Features
Nextgen & ADS-B
NextGen is the FAA’s comprehensive overhaul of the National Airspace System (NAS) and ADS-B equipment is a major part of this infrastructure upgrade.
On any given day in the US:
- 102,000 flights are in the skies
- 34,000 daily commercial carrier flights
- 68,000 daily general aviation, business, air taxi, military, and air cargo flights
- 5,000 planes in the sky at any time
- 14,500 federal Air Traffic Controllers
Airborne FRS offers affordable and immediate solutions that provide pilots an unprecedented level of access and safety.
Air Vehicle Management
Airborne FRS provides a portable Flight Management System (FMS) that offers many fundamental features found in modern, more expensive systems. By simplifying and reducing a wide variety of in-flight tasks, air crews can concentrate on flight safety while ground personnel can receive automated updates of flight and systems status. Airborne’s built-in library of airports can help augment navigation and serves as a directory for ground services. Crews can geofence waypoints and send automated alerts to predefined groups of people.
Optional pre- and post-flight checklists can be created and stored for quick recall. Flight path history and enroute time and distance are displayed for reference. Optional sensor features allow monitoring of various systems and environmental conditions.
Airborne is not meant to replace existing aircraft systems, but to help crews reduce workload.
Safety
As any test pilot could tell you, the discipline of planning for both positive and adverse outcomes is one of the most essential elements in the mysterious mix that makes up the “right stuff” to be a pilot. For a good pilot, that right stuff includes solid training, regular practice, and the discipline to strive for proficiency and perfection on every flight. It includes understanding your aircraft’s systems — how they work, how they fail, and how those failures could affect other systems or controls.
Airborne FRS enables pilots to visually evaluate their flight performance from take-off to landing. Enroute, the Airborne Flight Sense™ system is monitoring critical aircraft systems and environmental conditions in real-time.
Air crews get the safety of potential incipient failures. Ground crews and loved ones get peace of mind from flight tracking and aircraft health monitoring.
Communication
In light of the recent ruling by the FAA allowing the use of Portable Electronic Devices (PEDs), during all phases of flight, there has been concern regarding the safety issues behind the ruling. However, the PED Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC) concluded that most commercial airplanes can indeed tolerate radio interference signals from PEDs. In a recent report, the ARC recommended that the FAA provide airlines with new procedures to assess if their airplanes can tolerate radio interference from PEDs. Once an airline verifies the tolerance of its fleet, it can allow passengers to use handheld, lightweight electronic devices – such as tablets, e-readers, and smartphones – at all altitudes. In rare instances of low-visibility, the crew will instruct passengers to turn off their devices during landing. The group also recommended that heavier devices should be safely stowed under seats or in overhead bins during takeoff and landing.
Installation
All Airborne FRS product solutions do not require any physical alternations or attachment to aircraft structure. This means there are no regulatory issues or expenses associated with installation. Airborne offers Portable Electronic Device (PED) solutions that are battery operated and offer "peel-n-stick" type attachment.