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SUPERAWOS AWOS AUTOMATED UNICOM

SUPERAWOS AWOS AUTOMATED UNICOM. PLUS. YOUR PILOTS NEED. AWOS For flight requirements UNICOM For flight safety & service. WHY NOT GET BOTH?. MEETS ALL FAA & ICAO FLIGHT REQUIREMENTS. AWOS + AUTOMATED UNICOM _____________________________________ = SUPERAWOS.

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SUPERAWOS AWOS AUTOMATED UNICOM

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  1. SUPERAWOS AWOS AUTOMATED UNICOM PLUS

  2. YOUR PILOTS NEED • AWOS For flight requirements • UNICOM For flight safety & service

  3. WHY NOT GET BOTH? MEETS ALLFAA & ICAO FLIGHT REQUIREMENTS AWOS +AUTOMATEDUNICOM _____________________________________ =SUPERAWOS PROVIDESCOMPLETE UNICOM SERVICES

  4. WHY SUPERAWOS? • Provides Essential Services Pilots Expect …But traditional AWOS cannot provide • Greets ------------- inbound pilots • Advisory ---------- of runway to use • Radio Check ----- before takeoff • Traffic -------------- in the area? Is the airport ‘open’ or ‘closed?’

  5. WHY SUPERAWOS? FAA APPROVED AWOS Plus A FULL SERVICE AUTOMATED UNICOM FOR A FRACTION OF THE PRICE OF TRADITIONAL AWOS!

  6. FAA SUPERAWOSCERTIFICATION

  7. TO INSTALL Flexible siting requirements No waiting for frequency allocation No digging up your airport Installs in just a few hours Serves pilots the day it is installed TO SUPPORT Wireless Satellite Communications Eliminates land-line installation and ongoing maintenance costs Provides long-line weather data for pilot flight planning Modern, internal self-monitoring and remote reporting SIMPLER & FAR LESS EXPENSIVETHAN TRADITIONAL AWOS A COST-EFFECTIVE SOLUTION FOR ANY AIRPORT

  8. SUPERAWOS FEATURES & SERVICES

  9. SUPERAWOS ARCHITECTURE

  10. AUTOMATICALLY GREETS PILOTS • DETECTSAIRCRAFT IN THE AREA • INFORMS PILOTS • Of the presence of SuperAWOS • How to use SuperAWOS • PROMOTES YOUR AIRPORT “Good Morning. Potomac Airfield, automated unicom. Click your mic three times for an advisory, four times for a radio check”

  11. PILOTS ACTIVATE BY SIMPLE MICROPHONE CLICKS • Microphone clicks are simple • Clicks never tie up the unicom frequency • Simple actually works, every time SIMPLE ALWAYS WORKS

  12. ADAPTIVE AUTOMATED ADVISORYPatented • REPLIES with ONLY what the pilot needs • KEEPS UNICOM CLEAR by giving ONLYoperationally relevant information • ADJUSTS TRANSMISSION CONTENT • To Frequency Congestion • To what IS relevant to flight operations

  13. WHY ADVISORY WIND?PILOTS HAVE TWO WIND QUESTIONS: QUESTION #1“WHICH RUNWAY SHOULD I USE?” “Winds from the north suggest using the most northern facing runway” QUESTION #2“WHAT SURFACE CONDITIONS SHOULD I EXPECT?” “Prepare for gusting cross-wind conditions at the runway surface” AVERAGE WINDLIKE TRADITIONAL AWOS REAL TIME WINDLIKE A WINDSOCK ONLY SUPERAWOS ANSWERS BOTH

  14. AUTOMATED RADIO CHECK • A Pilot’s ONLY contact with the world IS BY RADIO Before takeoff, the pilot MUST know if their aircraft radio is… Transmitting anything? Anything UNDERSTANDABLE? Receiving anything? Anything UNDERSTANDABLE? • Pilots transmits a test message • Pilot receives ‘radio echo’ back of their own transmission • Echo Radio Check Confirms • Transmitter: POWER & MODULATION • Receiver: SENSITIVITY & CLARITY

