Matthew Montano wrote: > > Someone pointed out the Star Alliance screen saver which shows every > Star Alliance flight in the air at one time. > > It has my son fascinated, and it is rather intriguing. > > Someone mentioned on the list, or it was the note at > www.staralliance.com, that it is true live data. > > I believe that it simply is tracking everything based on the schedule > information and great-circle tracks between different points, which for > the most part is just as good and definitely just as interesting. > > Can anyone confirm that it is simply tracks of schedule, rather than > actual flights? > > Matthew Nice feature. However, it appears to cover parts of the globe that are outside range of available tracking technology (Megadata, Flight Explorer, etc.) or are in data-suppressed regions. Next time you're "on" a delayed Star flight, flip your cell, call home and ask your son where the screen saver says you are... If he says you're already enroute... then you know. - Bob Mann -- - R.W. Mann & Company, Inc. >> Airline Industry Analysis Port Washington, NY 11050 >> tel 516-944-0900, fax -7280 mailto:RWM@xxxxxxxxxx >> URL http://www.RWMann.com/