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Dmitri Popov
Personal blog of an amateur airplane photographer, Linux user, and clues coder.
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I'm stating the obvious here, but not every aircraft photography outing can be considered a resounding success. Our latest weekend trip to Frankfurt am Main is a case in point. We chose to stay at the b'mine hotel, because the...
The weather was fabulous, so I decided to take a day trip to MUC. But this time, I wanted to give the observation deck a try. Normally, shooting through the glass is lame but, hey, beggars can be choosers (especially if beggars don't...
The outcome of my first attempt at photographing the D-BADA aircraft was kind of could-be-better-but-it-will-do-fo-now. So I've been waiting for another chance to meet that somewhat elusive machine. Today was the day. Not only its...
Another Monday, another day trip to Besucherhügel. This time, I hoped to catch the Boeing 737-783(WL) operated by Airzena Georgian Airways. The wind and weather forecast looked good, so I thought my odds were pretty good. That is, until...
Inexplicably, it never occurred to me look into the error.log file of the lighttpd server. And when I finally did peek into it using the command below, I discovered a few bugs in my PHP code.
A small but important (for me) programming victory. To get a list of hex codes of all aircraft detected by readsb, I used this piece of code suggested by phind:
Creating the Map page was a good learning experience, but in a way the final result was not particularly practical. So I decided to replace it with a dedicated Currently in range page that displays a grid with thumbnails of all aircraft...
Here's a new addition to my small but steadily growing collection of Aviationtags:
The title says it all, really. The Map page now shows routes for each aircraft courtesy ADSB.lol API. And the popup next to each aircraft looks like this:
While tweaking Tinble, I discovered the Inter typeface which instantly became my favorite font. So now ADS-B station and Tinble use Inter.
Today I launched Aircraft Photography. Even though I'm a mediocre amateur photographer at best, I did manage to take a few aircraft photographs that are not all that bad. Instead of letting them gather dust on my machine, I've decided to...
When I'm not taking photos of airplanes, I make fleeting connections with truck drivers whizzing by. Sometimes, they blink the lights on their trucks, and I wave back at them. And when I see a particularly flashy truck, I wave to the...
The weather on the second day of the new year was abysmal. It had been pouring down all day long, and wind gusts rendered the umbrella almost useless. So no to aircraft photography, yes to binging on Netflix in my hotel room. Good thing...
31st of December — Zeppelinheim. 1st of January — Zeppelineim.
Another day, another day trip to MUC. The weather was delightful (+10°C, sunny), the train was on time, and there were very view passengers. I had less luck on the Besucherhügel: the light was too harsh, and the runway 08L was used for...