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Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton, is pictured during a press preview at Sotheby's in New York City on July 1.'/>The Tyrannosaurus rex fossil known as "Gus" will go up for auction on Tuesday. It's not the first time dinosaur bones have been sold to the highest bidder. (Image credit: Timothy A. Clary)
FlightScnr Pi shows live aircraft around your pre set location on a circular radar, with rich flight details when you tap a plane.
It combines FlightRadar24 (FR24), live positions from adsb.fi (free cloud feed, no local ADS-B dongle), Tomorrow.io weather, and optional AirLabs schedule data. Settings, API keys, tracking, and updates are managed through a local web portal. No SSH required for day-to-day use.
Gestures and controls
Tap aircraft → flight detail
Tap range label (top) → cycle zoom presets (2, 30 mi / km / nm)
Two-finger pinch → zoom radar range in and out
Swipe between screens (see table above)
Footer buttons on detail, tracked, and settings screens (PREV / NEXT / RADAR / PIN)
Auto-return to clock when no aircraft are visible (optional, portal setting)
Off-hours schedule can dim the panel, turn it off, or force the clock screen at night
The build uses a Raspberry Pi 4 (2 or 4GB) and a Waveshare 4″ DSI display, mostly in Python.
See the project and files on GitHub. And see the video below: