August 2012 Blog Posts (7)

Here at Pinkfroot we're delighted to announce a major new update to Plane Finder and Plane Finder HD

Highlights include...

• Near real time tracking of ALL scheduled traffic across North America!
• Huge increase in general aviation tracking in the USA and Canada
• Beautiful new icons with accurate detailing
• New white aircraft icon set - this looks great in the satellite map view 
• Added flight number to all views
• New unified search -…

Here at Pinkfroot we're delighted to announce a major new update to planefinder.net

Highlights include...

• Near real time tracking of ALL scheduled traffic across North America!
• Huge increase in general aviation tracking in the USA and Canada.
• Stunning new icons with accurate detailing.
• Customizable labels.
• Search by flight number or callsign.
• Various performance and visual enhancements.

We hope that you enjoy…

A small plane carrying Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo, who was on his way home to Naga from a conference in Cebu, crashed in the sea near the coast of Masbate province Saturday afternoon, officials said.

His aide, Don Abrasado, survived the crash, but the fate of Robredo and the two pilots of the four-seater Piper Seneca plane is still uncertain, according to a tweet from Transportation and Communication Secretary Mar…

I understand that this is not going to be easy, but can anyone have a shot at identifying the ship in this picture, or even the shipping company?  I realise that it is a terrible image, but in my own defence it was taken from a moving ferry, at a distance of several miles, hand-held with a lens equivalent to a 600mm.  It was taken looking north from the ferry from Mull to Iona (Argyll, Scotland) in July, in an area not known for visiting cruise ships.…

As reported earlier on planefinder.net we've been tracking the first ever arrival in Holland of a scheduled A380 flight.

Emirates Flight EK147 from Dubai landed in Schiphol a short time ago.

If you want to watch this again we've included below a Google Earth recording of the flight.…