Duncan Aviation Delivers First Set of Embraer Legacy Cabinets

July 8, 2003

LINCOLN, NE. — Duncan Aviation recently delivered their first set of cabinets for the Legacy — Embraer’s new super mid-size corporate jet. The first Legacy with Duncan Aviation cabinetry is scheduled for delivery in January 2004.

Duncan Aviation’s engineers collaborated with engineers from Embraer to design, certify and produce production drawings for the Legacy cabinets. Duncan Aviation craftsmen use these drawings to fabricate, assemble and finish the cabinets, which are installed in the Legacy by Embraer’s technicians.

Duncan Aviation was awarded the Legacy cabinet contract in 2002. Since then, Duncan Aviation engineers in Battle Creek, Mich., and Lincoln, Neb., have worked side by side with Embraer engineers in Embraer’s West Palm Beach, Fla., facility to develop solid models and production drawings. Duncan Aviation’s engineers produced Catia CAD drawings to create digital models of the cabinets to ensure every piece fit and functioned perfectly before any materials were cut. The Catia CAD data was also used to create solid models of the cabinets for structural analysis and testing. Duncan Aviation’s CNC (Computer Numeric Controlled) cutting machine uses this CAD information to cut the pieces to exact tolerances. Duncan Aviation frequently employs this process to deliver quick turntimes and unmatched quality — trademarks of Duncan Aviation’s interior program.

“We are extremely pleased to be chosen by Embraer for production of Legacy cabinets,” says Aaron Hilkemann, president of Duncan Aviation. “The collaboration of Embraer’s engineers with ours has been a resounding success and an exciting addition to our successes with other OEM interior programs.”

“The Legacy represents an affordable entry into the corporate aircraft market; Embraer's reputation for producing a strong and reliable airframe platform partnered with the quality and beauty of Duncan Aviation’s interiors, it is a marvel inside and out,” says John Slieter, Duncan Aviation VP of Completions and Modifications.

Duncan Aviation is an aircraft service provider with 1,800 employees supporting the aviation needs of government and business operators and other service providers. These services include airframe, engine, component repair and overhaul, avionics installations, interior and paint completions/modifications and parts support.

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