ADS-B: The Future of Flight
The Garmin booth was hopping yesterday. We had a press conference to discuss ADS-B and we were honored to have several VIPs in attendance including FAA Acting Administrator Bobby Sturgell, GAMA president and CEO Pete Bunce, and Kansas City’s KMBC-TV Pilot and Reporter Johnny Rowlands. ADS-B, which stands for Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast, is a critical next step for the aviation industry. ADS-B technology helps pilots see each other during flight. Non-pilots may think it would be easy to see an airplane in the sky when you’re flying, but it’s actually somewhat tough to spot a small aircraft in a big sky. ADS-B will help pilots "see" each other via avionics, and will be a huge assistance as pilots look for traffic out the cockpit window.
Kansas City local celebrity Johnny Rowlands was at the press conference today because we recently supported our local KC aviation community by assisting to equip six law enforcement and news helicopters with ADS-B avionics. It makes lots of sense for these folks to have ADS-B. After all, when a breaking news story or accident occurs these aircraft fly to the exact same location. In the past they’ve been able to avoid each other by using radio calls and and visual contact, but now they’ll be able to see where other air traffic is in relation to their helicopter on a Garmin device. Read more about it here.
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