--- title: "Webinar: Drinking from the Firehose" description: "Webinar: Learn how Firestarter, FlightAware's free development accelerator,  makes Firehose easier to access than ever before." image: https://go.flightaware.com/hubfs/Firestarter-POSTWebinar-SM-Final_CTA.jpg --- [![arrow left](https://go.flightaware.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/FA_Header_Footer/images/nav/left-chevron.png) Back to Flight Tracking ](https://www.flightaware.com) ![](https://go.flightaware.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/FA_Header_Footer/images/nav/icon-close.svg) [![FlightAware](https://go.flightaware.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/FA_Header_Footer/images/nav/flightaware-logo-color.svg) ](https://flightaware.com) - Products Data Products - [![](https://go.flightaware.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/FA_Header_Footer/images/nav/icon-aeroapi.png) AeroAPI Flight data API with on-demand flight status and flight tracking data. ](https://www.flightaware.com/commercial/aeroapi/) - [![](https://go.flightaware.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/FA_Header_Footer/images/nav/icon-firehose.png) FlightAware Firehose Streaming flight data feed for enterprise integrations with real-time, historical and predictive flight data. ](https://www.flightaware.com/commercial/firehose/) - 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Save hundreds of developer hours  - Reduce time to market for your integration  - Limit switching costs   Live practical demonstration of how to:  - Configure Firestarter SDK  - Connect live streaming data feed from Firehose  - Visualize the Firehose data stream in a familiar FIDS interface  Best practices in using Firestarter: - How Firestarter parses FLIFO messages to maintain a complete view of every flight - How Firehose works within your ecosystem  ## The Speakers ![Webinar-headshot-Chris-Roberts](https://go.flightaware.com/hubfs/Webinar-headshot-Chris-Roberts.png "Webinar-headshot-Chris-Roberts") ![FA_Logo_RGB-Hex-1](https://go.flightaware.com/hubfs/FA_Logo_RGB-Hex-1.png "FA_Logo_RGB-Hex-1") ### Chris Roberts  Software Engineer, FlightAware Chris Roberts is a Software Engineer 2 on FlightAware’s Backend crew with over 10 years of software development experience. He works on the Firehose and AeroAPI data products and spends much of his time thinking about how to make FlightAware's APIs more pleasant to use. ![Webinar-headshot-Julius-Ramos](https://go.flightaware.com/hubfs/Webinar-headshot-Julius-Ramos.png "Webinar-headshot-Julius-Ramos") ![FA_Logo_RGB-Hex-1](https://go.flightaware.com/hubfs/FA_Logo_RGB-Hex-1.png "FA_Logo_RGB-Hex-1") ### Julius Ramos Aviation Sales Executive, FlightAware Julius Ramos has 12 years of aviation experience, primarily in the business aviation sector. This past year, he was recognized by the National Business Aviation Association as a “Top 40 Under 40”, young professionals that are making an impact in the industry. Even though Julius has been a member of FlightAware’s data integrations team for only one year, he is already discovering the breadth of use cases in which flight tracking data can be applied. ## On-Demand Webinar Submit your contact information below to view the webinar ## **Duration: 60 minutes**