PilotAware inventor wins LAA safety award

The inventor of the PilotAware traffic awareness system, Lee Moore, has won an award from the Light Aircraft Association (LAA) for ‘Contributions to Air Safety’.

“PilotAware is a low-cost traffic awareness system which should complement existing technology, allowing you to ‘bring your luggage with you’,” said Lee. “This was a phrase I learnt many years ago when designing products which should enhance your existing environment, rather than requiring you to undergo the havoc of fundamental change.

“PilotAware can integrate with your existing navigation, transponder and external GPS receivers (eg Bad Elf GPS for iPad). It annotates your existing GPS navigation display with positional information from other aircraft which are fitted with either ADS-B transponders, or PilotAware systems, or both.”

PilotAware integrates with SkyDemon (pictured), RunwayHD, EasyVFR, Air Navigation Pro, Sky-Map and XCsoar (on Windows PC). Since inventing the original PilotAware system, still available for under £100, Lee has added a WAAS GPS (£12) and a pressure sensor for altitude (£10).

“It is clear that ADS/B is the traffic awareness technology of the future. At SkyDemon we support initiatives such as PilotAware to help get everybody receiving and transmitting traffic information, for the benefit of everybody’s safety,” said Tim Dawson, Chief Software Architect at SkyDemon.

“Collision is one of the most serious risks affecting GA. To date, anti-collision systems have been too expensive to encourage mass take up. We are very enthusiastic about the low price point and apparent effectiveness of PilotAware. Safety is at the heart of Airbox and we will support RunwayHD users adopting this technology,” added William Moore, Chief Technology Officer at Airbox Aerospace.