Is there a web-application that provides the ability for interested people on the ground to "stalk" a flight?

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It seems you want to build or use specifically a web app. Still, the recently updated Kayak app for iOS allows you to track flights, as does the even more recently updated Flight+, which has a rather gorgeous interface.

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Via the NYTimes I found that TripIt can serve as an itinerary repository that can be shared. People can then use this repository to check flight status.

With the map tab, my itinerary should be able to make magic-lines on a map as my trip progresses.

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I believe you're probably interested in something like Flightradar24.com - you enter the flight in, and you can see exactly where it is, altitude, speed etc. I've used it on a regular basis for when relatives or friends are flying in to my city.

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Try FlightAware.com. Like FlightRadar24 and Flightwise, FlightAware provides information about flights in progress such as geographic coordinates, radar track, and current speed an altitude. Unlike the others, however, FlightAware offers a unique URL for each flight, including future flights, that can be bookmarked or distributed in emails or other messages.

See for example http://flightaware.com/live/flight/UAL863 , in the "Activity Log" table below the tracking map.

I believe they only publish the URLs after a flight plan has been filed, however, so you will only be able to distribute it a few days out at best.

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