This is so impressive, love it!

A bit of feedback: Clicking exit cockpit goes back to the previous page (in this case this HN thread).

Not sure if just me, but I really had to search hard for the actions under menu and the cockpit button.

Creator here. I posted Flight-Viz a few days ago (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47603966) and the feedback was great. Since then I added a cockpit mode that follows any liveflight with real 3D terrain.

How to try it: go to flight-viz.com, click any plane, then click "Cockpit" in the action buttons. You'll get a first-person view wit h real buildings, terrain, atmosphere, and a HUD showing altitude/speed/heading — all driven by live ADS-B data.

Hao

This is so cool. But on iOS, clicking the plane flashes the mini modal/popup but the it immediately disappears. There no way, on touch, to keep it open long enough to click a cockpit view button, assuming there is one.

The FlightRadar24 app has had this feature for quite some time. I like your implementation though - it’s very easy on the eye.

Thanks for letting me know. I actually didn't know about this feature in FlightRadar24 app.

Commands are not that handy but from someone that has the flying in his heart since he was child I must admit that it's cool to have the cockpit view

If you go hang out at your local small airport on a weekend, I guarantee someone will give you a ride. In the US, at least.

it doesn't seem to show most flights or airports in africa

I wish it had all the small aircraft not just commercial flights

Pretty sure it does https://flight-viz.com/cockpit.html?lat=34.026608&lon=-118.3...

Perhaps this should be submitted under "Show".

Creator posted it as Show HN last week: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47603966

Current post is by someone else

Current post is from the creator (not that I particularly care one way or the other):

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47694065

Is it possible to pan?

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Love this. How do you modify the flight number?