Plane Finder HD Free for iPad app review

Plane Finder HD Free

Price: Free

Plane Finder HD Free by pinkfroot limited is a plane tracking app for your iPad that offers live tracking on 12,000 flights and plane

If you're wondering what it feels like to be an air traffic control personnel officer this app can help shed light on it. You'll be given almost real-time "virtual radar" of air traffic radar maps. Not only that but it's very easy to read and use.

For those with an interest in planes, flights, and air traffic control this is a great and interesting app to have. Outside of that even if you just have a loved one flying, it's just cool to see and watch where they are while in the air.

The free version will show you live moving planes, flight number and tail number/plane registration, the ability to bookmark your favorite locations, and you can share your sightings on Twitter and Facebook.

The app can bring you this information by picking up ADS-B plane feeds. This is used by commercial planes to transmit their position, name, and destination. As well radar data is used which again is almost real-time. The app offers global coverage, so you can check out aircraft all around the world.

Plane Finder HD Free was updated on Oct. 17, 2012 and currently has 38 customer ratings with an average rating of four out of five stars.

This was a really interesting app as it’s incredible to see just how many planes are up there in the air flying around. The only problem is that the app does need location services in order to give you all the data.

For: iPad with iOS 5.0 or later

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