account going that route but far more functional as you can use the rtl-sdr for a ton of other things.

<- ham 😉
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Sure-absolutely - might get someone started enough to decide if they want to go further and get better gear. ( down the rat hole )
 
Three big navy helicopters flew over me yesterday, near Statesville, maybe something like a CH-53? LOUD!
 
I’m in Wilmington for a conference at the Embassy Suites across from the battleship. Ospreys have been buzzing the place nearly on the hour. I guess they make a loop from New River MCAS down the coast and back up the river.

I’m presenting tomorrow at this thing. We will be taking short breaks to watch the birds when they fly over!

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Not my house, but the army seems to be having a helicopter festival in Alabama. I counted at least 20 in a relatively small area.
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Pack72 said:
Not my house, but the army seems to be having a helicopter festival in Alabama. I counted at least 20 in a relatively small area.
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Ft. Rucker, it's an every day thing. Usually it's Lakota UH- 72As. I happened to look last night and that area was swarming with about 25 UH-60s and no Lakotas at all that I could find.
 
Ft. Rucker is where all Army pilots go to learn helo flight.
 
F14 s from Seymour Johnson. Routinely fly over our house about 30 miles from Goldsboro. Scares my Labador Retreiver to death. We try to tell him those are the good guys.
 
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