Adam Aircraft CEO Rick Adam will speak at the NASA Small Aircraft Transportation System Program (SATS) as part of the 82nd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board being held in Washington, D.C. January 15, 2003. Joined by other industry leaders Vern Raburn, Eclipse Aviation Corporation, and James Fallows, The Atlantic Monthly, and author of Free Flight, Mr. Adam will share his plan for emerging technology and creative innovations being incorporated in the manufacture of the Adam Aircraft A500 and A700 products.

The purpose of the NASA Small Aircraft Transportation System (SATS) program is to develop, integrate, and demonstrate new affordable technologies that enable equitable, on-demand, near-all-weather accessibility of small aircraft to small community airports. The resulting transportation system provides a safe, point-to-point, widely distributed, cost-effective, and timesaving alternative for widespread use.

According to Dr. Bruce Holmes, manager of the General Aviation Programs Office, "SATS represents a national opportunity to create an affordable and safe transportation alternative that frees people and products from today's system delays by creating access to more communities in less time." Holmes explained, "We want to provide support to aircraft manufacturers to develop aircraft that can operate in non-radar environments with limited air traffic assistance and without instrument landing systems. Essentially, we want to see more efficient and economic air travel options for the public and to open commercial air traffic to small communities."

FMI: SATS tutorial; www.adamaircraft.com; www.eclipseaviation.com