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Lots of aircraft, including a B29, marshalling for NYC flyover

u/aauscout — 1 day ago
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ADSB.im

I have been feeding ADSBExchange for about a year with the ADSBExchange image. I also programmed (with Claude help) a ESP32-S3 board with a 7" display that sits on my kitchen counter. It shows a feed from my local ADSB Pi, with several pages of statistics, a radar scope and other things I found interesting. Also have weather pages, both from the available weather APIs and from my local weather system. Consequentially, I have been needing constant availability to the root of the raspberry Pi as I develop my display system. I also figure since the Pi is always running, I will be using it in other ways for home automation, MQTT tasks, etc.

Since the original ADSBExchange image was running a 32bit version of Linux, I decided to upgrade it to 64bit and possibly feed more ADSB sources. I loaded ADSB.im on a new TF card and installed it this morning. My issue is, I cannot log into the root access of the Pi. I need access now to copy over my session files needed for the display. The display also pushes crash logs out to the Pi for troubleshooting. I use the generate password button and copy the password, but it is always denied.

Has anyone else found a way using the ADSB.im image to keep constant reliable root access of the Pi? For now, I am going back to my old TF card that at least worked with my display system.

Thanks for any help

u/85Txaggie — 2 days ago
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A LOT flight squawked 7500 (hijack) for 72 minutes last week. FR24 never showed it, and their API returns a squawk code that can’t physically exist

Saw the Mentour Pilot video about LO155 (Warsaw → Tel Aviv, June 30). The flight that squawked 7500 and got a fighter escort before diverting to Burgas. He mentioned the squawk happened “for an instant over Turkey” and that FR24 doesn’t display it.

So I got curious and decided to pull data from a few networks. Started with Wingbits for the flight. That shows very different story than "happened for an instant".

  • The aircraft (A320, LZ-EAB, flying as LOT5FM) squawked 7500 continuously for 72 minutes, from 10:28 to 11:40 UTC
  • It started over Romania (near Cluj), not Turkey, and ran the whole way down across Bulgaria
  • Every single 7500 message also had the transponder’s alert bit set, which the transponder sets itself when an emergency code is dialed in, so this was genuinely transmitted, not receiver noise
  • At 11:40, right as they crossed into Turkish airspace, the crew re-dialed normal ATC codes (2424, then 2427)

Then I pulled FR24’s API data for the exact same flight. Zero 7500 anywhere. For precisely the 72-minute window where other data recorded 7500, their API returns squawk “4583”.

So obviously 4583 is not a possible squawk code. Squawks are four octal digits, 0 through 7. A transponder physically cannot transmit an 8. So it’s not that FR24’s receivers picked up something different, the value has been replaced.

I get why you might not want a hijack code flashing on a public map in real time. But this isn’t just hidden on the map, the historical API data has a fabricated value in it, with no indication anything was redacted. If they’d returned null or “redacted” that would be one thing, but a fake code that looks like data seems worse than showing nothing?

Anyone know if this is documented behavior? Is “4583” a known placeholder, or does the substitution value mean something? And does anyone know if they do the same for 7600/7700?

Attached a render of the flight from the raw data, red segment is the active 7500.

https://reddit.com/link/1ulljx4/video/ctt9dig06uah1/player

reddit.com
u/Outrageous-Ant2919 — 3 days ago
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Passenger wanted off of ash3989 and tried to breach cockpit near IND

Passengers restrained subject and it returned to IND to be arrested

u/TurbulentTicket9452 — 5 days ago
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Taylor Swift 2026 flight history

Read that Taylor Swift got backlash for all her flying. Created this little map outlining her 2026 flight record. Missing a couple of legs but overall i thought it was quite fun

u/Outrageous-Ant2919 — 6 days ago
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Need a different kind of help.

I know this is tracking domain, but looking to locate a lost item on a Delta flight. Yes I have filed the lost item claim, just trying to engage as many people as possible.

I believe I lost my wedding band on my flight today 6/29. I did sleep on this flight but hadn't realized it was gone until 2hours into my layover and the plane had been turned and left.

DL 2511

ROC to ATL

Seat 17A

Black band pictured above, size 11, tantalum.

u/DazzlingPbAlpaca — 6 days ago
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Literally swerved off the road when I saw this pass overhead! Lockheed LC-130H-LM Hercules 83-0490

This was such a legendary spotting for me, I love the Hercules. It flew overhead on my way home from work and I had to pull over. I was lucky enough to see it do a full loop and head back down into Burlington (BTV) and I got a video of it passing overhead (I don’t think I can post videos here though!).

This specific plane is so cool because it is one of the only ski-equipped Hercules. I have a very surface-level obsession with aircraft so I would LOOOOVE to hear more about it in detail if anyone has some fun facts!!

u/goregoose — 4 days ago
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Flight path of local state police helicopter today while providing air support for a visit by JD Vance.

u/pescado01 — 4 days ago
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Final Flightboard

This is the final one....

Now radar so you can see flights in the neighbourhood in blue and the yellow one is displayed on the screen.

Materials..

1x 5778 Adafruit Matrix Portal S3. 3x Indoor SMD P3 RGB LED Matrix 64x64 pixels. LED Power Adapter Verlichting Transformator AC 100 V-240 V (i buy 20A but 5a is good). Flatcables for the matrix panels. Fuse en fuse holder.

u/jcf1975 — 6 days ago