Flight Explorer is out now with
version 5.0, which the company says has a number of new
features.
Flight Explorer is the maker of Flight Explorer Professional,
which claims to be the easiest, most robust and reliable aircraft
situation display in the industry. With a personal computer and
Internet access, commercial users and others providing aviation
services can use Flight Explorer to track aircraft anywhere in the
world through a variety of methods including IFR in the US, Canada,
and UK; more extensively in New Zealand and the Pacific Oceanic
region; and any aircraft worldwide via Honeywell GDC datalink,
ACARS, or Iridium/GPS.
"The foundation of Flight Explorer is built on the trust that
aviation professionals in the air and on the ground put in its
accuracy, reliability, ease of use and hundreds of useful
features," said Walt Kross, CEO of Flight Explorer. "Version 5.0
represents the best thinking of the industry working closely with
our software engineers to improve and expand what has already
become the most used aircraft situation display in the world. We
are very proud of this new version."
New features of Flight Explorer version 5.0 include:
Route checking and display – Allows users to easily load
all of their company routes and then display one or more of them
graphically on Flight Explorer. This enables users to view several
alternative routes in relation to current traffic, TFRs and weather
prior to filing a flight plan.
Map and background image overlays – Complete US and
Canadian street-level maps from NAVTEQ, a leading global provider
of digital maps for vehicle navigation and location-based
solutions, are available for an additional charge. Customers may
also overlay any other raster-based, geo-referenced background
images they have available such as FAA charts, aviation maps and
satellite imagery.
Airport summary information has been added to include: METARs
(Meteorological Actual Reports) and TAFs (Terminal Aerodrome
Forecasts), PIREPs (Pilot Reports), sunrise and sunset information,
and FAA delay information. The airport delay information shows the
current status of all FAA-issued airport delays (ground delay,
ground stop, airport closure, arrival delays, and departure
delays).
New weather products such as worldwide infrared satellite
coverage are available for an additional charge.
New alert mechanisms provide the ability to highlight an
aircraft of interest by zooming in to it, highlighting it with a
change of color and/or a marker. More robust options allow for
wireless alerts to Blackberries, PDAs, and other similar portable
devices.
Enhanced integration capabilities – Users have the
ability to overlay additional data on Flight Explorer, such as
trucks, cargo or other assets. In addition, Flight Explorer can be
integrated with other desktop applications including flight
planning systems.
An expansion of the event system includes several new events
that increase Flight Explorer’s usefulness to helicopter
operators. Flight Explorer now allows users to define customized
events in addition to the standard events supported by Flight
Explorer.
Aircraft location information has been expanded to include the
latitude/longitude position for the last known location of the
aircraft and the location of ‘parked’ aircraft.
Worldwide airport, NAVAID (Navigational Aid), and Fix
information is included.
Numerous other productivity enhancing and time-saving features
(such as keyboard shortcuts) have also been added. See the Flight
Explorer Web site for a complete listing of all new features.
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