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The World On Time
Jun. 21st, 2024 06:03 amI sometimes log in to Fox's FlightAware page and look at all the aircraft around us. Obviously we hop onto this thing when something is "buzzing" the house, though that often turns out to be a military aircraft with no available flight plan, which isn't unusual coming out of Camp Blanding. Keystone Air Park is also nearby and gets a lot of the smaller plane traffic.
Overnight, though, there aren't a lot of planes in the air. You'll have a few red-eye flights but those are often outside of our sight range. So before sunup, most of what I can see on FlightAware is either FDX or UPS. And you might be amazed at how many of them there are.
Now that it's getting light - nautical twilight was around 5:30 and I'm not sure if planes go by that but it doesn't seem unreasonable to me - there's a lot more flights showing up. But if I'm up very early, it's all mainly package delivery.
And that one "N/A" that's so not-available there isn't even an icon for the type of plane it is. Cue the "X Files" theme.
And, not that they fly, but the bears are active. When I was running yesterday I came across two sets of bear tracks in the sand. So mom has a cub again this year! On the one hand, yay for bear cubs, on the other, I'd better watch my ass out there because I do not want Mama Bear opening up a can of industrial-strength whoopass on me. She doesn't come down our end of the road much anymore because everyone here has finally started locking up their trash cans.
Overnight, though, there aren't a lot of planes in the air. You'll have a few red-eye flights but those are often outside of our sight range. So before sunup, most of what I can see on FlightAware is either FDX or UPS. And you might be amazed at how many of them there are.
Now that it's getting light - nautical twilight was around 5:30 and I'm not sure if planes go by that but it doesn't seem unreasonable to me - there's a lot more flights showing up. But if I'm up very early, it's all mainly package delivery.
And that one "N/A" that's so not-available there isn't even an icon for the type of plane it is. Cue the "X Files" theme.
And, not that they fly, but the bears are active. When I was running yesterday I came across two sets of bear tracks in the sand. So mom has a cub again this year! On the one hand, yay for bear cubs, on the other, I'd better watch my ass out there because I do not want Mama Bear opening up a can of industrial-strength whoopass on me. She doesn't come down our end of the road much anymore because everyone here has finally started locking up their trash cans.
