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When showing PAW contacts on SK-De, some are swept wing jets, and some are straight wing ‘prop’ aircraft symbols. But the aircraft itself may be a jet in both cases.

Do these symbols mean anything particular? Will there be any more symbols, for microlights, gliders and helicopters etc? I see that Flightradar24 already shows many different types.

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Tim Dawson
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There are already symbols for gliders, microlights and helicopters. It all depends on what PAW sends us. They will be able to give you more information about when they're able to provide specific airframe type information.
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Thanks Tim.

So PAW must be sending different details for some aircraft, for some reason.
I hear that PAW will be getting more symbols in the next update.

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One other thing.

The S-D manual says that conflicting aircraft should have extended tracklines, but I am not getting those. Is that another PAW issue? The conflicting aircraft on S-D do have speed and track data.

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