Duncan Aviation Announces The Glass Box Project

October 12, 2004

This Universal Avionics EFI-890R updates the Challenger cockpit and establishes the platform for future technologies. The EFI-890R is compatible with most avionics sensors and integrates to the existing Honeywell SPZ-600 Autopilot/Flight Control System. The EFI-890R for the Challenger features four large 11-inch diagonal AMLCDs. Reliable, affordable, and lighter weight, the EFI-890R also accomodates planned future capability.

LINCOLN, NEB. — Duncan Aviation is pleased to announce The Glass Box Project, a complete course change from “business as usual” in the strengthening LCD or “glass cockpit” avionics retrofit market. Duncan Aviation has combined customer feedback, market research and relentless product evaluation to learn what customers want and need in the years ahead and which product is the best match for their aircraft. Further, certification preplanning and improved production practices have and will reduce the downtime required to perform these major avionics retrofits.

Ron Hall and Gary Harptser, Duncan Aviation Avionics Sales Representatives, will explain The Glass Box Project in detail at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, October 12, and Wednesday, October 13, at Duncan Aviation’s NBAA booth (#10212).

Today’s large LCD displays afford new opportunities for modernizing flightdecks by offering advanced, large-format instrument suites that interface with most existing systems. These systems increase the value of older aircraft and add safety and technology that has normally been available only in aircraft fresh off the assembly line. Many of these systems are capable of displaying TAWS, TCAS, Synthetic Vision, Weather and Navigational information in addition to the technology required for CNS/ATM.

The Glass Box Project will ultimately include most of Duncan Aviation’s core airframes. In no particular order, the first aircraft in the program follow:

AIRFRAME	SYSTEM
AstraSP	Rockwell Collins IDS-3000
Challenger 600-601	Universal Avionics’ EFI-890R
Challenger 601-3A	Honeywell Epic CDS/R
Falcon 50 (w/APS-85)	Rockwell Collins’ IDS-3000
Falcon 50 (w/Honeywell AP)	Honeywell Epic CDS/R

“This is a fundamental shift in our approach to major avionics retrofit projects,” says Ron Hall, Duncan Aviation Sales Representative. “We have shifted from a tactical, reactive approach of scrambling to meet requests, to a strategic approach that researches products, airframes and hull values prior to committing to investing in system certification. The Glass Box Project approach is better for us, the avionics equipment OEMs, the FAA and most importantly, our customers.”

“Two key reasons for this growing market are price and technology,” says Gary Harpster, Duncan Aviation Sales Representative. “The products are now able to deliver the most desirable features and function at prices within the budgets of more flight departments. We believe that in the very near future, these upgrades will be the standard, not the exception among legacy aircraft.”

 Duncan Aviation’s high-quality avionic installations, modifications, and complete aircraft maintenance are available at the Lincoln, Nebraska, headquarters, as well as the Battle Creek, Michigan, facility.  In addition, several Duncan Aviation satellite avionics shops including Teterboro, NJ; Van Nuys, CA; Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX; Denver, CO; and Las Vegas, NV; will be performing these avionics modifications. For more information, please call Duncan Aviation Modifications Sales in Lincoln 800.228.4277 or 402.475.2611, and Battle Creek 800.525.2376 or 269.969.8400.

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, avionics installations, interior and paint completions/modifications, avionics/instrument and accessory/propeller repair/overhaul and parts support. Complete service facilities are located in Lincoln, Neb., and Battle Creek, Mich. Additional locations include 21 satellite avionics facilities located throughout the United States, 20 government C-23 contract locations, a line service/regional support operation in Kalamazoo, Mich., and Lincoln-based Parts Support Services, a division that sells and consigns general aviation parts to aircraft operators and service organizations worldwide.

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