Does anyone else track their parcels on FR24?

herpacollectorUK · 08-27-2014, 05:24 PM

Well I get parcels coming to me from Hong Kong with FedEx.
Sometimes I send parcels abroad with UPS. This evening I got a notification that an urgent parcel going to a customer for next day delivery in Madrid has just left the EMA hub. Sure enough, that UPS Boeing 767-300ER (flight UPS237) aircraft right now is flying at 19,000ft and is registered N354UP. That plane is carrying a few Herpa models.

It's quite amusing to see the plane knowing that I have a box or two onboard

These couriers use their own aircraft and when that plane takes off it is marked as departed Cologne/Dubai etc Hub at that exact minute. It's then possible to take to FR24 and follow it

Does anyone else do this, or has even thought of it, or am I just crazy

If you pay for the UPS service, you can have this (if you're outside of the UK).. currently available at AMS haha!

Kitty Hawk 1903 · 08-27-2014, 09:44 PM

Never thought of that,but what a great idea. That FR24 is very addictive. Just today,I saw a contrail at altitude going over. Went to FR24,Emirates A380 Dubai-Los Angeles. I'm such a geek and proud of it.

geosnail · 08-28-2014, 02:03 AM

I don't do this. Hiw will I know on which flight I have my models?