Gobsmacked by Technology

I am pretty techno savvy. I understand computers and make use of the internet for many different parts of life. But what is possible sometimes takes my breath away. 

This afternoon, as I was musing about my forthcoming flight, I wondered where the aircraft I had recently seen flying overhead was headed. I then discovered  flight radar.  
On this website is a map covering as much of the UK as I wanted with little planes positioned exactly where they are in the sky. Moving the mouse over any of the small planes gave me a number - I thought it might have been a flight number but it is a call sign. I have yet to discover how to find the flight number from the call sign but when I do I will be able to see how close to home is the flight I am waiting for!

May I never lose the sense of wonder at what human ingenuity can achieve. 

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