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Air Traffic Control Glyphs
I know the Air Traffic System and modern aircraft come well equipped and don't need these particular glyphs, but this page helps show that Bliss can be very adaptable to different areas of life.
 Air Traffic Control |
| LEAR 35T, DESCEND AND MAINTAIN FLIGHT LEVEL 230 |
 Lear 35T |
| Out of 380 for 230, Lear 35 Tango |
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Air Traffic Control |
| LEAR 35 TANGO, TRAFFIC 11 O'CLOCK, 7 MILES |
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Lear 35T |
| 35 Tango's Looking |
Now, of course these glyphs won't be coming to a radar screen near you anytime soon. And we wouldn't want air traffic controllers looking in a chatroom with glyphs instead of looking at their radar screens or through the large glass windows of the local control tower itself. So what use might glyphs like these be someday if a visual language system were coming into use?
Icons might be helpful in teletype transcripts of ATC communications, for auditing live or later. In actual use of course, the icons would be smaller than above with an option to enlarge them by mouse hovering or clicking:
 ATC |
| LEAR 35T, TURN LEFT HEADING 290, VECTORS FOR A VISUAL APPROACH RUNWAY 25. |
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ATC |
| LEAR 35T, TRAFFIC IS A CESSNA 172 ON A RIGHT DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 25. |
 Lear 35T | Left 290 and we'll be looking for the cessna. |
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Lear 35T | Lear 35T has the airport in sight, where's that cessna now? |
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ATC |
| LEAR 35T, THE CESSNA IS ON A RIGHT BASE ABOUT TO TURN FINAL. |
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Lear 35T | We still don't see him. |
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ATC |
| 35T, HE'S OVER THE THRESHOLD NOW. |