SUPERAWOS AWOS AUTOMATED UNICOM

YOUR PILOTS NEED AWOS For flight requirements UNICOM For flight safety & service

WHY NOT GET BOTH? AWOS + AUTOMATED UNICOM _____________________________________ = SUPERAWOS MEETS ALL FAA & ICAO FLIGHT REQUIREMENTS PROVIDES COMPLETE UNICOM SERVICES

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?’

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

FAA SUPERAWOS CERTIFICATION

SIMPLER & FAR LESS EXPENSIVE THAN TRADITIONAL AWOS 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 A COST-EFFECTIVE SOLUTION FOR ANY AIRPORT

SUPERAWOS FEATURES & SERVICES

SUPERAWOS ARCHITECTURE

AUTOMATICALLY GREETS PILOTS DETECTS AIRCRAFT 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”

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

ADAPTIVE AUTOMATED ADVISORY Patented REPLIES with ONLY what the pilot needs KEEPS UNICOM CLEAR by giving ONLY operationally relevant information ADJUSTS TRANSMISSION CONTENT –To Frequency Congestion –To what IS relevant to flight operations

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” ONLY SUPERAWOS ANSWERS BOTH AVERAGE WIND LIKE TRADITIONAL AWOS REAL TIME WIND LIKE A WINDSOCK

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

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

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 Unicom MUST BE DYNAMICALLY ADAPTIVE UNICOM IS TOO IMPORTANT TO CREATE NEEDLESS CONGESTION

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

IN SUMMARY

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

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

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? 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 Benefits to Pilots

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

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)

Potomac Aviation Technology Corp Potomac Airfield

Potomac Aviation Invented Automated Unicom in 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