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Old 17th Apr 2021, 21:24
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It looks old, possibly a strip from an area sector? I’m ex-mil ATC now ADI (tower) only and most of the info looks relatively standard to the strips we have. I think the info in each field is:
SHT2G = Shuttle 2G (callsign. British Airways Cityflyer)
B752/M = Boeing 757-200/Medium wake turbulence category (aircraft type ICAO code/ICAO wake turbulence cat)
SAMBA1R = Standard Instrument Departure route of that name
A2715 = Mode Alpha squawk
R190 = not sure but my guess is a radial of 190 degrees. Though why this would be needed I’m not sure as SID is specified. Might be heading after SID finishes.
arrow up 60 = climb FL60 (it could be ..altitude 6000ft as QNH is provided at the end but then in civvy terms an alt can be written as 6.0 for 6000ft).
P1010 = not sure. I think 1010 is a time looking at what comes in the next 2 boxes. And looking at next line below might be time aircraft made first contact on frequency.
EGCC . . EGLL = Manchester to Heathrow (departure and destination).
HON 1032 = either estimated time or time overhead Honiley VOR (near Birmingham).
BNN 1044 = either estimated time or time overhead Bovingdon VOR (over which one of Heathrow’s holding patterns are based).
134.430 = a frequency. My guess is the onward frequency aircraft will go to so probably in this case Heathrow Director, but could be Heathrow Tower depending on where this strip came from.
23R = The runway aircraft will be vectored for. Heathrow doesn’t have 23R now, so if this was for when it had the runways in the Star of David configuration it could give an approx age of the strip.
Q1019 = QNH.

This strip is odd which leads me to think it’s old eg why would a 757 fly from manc to Heathrow under a cityflyer callsign? Nowadays they are short haul airbus A319/320 types, though there could be others like Embraer 175s I’m not aware of BAs entire fleet.
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