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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Airbus subsidiary GFD is upgrading 16 special-mission Learjet 35A/36A twinjets with a Universal Avionics InSight Flight Display System suite. GFD selected the InSight system mainly because of its compatibility with third-party special-mission equipment used for GFD’s aerial target demonstrations.
Scandinavian Avionics will engineer the supplemental type certificate for the avionics upgrade, which will replace the Learjets’ legacy instruments. Key benefits of the upgrade are improved support for the Universal Avionics equipment and integrated capabilities for the target missions.
The InSight Flight Display System upgrade includes 10.4-in AMLCDs with high resolution and brightness and Universal Avionics’ SBAS flight management system.
“Modernizing these aircraft is a sustainable solution to address rising maintenance costs and challenges while supporting the aircraft to perform these sensitive and demanding missions for years to come,” said Universal Avionics CEO Dror Yahav. “The selection of InSight by GFD, a worldwide reference for demanding government mission environments, strengthens its position as a rugged, dependable avionics solution.”

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