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p/waterbomber-wildfire-trackerApp to spot all fire fighting related aircrafts
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Ernst

Waterbomber Wildfire Tracker - App to spot all fire fighting related aircrafts

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Firefighting aircrafts are among the mightiest planes of the sky. Not only do they help save lives and protect properties, they are also incredible to see in action. Now you can follow them all from the comfort of your own device!

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Ernst
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Hey everybody! It's good to be back with a ProductHunt launch, it has been a while. Last year I've launched an application in The Netherlands which tracks all helicopters involved in HEMS operations (air ambulances). This app has gotten great responses in the field, and is used by the professionals flying on the helicopters everyday to make their operations more efficient and save lives. Although completely in Dutch, some people reached out to me to ask if it would be possible to transform this application into tracking aircrafts that are involved in firefighting operations around the world. Thus the Waterbomber app was born! Waterbomber currently focuses on the California/Nevada wildfires, but will expand to Australia by the end of year and later on the rest of the world. All radar data is provided by the great folks over at ADSBexchange, which means the app has high quality unfiltered data! Aside of tracking the aircrafts, you can also set personal zones which help you get alerts whenever an aircraft enters your zone. The app is for free to use with all basic features. Some extra customisations come at a little extra, which you can try 7 days for free. Let me know what you all think! Feedback is always welcome! Thanks! Ernst
Andrew Tsao
This is incredible! Well done on making and launching this. I didn't even know there was an app that can track this. Although I am not the targeted audience, I am still fascinated by this. Who do you imagine would use this daily? What are other use-cases for tracking these aircraft especially by none firefighters?
Ernst
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@andrew_tsao Thanks! For people using the app from a non-professional standpoint, I think the audience can be roughly divided into two groups. First off you have a lot of people who like following these planes, either to spot them in real life or because they are interested in the operation. The other group, I guess, would be people living in zones that have a fire hazard. They can set zones around their homes to know when a related aircrafts flies into their zone.
Andrew Tsao
@ernstmul Great to know! Thanks for explaining that. If I were living in certain areas in California, I can definitely imagine myself using the push notification for when the aircraft is in the area. Awesome job!