Wi-SKY Inflight, Inc.
Wi-SKY INFLIGHT , INC. INTRODUCES AIRLINE SAFETY INITIATIVE
Wi-SKY Inflight, Inc. / Miscellaneous 05.11.2009 Dissemination of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer / publisher is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Real-time Black Box Monitoring Now Possible Thru Revolutionary New Data Link Service Atlanta, Georgia (November 5, 2009) -- Wi-SKY Inflight today introduced new flight safety initiatives not previously possible with current aircraft communication technology. The new data link makes possible for the first time the real-time monitoring of all avionics data on today's advanced aircraft. Until now, only partial extracts of the complete aircraft performance data file have been available during flight. 'The total data package of an aircraft is recorded in the Flight Data Recorder, or black box,' explains Grant Sharp of Wi-SKY Inflight, Inc., 'but the only time we have access to the complete data is after a plane crashes and we are trying to find out why. The purpose of our data link service is to make the entire data package from the Black Box available real-time during flight.' The objective of real-time data is to discover discrepancies between cockpit instruments and the extensive network of aircraft sensors that are only stored in the Flight Data Recorder. Discrepancies between the Flight Data Recorder and the cockpit instruments are rare. However, investigations of flight disasters reveal that the cause of some aircraft crashes is aircraft performance conditions of which the pilots were unaware during the last stages of the flight. Once the Black Box is recovered and analyzed, the cause of the crash can be determined. 'Why not find out what's going wrong with a plane before it crashes?' questions Sharp. 'Today the only time we can analyze the Black Box data is after a crash.' The Flight Data Recorder monitors 88 parameters of aircraft performance, and can accumulate as much as 4 gigabytes of data per flight. The problem with today's aircraft communication technology is that current data links are too small and slow to permit the transmission of black box data to a monitoring station on the ground. 'Current technology is limited to 2 or 3 megabits per second (Mbps) at best,' explains Michael Leabman, CTO of Wi-SKY Inflight. 'At this data rate, it would take up to 5 hours to transmit the data from each 1-hour flight to the ground. Obviously real-time data transfer is impossible at these data rates.' The Wi-SKY data link service currently delivers an unprecedented 45 Mbps to every aircraft within a tower coverage area simultaneously, thirty times faster than existing technology. As an example of this data rate, Wi-SKY can transmit a 2-hour movie from the ground to an airborne aircraft in less than 3 minutes compared to 3 hours for existing cellular or satellite technology. Wi-SKY's engineers are working on modifications to their existing radio to enable it to transmit 100 Mbps from the plane to the ground, an amazing 50 times faster than current aircraft data transfer speeds. The Flight Data Recorder accumulates data from as many as 1,100 sensors throughout the aircraft. This provides far more indicators of aircraft conditions than can be displayed on the cockpit instrument panel. The data flow from these sensors is multiple times per minute, which accumulates into an extremely large data file. This volume of data is a product of excellent engineering advances in aircraft avionics, but the access to this data has been limited by the slow, narrow-band air-to-ground data rate. Wi-SKY is the first solution to offer real-time continuous data transfer of the complete data file. 'Real-time and complete data are the critical factors,' emphasizes Sharp. 'Continuous live monitoring of fuel tank sensors, reading hydraulic system sensors at every critical point throughout the aircraft, measuring aircraft stress factors, tracking multiple airspeed indicators and other key data will enable pilots to validate their instrument readings.' Some airlines have developed ways to obtain extracts of the data, but even the extracts prove to be too voluminous to transmit on a real-time basis to a monitoring station. Wi-SKY Inflight is engaged in deploying ground stations throughout North American and Europe to support the first phases of the air-to-ground network. 'We need base stations every 200 miles, which is about 150 stations in each of North America and Europe,' explains CTO Leabman. 'These facilities are relatively inexpensive and easy to deploy.' When asked how airlines are responding to this new improved safety proposition, Sharp replies 'Senior airline safety and operations engineers that have validated our technology are impressed with this opportunity and anxious to see it deployed quickly. However, internal airline administrative approval processes can be cumbersome and slow. But we are optimistic we will see real-time total-data monitoring by the end of next year on one or two major airlines.' The service will be available by early 2010. The deployment on aircraft is at the discretion of the airlines. Wi-SKY Inflight Inc. is targeting global customers from its Atlanta, Georgia, USA headquarters. To accommodate its plans to launch the data link service first in Europe, the company's stock was therefore initially listed on the Frankfurt, Berlin and Xetra Exchanges. For additional information, visit the company's website at www.wi-skyinflight.com or contact Mr. Dan Katz, VP for media relations: dkatz@wi-skyinflight.com or +1 404-353-0710. About Wi-SKY Inflight, Inc. Wi-SKY's mission is to provide superior connectivity with aircraft in flight. The company plans to leverage its proprietary radio to create a worldwide data link between aircraft and the ground, enabling all types of aircraft to be safer, more operationally efficient and offer vastly greater connectivity to the passengers. The engineering team at Wi-SKY is in the process of developing additional enhancements to propel the radio into new frontiers of aviation communication. The cost-saving potential of the Wi-SKY data link make the service a 'must-have' for all types of aircraft. This is especially significant to profit-starved airlines looking to improve their bottom line. Company executives are particularly passionate about the prospect of improving aircraft safety in flight. And with lightening fast web surfing for the passengers, Wi-SKY expects its data link to be an aircraft money-maker in the very near future. Further details about the company and results of the recent demonstration are found on the company's website, www.wi-skyinflight.com Contact: Wi-SKY Inflight, Inc. 5 Concourse Parkway Suite 3000 Atlanta, GA 30328 Mr. Daniel Katz, VP Media Relation Email: dkatz@wi-skyinflight.com Tel: +1 404-358-7461 Contact: Wi-SKY Inflight, Inc. 5 Concourse Parkway Suite 3000 Atlanta, GA 30328 Mr. Daniel Katz, VP Media Relation Email: dkatz@wi-skyinflight.com Tel: +1 404-358-7461 05.11.2009 Financial News transmitted by DGAP ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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