EYE TRAVEL

Know exactly what you're looking at from your plane window

I'm building an app called Eye Travel to make flying more interesting and a lot less confusing - especially for when someone next to you asks "Mum, what's that down there?"

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The Problem

Every flight, I find myself staring out the window wondering what's below - mountains, cities, coastlines - and never quite knowing. Sometimes it's just my own curiosity.Sometimes it's my kids asking questions I can't answer. Maps are clunky, flight trackers feel disconnected and the moment passes.Eye Travel started as a simple question: why isn't there an easy way to know what I can see out my window?

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The Idea

Eye Travel is an app idea that helps you understand where you are while you're flying - connecting your flight path with the view outside your window.It's about curiosity, travel and making those quiet in-flight moments more meaningful - whether you're flying solo or sitting next to someone full of questions.This is version one of the idea - and i'm going to build it publicly.

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The Journey

This started as a small everyday moment on a flight - staring out the window, being asked questions I couldn't answer and thinking, surely there's a better way.I'm not a developer. I don't have a finished product. What I do have is a clear vision - and I'm building it step by step.I'm sharing the process openly: the decisions, the doubts, the progress, and the lessons along the way. If it works, amazing. If not, it'll be an honest journey.

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1. The Deepest Part of the Atlantic (The Porcupine Abyssal Plain)

Did you know you're currently flying over an underwater desert inhabited by 'sea pigs'?About 2 hours into your flight, you're passing over the Porcupine Abyssal Plain. While the surface looks uniform, 4,800 meters below lies a vast underwater desert where "sea pigs" (scotoplanes) crawl along the seafloor.

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2. Greenland’s "Inland Sea" (The Ice Sheet)

That white expanse below? It's an ice sheet so heavy it actually pushes the earth's crust down into the mantle.As you pass over the southern tip of Greenland, you’re looking at ice up to 3 km (approx. 2 miles) thick. To put that scale in perspective: if the entire Greenland ice sheet were to melt, global sea levels would rise by about 7 meters (23 feet).

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3. The Birthplace of Transatlantic Radio (Signal Hill, Newfoundland)

You're crossing the exact spot where the 'modern world' began with the first transatlantic radio signal.As you reach the coast of North America, you pass over St. John's, Newfoundland. This is where Guglielmo Marconi received the first-ever transatlantic wireless signal in 1901, proving that the curvature of the Earth wouldn't stop radio waves.

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4. The "Graveyard of the Atlantic" (Sable Island)

Look for the 'Smile of the Atlantic'—a sandbar home to 500 wild horses and 350 shipwrecks.That tiny, crescent-shaped sandbar near Nova Scotia is Sable Island. It has caused over 350 shipwrecks and is home to a famous population of wild horses that have lived there completely isolated for centuries.

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5. The Grand Canyon of the Atlantic (The Oceanographer Canyon)

You're crossing a canyon deeper than the Grand Canyon right now—you just can't see it through the water.Just off the coast of New England, hidden beneath the waves, is a canyon deeper than the Grand Canyon. It’s a hotspot for deep-sea corals and rare whales that stay far from the shore.

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