EAA AirVenture 2009 Podcast Series: Satellite Tracking Goes (Pretty Much) Real-Time with Spidertracks

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Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at 12:00 AM ET

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Spidertracks, a New Zealand company, utilizes the Iridium satellite network to provide flight tracking services for pilots.
The technology logs flight paths and enables online monitoring of an aircraft's location and progress by anyone.
This service aims to improve communication and situational awareness for both pilots and their ground-based contacts.

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GPS technology has improved life for pilots and their friends on the ground over the last decade. Now New Zealand company Spidertracks (booth 3062 at AirVenture) is leveraging the power of the Iridium satellite network to service pilots and their ground-bound friends in all sorts of interesting ways – by logging their flight paths and allowing anyone to check their location and progress online. Engineering director James McCarthy gave us the lowdown at Oshkosh.

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