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While planespotting mostly consists of photography and videography of aircraft, aircraft information gathering and OSINT is a crucial step in the planespotting process. OSINT (Open Source Intelligence) describes a methodology of using publicy accessible data sources to obtain data about a specific subject — in this case planes! \n\n## Aircraft Information \n- Tail Number 🛫\n- Aircraft Type ⚙️\n- ICAO24 Designation 🔎\n- Manufacturer Details 🛠\n- Flight Logs 📄 \n- Aircraft Owner ✈️\n- Model 🛩\n- Much more!\n\n## Usage\nTo run skytrack on your machine, follow the steps below:\n\n```bash\n$ git clone https://github.com/ANG13T/skytrack\n$ cd skytrack\n$ pip install -r requirements.txt\n$ python skytrack.py\n```\n\nskytrack works best for Python version 3.\n\n## Preview\n\n\u003cimg alt=\"skytrack preview\" width=\"500\" src=\"https://github.com/ANG13T/skytrack/blob/main/assets/data/skytrack_preview.png\"\u003e\n\n## Features\nskytrack features three main functions for aircraft information gathering and display options. They include the following:\n\n### Aircraft Reconnaissance \u0026 OSINT\nskytrack obtains general information about the aircraft given its tail number or ICAO designator.\nThe tool sources this information using several reliable data sets.\nOnce the data is collected, it is displayed in the terminal within a table layout.\n\n\u003cimg alt=\"skytrack display\" height=\"300\" src=\"https://github.com/ANG13T/skytrack/blob/main/assets/data/display_1.png\"\u003e \n\n### PDF Aircraft Information Report\nskytrack also enables you the save the collected aircraft information into a PDF.\nThe PDF includes all the aircraft data in a visual layout for later reference.\nThe PDF report will be entitled \"skytrack_report.pdf\"\n\n\u003cimg alt=\"skytrack display\" height=\"300\" src=\"https://github.com/ANG13T/skytrack/blob/main/assets/data/display_2.png\"\u003e\n\n### Tail Number to ICAO Converter\nThere are two standard identification formats for specifying aircraft: Tail Number and ICAO Designation. The tail number (aka N-Number) is an alphanumerical ID starting with the letter \"N\" used to identify aircraft. The ICAO type designation is a six-character fixed-length ID in the hexadecimal format. \nBoth standards are highly pertinent for aircraft reconnaissance as they both can be used to search for a specific aircraft in data sources.\nHowever, converting them from one format to another can be rather cumbersome as it follows a tricky algorithm. To streamline this process, skytrack includes a standard converter. \n\n\u003cimg alt=\"skytrack display\" height=\"150\" src=\"https://github.com/ANG13T/skytrack/blob/main/assets/data/display_3.png\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdetails\u003e\n\u003csummary\u003e\u003cbold\u003eFurther Explanation\u003c/bold\u003e\u003c/summary\u003e\n\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eICAO and Tail Numbers follow a mapping system like the following:\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eICAO address\tN-Number (Tail Number)\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ea00001\t        N1\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ea00002\t        N1A\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ea00003\t        N1AA\u003c/p\u003e\n\nYou can learn more about aircraft registration numbers [here](https://www.faa.gov/licenses_certificates/aircraft_certification/aircraft_registry/special_nnumbers)\n\n\u003c/details\u003e\n\n\u003e :warning:  Converter only works for USA-registered aircraft\n\n## Data Sources \u0026 APIs Used\n[ICAO Aircraft Type Designators Listings](https://www.icao.int/publications/doc8643/pages/search.aspx)\n\n[FlightAware](flightaware.com)\n\n[Wikipedia](wikipedia.org)\n\n[Aviation Safety Website](https://aviation-safety.net)\n\n[Jet Photos Website](https://www.jetphotos.com)\n\n[OpenSky API](https://opensky-network.org/datasets/metadata/aircraftDatabase.csv)\n\n[Aviation Weather METAR](https://aviationweather.gov)\n\n[Airport Codes Dataset](https://pkgstore.datahub.io/core/airport-codes/airport-codes/archive/dfadb79d7ba34a49242332f2eaf4f1b0/airport-codes.csv)\n\n## Contributing\nskytrack is open to any contributions. Please fork the repository and make a pull request with the features or fixes you want to implement.\n\n## Upcoming\n- Obtain Latest Flown Airports\n- Obtain Airport Information\n- Obtain ATC Frequency Information\n\n## Support\nIf you enjoyed skytrack, please consider [becoming a sponsor](https://github.com/sponsors/ANG13T) or donating on [buymeacoffee](https://www.buymeacoffee.com/angelinatsuboi) in order to fund my future projects. \n\nTo check out my other works, visit my [GitHub profile](https://github.com/ANG13T).\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2FANG13T%2Fskytrack","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2FANG13T%2Fskytrack","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2FANG13T%2Fskytrack/lists"}