A Bombardier Global Express operator recently wanted Wi-Fi with a smart router and media server that could be used with electronic devices in flight. Duncan Aviation and Gogo Business Aviation, formerly Aircell, developed an STC for integration of Gogo’s UCS 5000 system in the Global Express and 5000.
Duncan Aviation’s engineering team began gathering wiring diagrams and other documents and planning for the installation and certification, all months before the aircraft arrived. “We had engineers and certification experts at both our Michigan and Nebraska facilities working around the clock on this STC to ensure that on ground testing day, everything worked the way Gogo Business Aviation intended it to,” said systems engineer Jim Wheaton.
The UCS 5000 is an in-flight entertainment system with a library of movies, TV episodes, news, destination weather, flight progress and more that orchestrates, manages and delivers entertainment and information services while connecting users via Wi-Fi.
The customer took advantage of the aircraft’s downtime in Duncan Aviation’s hangar, adding a carpet, ADS-B Out, USB outlets in the flight deck, a 60-month service package, a registration change and modifying cabin seat headrests.
