25 January 2002
'Snap decisions become a reality, ensuring ultimate control for the helicopter pilot and safety for all involved in each individual flight'. Maestro Aviation present:
The Electronic Flight Manual (EFM) - a handheld computer for the pilot.
The Maestro Flight Operations Procedures Management System (OPMS) - for optimum control and communication within a fleet, by the electronic transference of all data to and from Flight Operations.
1.EFM
Fast, accurate performance calculations and recalculations according to weather and landing site changes
All calculations in accordance with the AFM, whilst tailored to individual pilots' needs and designed to meet requirements for full certification in RTCA/00178B software standard.
The Electronic Flight Manual reacts with speed to:
Last minute load changes
Full trip CG to minimum fuel at diversions
Fast warning if CG goes to outside limits with visual display of CG position and rapid recalculations according to passenger load changes.
The EFM also contains:
Voyage Report and Technical Log
Pilots Navigation Log (PLog)
Safety reports
Weather and Notams
Minimum Equipment Lists (MELs)
2.OPMS
The Maestro Flight Operations Procedures Management System, with its electronic operations board, enables all pilots in a fleet, at any one time, direct access to each other's situation.
Route and Fuel Planning
Pilots Briefing Form
Voyage reporting
Safety reports
Technical Log
Both systems keep the pilot alert to all potential problems with access to highly specific information, enabling him to rectify a situation instantly. Both products are on the cutting edge of a move towards instant access to data, saving valuable time and reducing cockpit paperwork to a minimum. They can be seen as a way forward in our technologically advanced- and safety-aware age. In the future, they will not be additional features but permanent and essential fixtures.
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