Improved Pilot Situational Awareness Means Safer Operations.
The better a pilot can see, the safer he can fly. Max-Viz Enhanced Vision systems (EVS) turn night into day and help pilots see better in bad weather, smoke, haze and light fog.
Understanding EVS - EVS whitepaper - Dr. Kerr - PDF
For Helicopters, Max-Viz EVS enables pilots to
- Clearly see ramp, taxiway and departure corridor obstructions
- Clearly see landmarks, bridges, roads, buildings and towers
- See through Brownouts
- Clearly see Landing Zones and obstructions
- Clearly locate Off Shore platforms
- Clearly see fire hot spots
- Clearly see through Smoke and Haze
- Avoid CFIT
- Avoid inadvertent fight into IMC
- Fly at Night like it's a VFR Day
For Fixed Wing aircraft, Max-Viz EVS enables pilots to
- See and Avoid Runway/Taxiway Incursions.
- Instant awareness of airport surface traffic while on approach
- Unambiguous runway identification on approach and takeoff
- Clearly see taxiway edges and signs
- See and avoid parking ramp clutter and personnel
- Augment TAWS display with clear visual picture of terrain.
- See and avoid nighttime cloud buildups for smooth ride
- Avoid inadvertent flight into IMC
- Avoid CFIT
- Clearly see through Smoke and haze
- Fly at Night like it's a VFR Day
Max-Viz - See Clearly, Fly SafelyTM
Improved Pilot Situational Awareness Means Safer Operations
Over the years, the aviation industry has enabled pilots to extend their awareness of dangers that are not readily visible to the human eye. Investments in better Weather Radar, TAWS, GPS, TCAS, SVS (synthetic vision) and improved cockpit displays are all helping, but the bottom line still is that aircraft operation at night is still basically an "act of faith". The next step to give pilots true real-time visual perception to verify safe night hours operation is finally here, per improvements in infrared imaging technology.
Max-Viz EVS allows pilots to SEE AT NIGHT.
EVS Benefits / Taxi Operations:
• Night view of people, equipment and wing-tip clearance in taxi operations.
• Ability to enhance taxi edge line-view at short distances at night and in periods of reduced visibility.
• Ability to see taxi traffic, inbound aircraft and ground vehicles, construction vehicles, taxiway surfaces, and edges, avoid collisions on crowded ramps, at night and limited visibility environments.
EVS Benefits / Take-Off and Climb:
• Ability to verify proper runway.
• Ability to avoid runway incursions by clearly seeing the runway surface at night and in most limited visibility situations.
• Ability to SEE incoming air traffic, in the dark night sky.
• Advance awareness of wildlife or human activity on or near the runway.
EVS Benefits in Cruise:
• Ability to see the horizon, even in the smog, smoke and haze.
• Ability to see terrain, during night hours operation.
• Ability to see air traffic, day or night, in contrast to the cold sky.
• Ability to see and avoid clouds at night, to provide a smooth ride.
• Instant flight path ahead view, if TAWS ever indicates a threat.
EVS Approach/Landing Benefits:
• Enhanced Ability to see and avoid runway incursions, day or night.
• Enhanced Ability to verify correct airport/runway alignment.
• Ability to see mountain terrain and rolling hillsides on approach at night.
• Enhanced ability to avoid trees, poles and other unlit objects on approach.
• Enhanced ability to verify clear runway ahead and active taxi-way traffic, even through extreme smog, smoke and blowing dust situations.
• Enhanced ability to image through light fog.
• Ability to see wildlife, on or near the runway, on approach or prior to touch-down.
• Ability to find the exit taxi-way, at night where the airport lighting is inadequate.
EVS Benefits to Passengers/Principals:
• Better on-time arrival and departure performance, per the pilot's added confidence from the ability to see in limited visibility environments.
• Better "Peace of Mind" for white-knuckle passengers, with Airshow interface, especially for those Friday night landings in Rifle, Colorado.
• Smoother ride in the active night skies via weather view and avoidance.
• Better security via the ability to see people in the night shadows at the international FBO, prior to opening the door of the aircraft.
• Added aircraft value, faster re-sale times with added EVS option.
Rotary-Wing Benefits:
• Excellent awareness of LZ clearance and traffic.
• Night perception of terrain and over-water positioning.
• Avoid trees, poles and unlit objects.
• Ability to avoid inadvertent IMC entry.
• Ability to work with or as an alternate to NVGs, for special mission applications, using NVG compatible EVS displays.
• Ability to avoid costly NVG light modifications, when used as an alternate to NVGs, especially for fire-attack missions in smoke environments.
• Ability to maintain horizon/altitude awareness in brown outs.
Install/Maintenance Benefits:
• Biz Jet Dealers include the most respected names in the MRO industry.
• Easy EVS installation can be concurrent with other maintenance actions.
• High Max-Viz system reliability is outstanding.
• No periodic system maintenance is required.
• Max-Viz field support /training is geared to support aviation operator scheduling needs.
