Sat, Apr 26, 2003
Automatic Weather Delivery (AWD) to Provide Rapid In-Flight
Weather to Pilots
Echo Flight, Inc., claiming the title of the first
company to provide data link weather via satellite to General
Aviation, announced at AEA 2003, the immediate release of Automatic
Weather Delivery (AWD). AWD network upgrade represents the most
substantial upgrade to the network since its inauguration in 1998.
AWD is the latest capability to be added to Echo Flight's data link
weather service and will be available to all Echo Flight customers
using the Flight Cheetah Multi-Function displays and Echo Map
software packages. This feature has been added to the network
without any additional cost to current customers.
Ease of Automatic Weather Delivery and Power of Two-Way
Communication Capability
With Automatic Weather Delivery, pilots have the
best of both worlds, the convenience of a hands free broadcast
weather stream and the freedom of personal two-way communications.
Although the AWD function provides the rapid weather delivery
typical of a broadcast each weather image is uniquely sent to the
pilot and has its delivery confirmed by the network for maximum
service assurance. Personal two way communications allow pilots to
send position reports in remote areas as well as send and receive
two-way email messages or access distant weather conditions.
Kurt Kalberer, Vice President of Echo Flight, stated, "We are
thrilled to offer AWD to our customers further enhancing the
capabilities of our network providing the most adaptable network in
the market at the most affordable prices".
The Echo Flight network offers a unique position in the
market:
-
Hardware Cost. The Echo Flight Network offers the
lowest cost hardware solutions whether portable or certified in the
market.
- Service Cost The Echo Flight Network offers the lowest cost
monthly service plans starting at just $9.95 a month.
- Coverage. The network uses ORBCOMM's 35 satellite
constellation. On average there are 2 1/2 satellites at any point
over the US. Echo Flight's recent introduction of the latest
generation satellite communicator provides a 4 times more powerful
link with satellites making the communications link more robust
than ever.
- Reliability. Echo Flight is the first company to send weather
graphics via satellite data link with nearly 1,000,000 messages
sent to date. Unlike broadcast only systems, Echo Flight uniquely
offers its customers the ability to track online after the flight
every message sent by providing confirmed delivery information.
This provides a far higher level of accountability to the
customer.
- Speed. AWD will enable Echo Flight customers to receive the
fastest weather possible.
Echo Flight, Inc., located in Boulder, Colorado, introduced
Satellite Data link Weather to the General Aviation market in 1998.
Since then, the Echo Flight Network has sent nearly 1,000,000
in-flight messages. Echo Flight operates both as a content provider
and as a reseller of ORBCOMM services.
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