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ATC flight strips: https://imgur.com/a/5uXyaO7 https://imgur.com/a/5uXyaO7

• nerdponx 5y ago
  What are these? Does the ATC receive messages as printouts like this?
  • dmitrygr 5y ago
    Yes, and they track flights using these too. Like this: https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/technology/tfdm/efs/media/paper%20strips%20c.png https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/technology/tfdm/efs/media/pa...
  • imroot 5y ago
    These are flight strips -- they go into a stack that help the controller know what planes he is working and usually include the destination, the flight time, the type of aircraft, and a few other things. https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/technology/tfdm/efs/ https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/technology/tfdm/efs/ -- a program to replace the paper strips with electronic ones.
  • jabroni_salad 5y ago
    it is a flight strip, and it's how they track flights. they do print messages on them, but the main purpose is to track which planes are in a given sector and at what altitude or to sequence takeoffs and landings. https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/atpubs/atc_html/chap2_section_3.html https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/atpubs/atc_html... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_progress_strip https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_progress_strip
• blhack 5y ago
  >No this is not a joke Whoa