Story ID: 757
Duncan Touts Falcon 7X Familiarity
By: Curt Epstein
Caption: The Nebraska-based MRO has done it all when it comes to servicing the long range trijet.
Word Count: 273
U.S.-based MRO provider Duncan Aviation (Booth G88) has become very experienced in performing 1C inspections on the Dassault  Falcon 7X. Having accepted its first of the type for the major check at its Lincoln, Neb. Flagship facility in January of 2016, the company last week completed its eighth such inspection, with more confirmed through 2018.

As a Falcon-authorized service facility for the past 22 years, its not only U.S. customers that are trusting their 7Xs to Duncan for the heavy inspection, clients have come from as far as Belgium.  “They are looking for an MRO  facility that can provide a competitive downtime with the tooling and experience to skillfully work through any discrepancies and concerns that may arise,” said Alan Monk, an airframe service sales representative with the company. “They are finding it at Duncan Aviation.”

Since the inspection requires the removal of the trijet’s interior, operators typically take advantage of the downtime to have additional work done, and in Duncan’s experience that has run the gamut from simple carpet replacement to complete interior refreshment and installation of the Rockwell Collins Venue CMS. None of which is a problem for the company, since it has completed 19 green 7Xs since 2008, including fabrication of all monuments, shell panels, seat upholstery and full integration of the complete interior and cabin electronics.

With the looming deadline of the ADS-B and FANS mandate, the MRO has seen a high adoption rate of the Dassault EASy II avionics system, which is based on the Honeywell Primus Epic platform, as well as GoGo 4G and Ka Band high speed connectivity.