{"id":9325,"date":"2006-07-27T22:03:10","date_gmt":"2006-07-28T05:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2006\/07\/27\/like-ants-in-the-air.html"},"modified":"2006-07-27T22:03:10","modified_gmt":"2006-07-28T05:03:10","slug":"like_ants_in_th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/07\/27\/like_ants_in_th.html","title":{"rendered":"Like ants in the air"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natca.org\/flight-explorer\/united-states.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">All the airplanes being tracked by ATC over the United States<\/a> (delayed 5 minutes).<\/p>\n<p>Okay, they are definitely not paying Air Traffic Controllers enough &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>You can also see activity over some key cities, such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.natca.org\/flight-explorer\/denver.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Denver<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><small><\/p>\n<p>(via the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.consumerist.com\/consumer\/travel\/air-traffic-is-a-pile-of-white-dots-190230.php\" target=\"_blank\">Consumerist<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All the airplanes being tracked by ATC over the United States (delayed 5 minutes). 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