Collecting aircraft

Plane spotters: collect aircraft from your radar

Vulcan Radar is a desk instrument and a spotting logbook. Pair your radar with your Vulcan Radar website account, or create an account for free. Tap COLLECT on any aircraft you see, and keep a collection of registrations, types, and airlines you can open on the web.

Vulcan Radar with a selected aircraft and the Collect control on the side panel

How to pair your Vulcan Radar

The pairing code is shown on the radar — not on this website.

  1. Open Pair a Vulcan Radar

    Pair your radar with your Vulcan Radar website account, or create an account for free. Open Account, then Pair a Vulcan Radar.

    Account page showing My Vulcan Radars with a Pair a Vulcan Radar button
  2. Show the code on the radar

    On the device, open Settings → Pair Account. A short code appears on the radar screen (for example R7K4-P2M9).

    Vulcan Radar Pair Account screen showing the pairing code to enter on the website
  3. Enter the code on the website

    Type the code from the radar into the pairing page and tap Pair radar. The unit is then linked to your account.

    Website pairing page with the code from the radar entered and the Pair radar button

Pair a radar

How to collect aircraft

Once the radar is paired, any aircraft you tap can be added to your collection from the device. You do not need a phone app.

  1. Select an aircraft

    On the radar, tap a track to open the side panel with callsign, type, registration, and route.

  2. Tap COLLECT

    On the side panel, tap COLLECT. The first time you add an aircraft it is stored in your collection; if you collect it again, the extra sighting is recorded against the same aircraft.

    Vulcan Radar showing a selected aircraft ready to collect from the live radar
  3. Browse your collection

    Open My Aircraft Collection on vulcan-radar.com to see registrations, types, airlines, and when you first spotted each aircraft. Keep the collection private, or share a public link.

    My Aircraft Collection page showing collected aircraft with photos, types, and airlines

If the radar is not paired, the side panel shows PAIR instead of COLLECT — finish pairing first, then tap the aircraft again.

Open my collection Order Vulcan Desktop Radar