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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The FAA issued <a href="http://rgl.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library/rgSAIB.nsf/dc7bd4f27e5f107486257221005f069d/d261a101ac1287058625781c00530ace/%24FILE/CE-11-16.pdf">Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (SAIB) CE-11-16</a> to highlight an issue identified by Garmin that could affect aircraft flying certain instrument approaches. According to the SAIB, during a limited number of Lnav/Vnav and Lnav+V approaches, ≥full-scale deflection on the CDI/HSI will result in the aircraft flying outside allowed lateral limits for the approach.≤ The SAIB added, ≥Assuming the aircraft continues on approach and does not deviate any further laterally, it will remain protected from any terrain or obstacles.≤ This issue affects Garmin integrated flight decks, including the G1000-based Cirrus Perspective and Embraer Prodigy systems as well as the G900X/G950, GNS 400W/500W and Waas-enabled GNS 480/CNX80 units. Certain conditions must be met for this problem to occur, namely the system labels the approach L/Vnav or Lnav+V and the distance between the final approach fix and the missed approach point is greater than seven miles. Garmin has issued Service Advisory No. 1047, Rev A and Installation Bulletin No. 1048, Rev A ≥to instruct users to check the database cycles for their equipment for removal of the affected approaches until the issue is addressed in a future software release,≤ according to the SAIB.

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