Six More Falcon 50 Pro Line 21 Retrofits Signed to Glass Box Project

April 26, 2006

LINCOLN, NEBR. - Duncan Aviation's Glass Box Project recently added six more Falcon 50 Pro Line 21 retrofits to its list of projects. This is significant because so far in 2006, the company has completed, started or scheduled eight Falcon 50s for the Pro Line 21 upgrade. This marks a milestone for the Falcon 50 market because when they are complete, a full 10% of existing Falcon 50s will be retrofitted with a Pro Line (4 or 21) product. This will make Rockwell Collins' "Pro Line" one of the most successful avionics retrofit product lines in the industry. The installations will take place over the next 10 months at Duncan Aviation's facilities in Battle Creek, Michigan, and Lincoln, Nebraska.

"There is a great deal of momentum in the market toward Glass Box retrofits. The benefits of increased safety, reduced pilot workload and increased aircraft value are really hitting home with pilots and owners," says Dennis DeCook, Duncan Aviation Avionics Sales Representative. "Our Falcon 50 Glass Box experience allows us to offer a value to Falcon 50 operators that is unmatched in the industry."

"The team that we've formed with Duncan Aviation, combined with the proven capabilities of our Pro Line 21 solution, have delivered outstanding results for the avionics retrofit market," said Denny Helgeson, Vice President and General Manager, Business and Regional Systems for Rockwell Collins. "We look forward to furthering our relationship with Duncan Aviation through the continued success of the Glass Box Project."

Duncan Aviation's Glass Box Project, introduced in 2004, is a focused effort to make available the latest in the emerging flat-panel retrofit technology. Reduced downtimes, risk and investment are being delivered with thorough preplanning with customers, the FAA, avionics and airframe OEMs and our in-house engineering team. With nine retrofits on five different platforms already completed and eight more projects in work, Duncan Aviation is leading the AMLCD (Active Matrix Liquid Crystal Display) avionics retrofit movement into multiple airframes with systems from leading equipment manufacturers.

Duncan Aviation currently employs nearly 1,900 aviation experts worldwide. The company has two major service centers located in Lincoln, Neb., and Battle Creek, Mich. Other Duncan Aviation locations include 21 satellite avionics facilities located throughout the United States 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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