Community Preference Initiative

[MusseMus]

Originally Posted by Bokononist

There are a few things you can do to help id planes from a distance. First and foremost, get on the ATAG Teamspeak channel. Friendlies will identify themselves, and will help you learn tactics as well. Also look out for flak, use the black flak as a rough guide, and the white flak is much more accurate. Opposite applies when you're over enemy territory of course, unharassed planes will be enemy in this case. Flying with a wingman also greatly improves your chances.

Thank you for your helpfulness Bokononist.
I do watch for signs of flak when over land, but the benefit with some kind of object icon/label for friendlies is not only to identify friend from foe -I would love to know the name/callsign of the teammate next no me. Maybe being able to warn him if he's in danger etc.

I also use teamspeak and I’ve had great fun the times I found someone to fly with, but it seems very few are using it (at least when I’m online) so I still feel a bit lonely up there.