To clarify same of the errors the OP had discerned from the Flight Strips and to shed alittle more light on what to read from these strips.
The numbers that are reported to be headings are not headings, they are altitudes assigned to the flights. The first altitude of 17000ft is writtenas
170 followed by higher altitudes as they are issued etc...200, 260 (which) is the final cruise altitude. Headings are very rarely written on
strips.
The number written with a decimal point 284.7 is an assigned frequency to switch the flight over to the next controller.
The third item the R on the strip indicates the flight was released for departure. Andrews AFB is controlled by the Potomac TRACON as the over lying
radar facility. A tower such as Andrews needs to get approval to let the flight depart, or another word, get released. When this is accomplished the
tower controller wioll write a letter R to indicate the release has been coordinated.
The other option for the R is that the flight was under Radar contact which is most likely the meaning of the R because this is a ARTCC strip.
I hope this clarified some of the Flight Progress Strip details.
Peace
[edit on 27-5-2009 by pale5218]
[edit on 27-5-2009 by pale5218]










