Wanna spy on the ADS-B data stream and have access to all sorts of info on commercial flights? Now you can have a display better than many controllers.

By Jeff Van West

If you find the idea of looking over a controller’s shoulder to watch traffic fills you with glee, we’ve got the product for you.

RadarBox is a two-part system. You get a receiver that picks up 1090ES and Mode S transmissions from aircraft and sends it to your computer via USB, where it feeds the RadarBox software. Data for the planes your box sees is also sent back to the

Roll your mouse over United 947 and it highlights with a white circle on the map while details and photos appear in the list.

RadarBox servers, and that’s where things get interesting. …