US FAA says it will phase out floppy disks from air traffic control by 2028

Re:US FAA says it will phase out floppy disks from air traff... by snvzz on Friday November 06, 2026 @03:47PM (#50398280)

Replacing the drives with FlashFloppy would not be a crazy idea as a first step.

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Re:US FAA says it will phase out floppy disks from air traff... by Jtsummers on Friday November 06, 2026 @05:26PM (#50399330)

You're going to run that on a computer from the late 1980s or early 1990s? And how do you get the data onto those computers when they're not connected to a network, or the same network, as your other systems?

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Re:US FAA says it will phase out floppy disks from air traff... by snvzz on Saturday November 07, 2026 @01:55PM (#50406974)

Are we talking about the same thing?[0]

0. https://github.com/keirf/flashfloppy

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Re:US FAA says it will phase out floppy disks from air traff... by xp84 on Saturday November 07, 2026 @09:15PM (#50409902)

Problem is that kind of thing is usually made by and for hobbyists. So it would require a ton of certifications to prove that it’s ok for life or death stuff.

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Re:US FAA says it will phase out floppy disks from air traff... by snvzz on Saturday November 07, 2026 @10:45PM (#50410246)

And, of course, the current solution is formally proven fully reliable and has all these certifications.

(in which case, why replace)

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