Observed arrival · 2026-09-27
Ethan Paschkes — apps for planes, gliders, and pasta
A personal portfolio from a student glider pilot, presenting three apps for aircraft spotting and flight logging, plus a food-cost calculator.
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- Glider pilots, plane spotters, and app builders
- Worth noticing
- The site reports that Apex Sky has 151 aircraft and a tester Discord; its maker says he has logged 1,093 numbered bugs.
Field notes
Apex Sky is described as using real-time aircraft data, a Cesium globe, and airport layouts sourced from FAA data; the page says it can be used without a signal. For Updraft, the maker says recordings stay on the phone because airfields may lack coverage, and that launch and landing detection uses barometer and GPS readings. The site also describes a tester Discord and a workflow of measuring bugs before fixing them.
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