{"id":13502,"date":"2015-10-04T15:15:23","date_gmt":"2015-10-04T14:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13502"},"modified":"2015-10-04T15:15:23","modified_gmt":"2015-10-04T14:15:23","slug":"track-aircraft-near-you-with-piaware-on-the-raspberry-pi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13502","title":{"rendered":"Track aircraft near you with PiAware on the Raspberry Pi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-kTKcpQ00FWg\/Vgf1IlXizNI\/AAAAAAAAOf4\/BVBGC_IrCbQ\/s1600\/12039693_10205647410799461_8669976234796368359_n.jpg?resize=560%2C314\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Martin O&#8217;Hanlon wanted to track aircraft near him. So, he installed\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/flightaware.com\/adsb\/piaware\/\">PiAware<\/a>\u00a0on his Raspberry Pi and then wrote some simple Python to detect when an aircraft was nearby and then light up an LED. It&#8217;s a simple project, but it&#8217;s a pretty cool one. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stuffaboutcode.com\/2015\/10\/piaware-aircraft-overhead-led.html\" target=\"_blank\">Read how he did it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Martin O&#8217;Hanlon wanted to track aircraft near him. So, he installed\u00a0PiAware\u00a0on his Raspberry Pi and then wrote some simple Python to detect when an aircraft was nearby and then light up an LED. 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