Danish software house Air Support has rebuilt its Preflight Planning System (PPS) to run on a Windows-based menu system. The change means that the program can interface more readily with any related flight-planning software or services, such as the runway analysis data system from the Aircraft Performance Group from Castle Rock, Colo. The latest version of PPS will also be compatible with Microsoft’s new Longhorn system.
PPS can now send operational updates to the Web-based Crew Briefing System, which Billund-based Air Support launched last year. After PPS generates the ATC routing and enters the flight load, the pilot or dispatcher can, with a single keystroke, automatically upload the flight log to the Crew Briefing server. The pilot can access the flight log immediately via the Crew Briefing Web site under the operator’s user name, with real-time, updated trip-specific surface weather data, notams, wind and other significant in-flight meteorological conditions. This function means that operators can prepare flights up to 36 hours ahead of departure times because the software automatically updates any variables until the pilot starts the engines.
