Matt Thurber, editor-in-chief at AIN Media Group, has been flying since 1975 and writing about aviation since 1978 and now has the best job in the world, running editorial operations for Aviation International News, Business Jet Traveler, and FutureFlight.aero. In addition to working as an A&amp;P mechanic on everything from Piper Cubs to turboprops, Matt taught flying at his father’s flight school in Plymouth, Mass., in the early 1980s, flew for an aircraft owner/pilot, and for two summer seasons hunted swordfish near the George’s Banks off the East Coast from a Piper Super Cub. An ATP certificated fixed-wing pilot and CFII and commercial helicopter pilot, Matt is type-rated in the Citation 500 and Gulfstream V/550. Based in the Pacific Northwest, Matt and his team cover the entire aviation scene including business aircraft, helicopters, avionics, safety, manufacturing, charter, fractionals, technology, air transport, advanced air mobility, defense, and other subjects of interest to AIN, BJT, and FutureFlight readers.

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A new STC is now available from Spirit Aeronautics for FANS (future air navigation system) 1/A, ADS-C (contract) and controller-pilot datalink communications (CPDLC) in the Challenger 604 equipped with Rockwell Collins Pro Line 4 avionics. 
The STC uses the existing FMSs and control display units and includes a new Rockwell Collins CMU-1000 communications management unit and L-3 Aviation FA2100 cockpit voice recorder, which is needed to store the data messages that are central to FANS operations. 
“This is what Challenger operators have been waiting for and it is truly one of those occasions where they better move fast to reserve a slot because the equipment and capacity levels will be stretched to the limits to meet the mandated deadlines. There are simply more aircraft that need FANS upgrades than installation facilities and equipment OEMs can keep up with,” said Tony Bailey, president and COO of Spirit Aeronautics.

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