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Aircraft tracking has become a prominent feature of the open source researcher’s toolbox in recent years. Now, Bellingcat has created a database to help researchers track Venezuelan registered aircraft.

bellingcat.com/resources/case…

Built over the course of the last year, the database includes approximately 240 aircraft. Most are registered in Venezuela, while others are registered elsewhere but have some connection to the country.

For each aircraft on the database, there are columns containing flight histories, photos from plane spotting sites as well as columns with identifying information like serial numbers and hex codes.

There’s also a “notes” column, which contains interesting observations about aircraft. For example, the notes for YV3016 (a private business jet) include the dates when the airplane was observed operating out of La Carlota, a military airbase in central Caracas.

If you’re interested in building your own database to keep track of military or civilian aircraft in any part of the world, make sure to check out the article and let us know what you come up with! bellingcat.com/resources/case…