Concorde
Consumer and social
travel deals and flight map
SHOW HN2016
4points
6comments
#2,134of 2,264 in 2016
Top 95%of 2016 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
1 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 2 comments about the project.
Performance: 0 for, 1 againstPricing: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Cheap flight deals are useful; a commenter found a cheap Mumbai fare.
From 1 comment
How does your cheap flight deals work. I found the cheapest fare for mumbai from you ! Do you have similar deals from NY
dhanainme on HN
Aviation nerds find the flight map cool.
From 1 comment
Is it really "live" if it's only "updated every 5-10 minutes while the Concorde team is online"? With a Raspberry Pi and a $20 USB SDR, one can have their own real-time map of…
jlgaddis on HN
Objections
Data is not truly live; updated every 5-10 minutes.
From 1 comment
Is it really "live" if it's only "updated every 5-10 minutes while the Concorde team is online"? With a Raspberry Pi and a $20 USB SDR, one can have their own real-time map of…
jlgaddis on HN
Requests
Deals from NYC airports.
From 1 comment
Hi, Glad that you found a great deal via Concorde! At the moment, we are posting deals by user demand. We have had a handful of requests for deals originating in the NYC area, so…
jmarbach on HN
Support for AIS maritime traffic monitoring.
From 1 comment
A similar application involving a VHF-capable SDR to monitor and plot AIS traffic might be fun, from a maritime perspective. edit: missing word
ConroyBumpus on HN
Questions
How do the cheap flight deals work?
From 1 comment
How does your cheap flight deals work. I found the cheapest fare for mumbai from you ! Do you have similar deals from NY
dhanainme on HN
Alternatives named
FlightAware PiAware SDR setup.
From 2 comments
Good point. Real-time is definitely not accurate, but I'd be willing to say 5-10 minutes delayed is as close to a "live" view as is legally allowed. Did you built your Raspberry…
jmarbach on HNI loosely followed their guide, yes. I put their PiAware image on the Pi but the hardware is a little different.
jlgaddis on HN