THE SOLUTION EXISTSTHE SOLUTION EXISTS

AWOS

AUTOMATED UNICOM

SUPERAWOS!

AWOS AWOS WITHOUT TEARSWITHOUT TEARS

YOUR PILOTS NEEDYOUR PILOTS NEED

• AWOS For flight requirements

• UNICOM For flight safety & service

WHY NOT GET BOTH?WHY NOT GET BOTH?

AWOS

+ AUTOMATED

UNICOM _____________________________________

= SUPERAWOS

MEETS ALLFAA FLIGHT

REQUIREMENTS

PROVIDESCOMPLETE

UNICOM SERVICES

WHY WHY SUPERAWOSSUPERAWOS??• 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 WHY SUPERAWOSSUPERAWOS??FAA APPROVED AWOS

+ FULL SERVICE AUTOMATED UNICOM

FOR ABOUT HALF THE PRICE

OF TRADITIONAL AWOS!

SIMPLER & FAR LESS EXPENSIVESIMPLER & FAR LESS EXPENSIVETHAN TRADITIONAL AWOSTHAN 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 SUPERAWOS FEATURES & SERVICESFEATURES & SERVICES

AUTOMATICALLY GREETS PILOTSAUTOMATICALLY GREETS PILOTSPatentedPatented

• 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”

• Clicks are simple

• Clicks never tie up the unicom frequency• Simple actually works, every time

SIMPLE ALWAYS WORKS

PILOTS ACTIVATE BY SIMPLE CLICKSPILOTS ACTIVATE BY SIMPLE CLICKS

ADAPTIVEADAPTIVE AUTOMATED ADVISORY AUTOMATED ADVISORYPatentedPatented

• 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 WHY ADVISORYADVISORY WIND? WIND?PILOTS HAVE PILOTS HAVE TWOTWO WIND QUESTIONS: 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 WINDLIKE TRADITIONAL AWOS

REAL TIME WINDLIKE A WINDSOCK

AUTOMATED RADIO CHECKAUTOMATED RADIO CHECKPatentedPatented

• 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

ANYTHING LESS IS A FALSE POSITIVE OR A QUESTION LEFT UNANSWERED

OTHER UNIQUE SAFETY FEATURESOTHER 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 And MORE…

REQUIREMENTS FOR AUTOMATED UNICOMREQUIREMENTS 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

PATENTED

UNICOM IS TOO IMPORTANT TO TIE IT IN KNOTS

REMOTE ACCESSREMOTE ACCESS

• INTERNET

• TELEPHONE

• NADIN & WMSCR

NO EXTRA CHARGE

NO KIDDING!

Eligible for– FAA AIP GRANTS

– STATE GRANTS

Potomac AviationPotomac Aviation• Invented Automated Unicom in 1994

• 10+ Years Experience with real Automated Unicom

• Over 50+ systems installed nationwide– 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

SUPERAWOS SUPERAWOS THE EQUIPMENTTHE EQUIPMENT

MODULARITY KEEPS IT SIMPLEMODULARITY KEEPS IT SIMPLE

• EASY TO CHANGE – or UPDATE

30 SEC BRAIN TRANSPLANT!

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIMETHANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME

Potomac Aviation Technology Corp

Potomac Airfield

www.SUPERAWOS.com800 207 8999