Duncan Aviation knows that most of its customers are aware that the FAA’s January 1, 2020, deadline for upgrading their aircraft to Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) is next week. In the last couple of weeks, managers at the Duncan Aviation Satellite Avionics Shops have been asked a number of questions.
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Duncan Aviation was recently recognized by Bombardier Aviation for its performance as a top authorized service facility in the support of Bombardier customers. Judged on a set of criteria that included quality, compliance, customer satisfaction and customer influence, Duncan Aviation’s Lincoln, Nebraska, facility was named the winner of the North American category of the 9th Annual Bombardier Authorized Service Facility Excellence Awards.
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During the past several years, Duncan Aviation has encouraged aircraft owner/operators who upgraded to Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) prior to 2015 to make sure they’re in compliance with the FAA’s ADS-B mandate. The FAA’s mandate deadline is 12 days away and goes into effect at midnight on Tuesday, Dec. 31. It specifies transponders must be manufactured or upgraded to the DO-260B standard.
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Duncan Aviation’s Engineering & Certification Services department is pleased to announce the Top 5 most-in-demand Supplemental Type Certificates (STCs) during the 2019 calendar year. This year, with the FAA’s Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) mandate deadline just weeks away, you may have expected to see a few of the Top 5 selling STCs related to ADS-B Out, and there are two. The other three STCs rounding out the top five are for the Gogo Business Aviation’s AVANCE L5 wi-fi system, for which demand has been steady.
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Duncan Aviation recently held a private unveiling, called a vernissage in the fine art world, of the exterior and interior completion of one of its company aircraft. The commissioned design was created by renowned artist Nancy Friedemann Sánchez, a Colombian-American contemporary artist who has held exhibitions across the world and is based in Lincoln, Nebraska.
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As we stop counting weeks and start counting days until the FAA’s January 1, 2020, deadline for upgrading aircraft to Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast, Duncan Aviation has experienced delays in equipment delivery dates. Anticipating this possibility earlier this year, the company invested in Global Positioning System (GPS) and Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) sensors and recievers from a variety of manufacturers.
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During this week where many of us celebrate with feasts, family and friends, Duncan Aviation would like to take the time to wish its team members, customers, and everyone in the business aviation industry a safe and Happy Thanksgiving! We’re grateful for all of you and all you do to make this industry strong, forward-looking, and safe for everyone involved. Duncan Aviation would also like to remind its customers of a few things, outlined here.
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Duncan Aviation is pleased to announce it has received approval from Honeywell Aerospace to perform Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) upgrades on the Honeywell RMU-855 and the RCZ-850 and RCZ-833 series transponders on aircraft that are on-site at a Duncan Aviation facility.
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Duncan Aviation would like to remind aircraft owner/operators that although there are seven weeks and two business days until January 1, 2020, the reality is, many aviation vendors and shops close for the last two weeks of the year. Owner/operators who need parts, components, and modifications from various vendors may find that they’re unable to procure them during the last two weeks of 2019.
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Dominic Scalera, the Manager of Duncan Aviation’s Satellite Avionics Shop in Bedford, Massachusetts, has had very few request for quotes for Automatic Dependent Upgrade-Broadcast (ADS-B) installations, even though there are only 8 weeks remaining until the FAA’s mandate deadline takes effect.
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