The risk posed by the proliferation of slackline operations has already exacted an unacceptable toll on flight safety. Slacklines, high-strength webbing suspended between trees, poles, towers, or other structures, are often nearly invisible from the air and can present a significant hazard during low-altitude operations.
Countering that threat, Hughes Aerospace has announced the latest enhancement to Hughes Flight Intelligence, the company’s integrated aviation planning and operational awareness platform, Slackline Awareness which incorporates a worldwide database of more than 7,000 known and reported slackline locations directly into preflight planning and moving-map route analysis.
“Every flight begins with decisions,” said Chris Baur, pilot and Chief Executive Officer of Hughes Aerospace and Co-Chair of the US Helicopter Safety Team (USHST). “Hughes Flight Intelligence was built by pilots to bring the critical information needed for safe flight into one place. Every enhancement we develop has one purpose – to help pilots identify hazards sooner, better understand risk, and return home safely after every flight.”
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