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Can you see the airplane in the circuit ?Can you see the airplane in the circuit ?

What do you expect from a correct What do you expect from a correct and reliable traffic monitoring?and reliable traffic monitoring?

• Locate air trafficLocate air traffic to and from airfield in a clear and easy visualization.

• Monitoring movement and position of ground vehicles and airplanes.

• Possibility to monitor position, groundspeed and monitor position, groundspeed and altitude of an airplanealtitude of an airplane operated by a student pilot.

• Support for debriefing of a take off, circuit and landing.• Automated traffic log.Automated traffic log.

Traffic monitoring: a NEW conceptTraffic monitoring: a NEW concept

Click two times to open:TowerView_FastTime2.avi

• Place tower anywhere over map

(or directly over 2D map)

• Change Tower’s altitude

• Rotate view around 360°

(or directly over 3D map)

• Possibility to look up and down

• List of all airplanes around airfield

Tower view:Tower view: Create anywhere a virtual tower and look in any direction to see traffics

• Start a traffic recording• 2D and 3D view

Tower view: Other optionsTower view: Other options

Traffic monitoring: 2D mapTraffic monitoring: 2D map

Traffic around Trento airportTraffic to Malpensa airport

• Shows traffics near airfield and in circuit• Permits a correct horizontal separationhorizontal separation• Map shows points of report points of report

Traffic monitoring: 3D viewTraffic monitoring: 3D view• Permits a correct vertical separation• Close up monitoring of landing path (Tunnel in the Sky)

3 Traffic on sight (FLARM code):• DDA508 on downwind • DDA4C2 on short final• DD9F8C at parking

ready for taxing

Tunnel in the Sky

Single airplane monitoring: PlaneSingle airplane monitoring: Plane

Click two times to open:Plane_Landing.avi

• Possibility to lock a specific airplaneto lock a specific airplane directly on 2D map and follow its movements from the virtual Tower

• Display ground speed ground speed and altitude of and altitude of selected airplaneselected airplane

• ZOOMZOOM function

• With replay of a recorded file, review circuit and landing

Single airplane monitoring: Single airplane monitoring: Plane RelativePlane Relative

Click two times to open:P_RelHighAlt1.avi

• Automatically moves close to selected airplane

Trasponder and FLARMTrasponder and FLARM

Trasponder mode S ADS-B extended squitterTrasponder mode S ADS-B extended squitter on an aircraft or a surface vehicle periodically broadcasts its state vector (horizontal and vertical position, horizontal and vertical velocity) and other information. In 2008 all certificated aircraft must install a Trasponder mode S.

FLARMFLARM normally used by gliders, uses radio communication and GPS position to advice other FLARM in proximity.

Limitation for light airplane to Limitation for light airplane to use Trasponder mode Suse Trasponder mode S

Installation of a transponder capable of sending high power pulses needs a special supervision and interference control from authority.

Upgrading of an existent transponder to the new standard needs certified installer and a new clearance.

Costs involved may be significant.

Prototype Biofly Tower Station Prototype Biofly Tower Station TRENTO G. CAPRONI AIRPORTTRENTO G. CAPRONI AIRPORT

Hardware• FLARM receiver• ADS-B mode S receiver• PC connected to:

FLARM via serial connection ADS- B mode S ground receiver

Additional Hardware• 860 MHz antenna with gain

of 5 – 10 db for increased range

Software running on Pc• Blue Efis SVS Tower Station• FLARM to PSK converter program• Virtual serial connection• ADS-B receiver socket

What an aircraft needsWhat an aircraft needs

FlarmFlarm Simplified installation

TrasponderTrasponder

for certificated airplane

GPSAntenna for Trasponder and FLARM

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