Nugget McNett @ FlightAware: The Pilot Who Helped Make Flight Tracking More Accessible

Web Masters

English - February 28, 2022 08:05 - 51 minutes - 118 MB - ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
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Flight tracking might not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think about how the Internet has changed the world, but, as with so many other industries, the Web changed commercial aviation forever. However, it didn't change it the way you might think.

FlightAware made the data for all flights publicly available. By doing that, it gave people access to valuable information they were able to use to make airline travel more efficient and more comfortable. The team at FlightAware took advantage, selling their data for all sorts of purposes they never imagined.

In this episode of Web Masters, Nugget McNett, one of FlightAware's founders, shares the story of how he and his co-founders built FlightAware and how it helped revolutionize the commercial aviation industry.

For a complete transcript of the episode, click here.