This afternoon, as I was musing about my forthcoming flight, I wondered where the aircraft I had recently seen flying overhead was headed. I then discovered flight radar.
On this website is a map covering as much of the UK as I wanted with little planes positioned exactly where they are in the sky. Moving the mouse over any of the small planes gave me a number - I thought it might have been a flight number but it is a call sign. I have yet to discover how to find the flight number from the call sign but when I do I will be able to see how close to home is the flight I am waiting for!
May I never lose the sense of wonder at what human ingenuity can achieve.
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