Of the 1,500 plus people that attended the SATS EXPO, over 500 of them attended the Friday afternoon media event. State TV stations, the Assoicated Press, and state and local Radio and Newspapers all covered the first ever SATS Expo held in Weatherford, Oklahoma on June 23 and 24, 2000. We're crossing a threshold into a new age. As the country moves further in that transition, the new scarce commodity, is time.
Time is the new gold standard.
The SATS technology strategies are intended to obviate the need for traditional control towers, approach lighting, radar, and ground-based approach navigation aids at airports, as well as, to reduce land use for runway protection zones at existing small airports. The technological objectives include integration and application of emergent wireless communication and surveillance capabilities that create the basis for virtually autonomous aircraft. We believe that such aircraft operating in such a system have the potential to revolutionize the way Americans travel in the 21st century. The media was out in full force. To the right, an Oklahoma TV station interviews Lt.