ADS-B Tracking Coverage We continue to expand our global ADS-B coverage with people in all corners of the world now hosting Plane Finder Radar systems for us. The antennas often end up at airports, on private properties, up mountains, and almost always in enviable positions with stunning views over many of the world’s great cities and vistas. 1090MHz antennas … Continue reading “What Makes an ADS-B Antenna Happy?”

iOS Beta Testing Plane Finder App We are just putting the finishing touches to the next version of Plane Finder for iOS. This will be the first in a series of great updates to improve the app and we need your help! It is the first time we have ever run a public beta! We … Continue reading “Beta Testing Plane Finder”

Plane Finder relies on a global network of sharers to help maintain ADS-B clients all over the world. To help make the process of sharing ADS-B data with us as easy as possible we released a ground-up rewrite of our Plane Finder ADS-B Client just over a year ago. The update included a beautiful new web-based user interface, a quick … Continue reading “Visualising your ADS-B data in 3D with the new Plane Finder ADS-B Client”

This week we told our manufacturers to make a new batch of our amazing Plane Finder Radar receivers.  We have been blown away by the performance of the first batch that is now out in the field.  They have exceeded even our test sites here in the UK! Can you help? We are looking for … Continue reading “New batch of Plane Finder Radar”

You may have recently heard about our all new Plane Finder Radar ADS-B receiver. We are currently shipping these to far flung places around the globe as we continue to build and enhance our high quality ABS-B data network. The receiver includes a very accurate GPS system which also means that our MLAT performance is excellent. With … Continue reading “New Italian Plane Finder Radars online”

We are delighted to announce the release of a completely new version of our Plane Finder app for Android. It’s taken us a while but we hope you agree that it has been worth the wait! Plane Finder App for Android For existing users this is a free update. The app is available here on … Continue reading “All New Version of our Plane Finder App for Android is Now Available!”

Plane Finder for iOS is now a Universal app! This means that a single purchase now works on iPhone, iPod Touch, Apple Watch, Apple TV and iPad! We’ve also added some great new iOS 9 features such as the split-screen multitasking view. This means you can run Plane Finder alongside your other favourite apps, (which … Continue reading “Plane Finder is Universal!”

We are looking for some help setting up the core of our new UK Multilateration (MLAT) ADS-B radar network. To support this we are offering high quality receivers – completely free to good homes! We have the following initial target locations: Swindon. Worcester. Northampton. High Wycombe. Sevenoaks. Thetford. Colchester. Derby. Liverpool. Goole. We’ll supply the receiver, … Continue reading “Plane Finder MLAT – Free Receivers”

Our unique airline reference app, Airline Finder, passed through the 1,000 airlines mark today! The latest additions include Tway, HOP!, China West and many more. We’ve also replaced many of the older liveries with brand new retina quality artwork – recent highlights include a beautiful new illustration of a United Airlines Boeing 787 and a … Continue reading “Airline Finder Reaches a 1,000 airlines!”