Tiny Desk Radar
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Use old military flight strips somehow
I used to be Military ATC back in a previous life and one of the main things I remember from it was having to fill in the paper strips with flight details. I wonder if it doesn’t cost a huge amount whether you could have a fake plastic one that sticks out from the bottom, almost like a ledge.
Hard to articulate what I am thinking but I have put a picture of the slips below as an idea of what they look like (if you didn’t know).
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Charlie Captain·about 2 months ago
If there is a companion app, this would be awesome to have displayed on the phone somewhere.. as the actual ATC radar screens for flight plan information
Dave Byrne·about 2 months ago
Great idea. Would be nice to have an automated option where by selecting an aircraft on the main screen, this would be populated
This would work great as a label on the TDR either on the back or as you said as a kind of ledge from the bottom. I'm gonna throw out an idea on how to use it as a label through the example strip in the first image. Aircraft type and wake turbulence category says "TDR/1.0" (or whatever version it is), Callsign says "Tiny Desk Radar". Departure says EGKH for Headcorn Aerodrome as that's in Kent, where the TDR was conceived of. The destination could be the factory location. The times could be Entry = first prototype, mid01 = pre-order date, Mid02 = first factory order, EXITS = launch date. Would be a fun way to include information about the TDR while being thematic!