# First rate product
**URL:** https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/first-rate-product/1522
**Category:** General
**Created:** [June 7, 2006, 4:32pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/first-rate-product/1522 "2006-06-07T16:32:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@freddd](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/freddd)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2006, 4:32pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/first-rate-product/1522/1 "2006-06-07T16:32:34Z")
I just found FlightAware this past week and was floored by the volume of data and sweet user interface.
I’ve worked with the FAA as both an enroute controller and automation software specialist for a couple of decades, and haven’t found a more useful tracking tool outside the agency. We have an internal use-only web-based tracking tool employed by our traffic management units across the country, and your tool is nearly as useful, with a more intuitive interface. During my first hour or so of exploring with it, I kept wondering ‘why is this free?’
Great, great work.
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### Author:  [@pika1000](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/pika1000)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2006, 4:43pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/first-rate-product/1522/2 "2006-06-07T16:43:05Z")
> [@freddd](#):
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> I just found FlightAware this past week and was floored by the volume of data and sweet user interface.
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> I’ve worked with the FAA as both an enroute controller and automation software specialist for a couple of decades, and haven’t found a more useful tracking tool outside the agency. We have an internal use-only web-based tracking tool employed by our traffic management units across the country, and your tool is nearly as useful, with a more intuitive interface. During my first hour or so of exploring with it, I kept wondering ‘why is this free?’
>
> Great, great work.
DUDE!!! WHAT ARE YOU THINKING??? Free is good…don’t put any ideas into their heads!!!
Just kidding!
Welcome to the board!!!
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### Author:  [@CessnaCitationX](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/CessnaCitationX)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2006, 4:55pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/first-rate-product/1522/3 "2006-06-07T16:55:42Z")
Welcome to the forum Freddd! 🙂
Great to know FA is that good!
dbaker or Mark, you can take it from here.
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### Author:  [@gabyjan2291](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/gabyjan2291)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2006, 10:32am UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/first-rate-product/1522/4 "2006-06-25T10:32:08Z")
i just want to thank you. my people left vld yesterday for arn and thanks to you i was able to be right along with them til they got out of faa and over the atlantic.
now if you just could tell me how can i track them from lhr to arn?
absolutly great and thanks again
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### Author:  [@Newark777](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/Newark777)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2006, 7:47pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/first-rate-product/1522/5 "2006-06-25T19:47:11Z")
I just have to comment, I just flew into SLC today, and I used FA to check what the sites were I saw along the way. I have always loved FA, but like it just that much more now. 😉
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### Author:  [@damiross](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/damiross)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2006, 6:11pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/first-rate-product/1522/6 "2006-06-26T18:11:46Z")
> [@gabyjan2291](#):
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> now if you just could tell me how can i track them from lhr to arn?
Can’t do that. LHR and ARN are both outside of the FAA’s coverage.
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### Author:  [@Pat206](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/Pat206)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2006, 7:54pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/first-rate-product/1522/7 "2006-06-26T19:54:40Z")
> [@gabyjan2291](#):
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> now if you just could tell me how can i track them from lhr to arn?
Flightaware won’t but [www.flightarrivals.com](http://www.flightarrivals.com) will too but there are no graphics and the navigation is a bit cumbersome.
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### Author:  [@pika1000](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/pika1000)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2006, 7:59pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/first-rate-product/1522/8 "2006-06-26T19:59:21Z")
> [@Pat206](#):
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> > [@gabyjan2291](#):
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> > now if you just could tell me how can i track them from lhr to arn?
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> Flightaware won’t but [www.flightarrivals.com](http://www.flightarrivals.com) will too but there are no graphics and the navigation is a bit cumbersome.
Hold on…let me get this over with
(in my best Ben Stein from Ferris Beuler’s Day Off)
How dare you mention another flight tracking site. How could you do that? Why are you sending people away from FA? Tisk, tisk, tisk…
Anyone…anyone…something D-O-O economics…Voodoo economics…
Frye…Frye…
OK, it has been done…
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### Author:  [@Boeing7475500](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/Boeing7475500)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2006, 8:00pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/first-rate-product/1522/9 "2006-06-26T20:00:14Z")
Ah, great movie!
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### Author:  [@Pat206](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/Pat206)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2006, 8:30pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/first-rate-product/1522/10 "2006-06-26T20:30:28Z")
> [@pika1000](#):
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> Why are you sending people away from FA?
Only the Swedes 😉