![]() ![]() His Twitter feed now has a 24-hour delay to comply with a new Twitter rule banning posts with real-time location information. Sweeney moved to a subreddit account ( r/ElonJetTracker ) and then reappeared in a new incarnation on Twitter ( ). One of Musk’s first moves as the new owner of Twitter was to shut down Sweeney’s feed, as well as those of other spotters and the company that supplied him with data. Jack Sweeney, a University of Central Florida sophomore, created a Twitter bot to post about the whereabouts of Musk’s main jet ( N628TS). The work of one planespotter made headlines because he irritated billionaire Elon Musk. Some spotters closely watch flights in war zones. Keeping tabs on the movements of celebrities, business executives, and political figures is popular. There’s even a website called Airport Spotting that includes information on where to stand at airports worldwide. Some planespotters post themselves near airports to take photos and videos of unusual planes. The fascination of tracking planes has attracted many amateurs (known as “planespotters” or “aviation geeks”), a dedicated community that is a potential resource for reporters. And in many parts of the world, ADS-B coverage is limited because of a lack of receiving stations. In the United States, regulations facilitate anonymous flights by private jets. Tracking military planes presents special challenges (but is not impossible). Depending on national laws, some planes do not need to share their flight coordinates in some areas. Pilots can switch off the tracking signals. Multiple complications can impede plane-tracking. However, much more sophisticated information can be obtained by analyzing the raw data with a computer to detect patterns and create alerts. ![]() This makes basic tracking fairly straight-forward. The flightpaths are posted on many websites. ADS-B signals are public and can be followed by amateurs with inexpensive ADS-B tracking stations ($10-$200). One primary technology is ADS-B, which stands for Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast. Planespotting is feasible because of location identification systems that track flights. The fascination of tracking planes has attracted many amateurs… a dedicated community that is a potential resource for reporters. This makes it possible to follow particular planes, watch specific locations, identify patterns, and more. Well, sometimes.įlight information is available from commercial and nonprofit organizations who assemble and make available vast amounts of flight data. Investigative journalists have used information about airplanes to uncover corruption, follow wars, track government officials, and point out the levels of greenhouse gasses emitted.Īll aircraft have unique identifying numbers that can be used to track their flights and to identify their owners. Tracking airplanes is an invaluable investigative tool. GIJN is grateful for expert contributions from Emmanuel Freudenthal, a freelance journalist and director of Dictator Alert, in updating this guide. In the wake of the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, which led to a great migration of Russian oligarchs and their assets, as well as Elon Musk’s efforts to block bots from tracking planes in real time on Twitter, we’ve now updated this reporting guide to account for these recent developments. In 2019, GIJN first launched its guide to planespotting and flight tracking around the world. Global Investigative Journalism Network. Global Shining Light Award – Українською.Global Investigative Journalism Network.
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