24 Hours of Global Aviation
If you, like me, have ever wondered just how many planes, or how many people, are in the air at any one time then the video above should be interesting for you. This is all of the known aircraft in flight over one 24 hour period. Obviously the USA and EU, being the largest economies, and with huge populations, are the most crowded but look at how much air traffic comes in and out of Australia and New Zealand. Wow. If you go to the original YouTube page you can watch this in hi-rez full screen. The original comes from the School of Engineering at ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften where they explain how it is done and show a ’see air traffic live’ option showing a real time map. — DS