  15. OTHER UNIQUE SAFETY FEATURES • PILOTS STAYING ON UNICOM CAN HEAR OTHER TRAFFIC • Reduces chances of mid-air & runway incursion • ALERTS PILOTS TO AREA TRAFFIC • Other air traffic in the area on unicom • ADVISES CONDITIONS FAVORING A SPECIFIC RUNWAY • When wind & traffic conditions make it clear • ADVISES PREFERRED CALM WIND RUNWAY • When wind & traffic conditions allow • WARNS DENSITY ALTITUDE WHEN CRITICAL • When critical to landing operations And, • Added to radio check BEFORE takeoff • ALERTS TO CRITICAL TEMPERATURE • When surface freezing likely

  16. REQUIREMENTS FOR AUTOMATED UNICOM WHAT IS ‘ADAPTIVE?’ • SYSTEM MUST PRIORITIZE WHAT IT TRANSMITS Based on Constantly Changing conditions - from second to second • Frequency congestion from many aircraft • What IS important to flight operations • What IS NOT important to flight operations TO MINIMIZE INTRUSION ON ANY BUSY UNICOM Automated UnicomMUST BE DYNAMICALLY ADAPTIVE UNICOM IS TOO IMPORTANT TO CREATE NEEDLESS CONGESTION

  17. REMOTE ACCESS • INTERNET • TELEPHONE • NADIN & WMSCR NO EXTRA CHARGE NO KIDDING!

  18. IN SUMMARY

  19. Who Benefits? • Pilots • Remote Data - for Advance Flight Planning • Onsite Data - for Real Time Flight Operations • FAA Approved Data – For Regulatory Compliance • Airports • Meeting Pilot Needs • Providing Services & Requirements at Low Cost • Offering Easy Compliance • Overseeing Agency • Verifying Equipment is Functioning Correctly • More Efficiently than Ever Before • Less Expensively than Ever Before

  20. Benefits to Pilots • AUTOMATED GREETING • On Unicom Frequency • Responds to Pilot Radio Calls • Informs pilots • SuperAWOS is present at Airport • How to use the SuperAWOS system

  21. Benefits to Pilots • BEFORE TAKEOFF • Weather • Which Runway to Use? - Wind Speed and Direction • What Conditions to Expect? – Crosswind and Wind Shear • What Aircraft Performance to Expect? – Density Altitude • Radio Check • Is Aircraft Radio Transmission Clear? • Is Aircraft Radio Reception Clear?

  22. Benefits to Pilots • COMING IN TO LAND • Traffic • Is Other Traffic in the Area? • Weather • Which Runway to Use? • What Conditions to expect on Landing? • Altimeter & Visibility Requirements for IFR

  23. Benefits to Airports • Provides for All Pilot Needs • Weather Information for Flight Ops • Radio Check for Communications • Regulatory Requirements for Flight Ops • At Low Cost to Airport • Simple Installation • Simple Maintenance • Simple Oversight

  24. Benefits to Oversight • Easy Oversight Online via Internet • Equipment Internal Diagnostics • System Measures EVERYTHING • System Reports EVERYTHING • Remote Maintenance Monitoring • Passes Performance via Satellite • Results Made Available in Familiar Form • Standard FAA Facilities Maintenance Logs (6030)

  25. Potomac Aviation Technology Corp Potomac Airfield www.SUPERAWOS.com 1 301 248 5720 1 800 207 8999

  26. Potomac Aviation • Invented Automated Unicom in 1994 • 10+ Years Experience with real Automated Unicom • Over 50+ systems installed • At Airports large and small - From 5 to 500 based aircraft • Numerous patents • Cooperative use of unicom for automated systems • Weather advisories • Automated greeting • Radio check • Traffic advisories References available upon request

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