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Title: Those little slips with planes info on them...
Post by: rekno13 on September 21, 2009, 08:30:59 PM: Hey all,

I'm wondering, I saw a while ago that some air traffic controllers have a strip with plane's info on them, and they have this slanted board they put it on, what are those called and where can I get one?

Thanks!
Title: Re: Those little slips with planes info on them...
Post by: joebone1 on September 21, 2009, 09:24:09 PM: here you go
Title: Re: Those little slips with planes info on them...
Post by: atcman23 on September 21, 2009, 11:10:58 PM: Quote from: rekno13 on September 21, 2009, 08:30:59 PM
Hey all,

I'm wondering, I saw a while ago that some air traffic controllers have a strip with plane's info on them, and they have this slanted board they put it on, what are those called and where can I get one?

Thanks!

The actual board? I don't know if it has an actual name... I always called it a strip board. I know I've seen people build these from scratch; I'm not sure you can buy them anywhere (but with the Flight Sim world the way it is I imagine someone sells them for a hefty price).

Otherwise the slip of paper is a flight strip (as posted above). You can probably google it and find a bunch of topics about them, pictures, examples, etc.
Title: Re: Those little slips with planes info on them...
Post by: aevins on September 22, 2009, 12:30:38 AM: http://www.flightstrips.co.uk/
Title: Re: Those little slips with planes info on them...
Post by: rekno13 on September 23, 2009, 03:08:46 AM: Thanks all, I'm not so much interested in the strip more of the board they sit on. Aevins link is perfect, think I will try to make one from scratch. Thanks!
Title: Re: Those little slips with planes info on them...
Post by: glencar on September 23, 2009, 07:54:06 AM: Center strips are different from tracon strips which I assume are different from tower strips.
Title: Re: Those little slips with planes info on them...
Post by: sykocus on September 23, 2009, 09:20:02 AM: Quote from: glencar on September 23, 2009, 07:54:06 AM
Center strips are different from tracon strips which I assume are different from tower strips.

I've never heard of tower strips. Just center and terminal...with towers and approaches using the terminal.
Title: Re: Those little slips with planes info on them...
Post by: glencar on September 23, 2009, 01:38:40 PM: I haven't worked in a tower(I've been in both of the other options) and on visits to towers it seemed like they used odd looking strips.
Title: Re: Those little slips with planes info on them...
Post by: Casper87 on September 26, 2009, 11:47:10 AM: Joebone1,

VATSIM strip by any chance?