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Canadian business aviation FBO and MRO Skyservice (Booth 3682) has received reciprocal approval from the FAA for its Transport Canada STC FANS installation on Gulfstream G200s. The upgrade makes the aircraft both FANS and ADS-B OUT compliant. Skyservice is an authorized Gulfstream service center.
“This particular STC is focused on the first 50 or so serial-numbered G200s that require the FANS update. This is the only option for G200 owners and operators who want FANS right now,” explained Norman Matheis, regional sales manager for Canada at Universal Avionics. “It is available as a phased upgrade, which can be done in three parts and possibly arranged during other scheduled maintenance. That way the aircraft downtime is limited,” he said.
Scheduling for both FANS and ADS-B OUT upgrades has been picking up just in the last few months, according to Matheis, who expressed concern that Universal Avionics, through its dealers such as Skyservice, can reach all the aircraft in need of these upgrades before mandates take effect.