<p>Matt Thurber, editor-in-chief at AIN Media Group, has been flying since 1975 and writing about aviation since 1978 and now has the best job in the world, running editorial operations for Aviation International News, Business Jet Traveler, and FutureFlight.aero. In addition to working as an A&amp;P mechanic on everything from Piper Cubs to turboprops, Matt taught flying at his father’s flight school in Plymouth, Mass., in the early 1980s, flew for an aircraft owner/pilot, and for two summer seasons hunted swordfish near the George’s Banks off the East Coast from a Piper Super Cub. An ATP certificated fixed-wing pilot and CFII and commercial helicopter pilot, Matt is type-rated in the Citation 500 and Gulfstream V/550. Based in the Pacific Northwest, Matt and his team cover the entire aviation scene including business aircraft, helicopters, avionics, safety, manufacturing, charter, fractionals, technology, air transport, advanced air mobility, defense, and other subjects of interest to AIN, BJT, and FutureFlight readers.</p>


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<p>In a letter to customers, Rockwell Collins’s ArincDirect FOS flight operations software business announced the phaseout of support for some older versions of FOS. Version 3.11 of FOS is being released this month, according to the letter, which added, “The exact support end date has not yet been determined; however, we do anticipate it to be during the 2015 calendar year.” The versions of FOS affected include all versions before 3.10 as well as Crystal 8.5 and all airport data and updates for FOS versions earlier than 3.10, ArincDirect FOS wrote. “This transition is, in part, due to our vendors ceasing support of the products listed above, as well as Microsoft’s phase-out of support for Windows Server 2003, effective July 14, 2015.” While users can still use older versions of FOS and Windows Server, the company explained, “all future FOS releases will be designed to be used with newer interfaces.”</p>


ArincDirect Phasing Out Support for Older FOS Versions

A new version of FOS is being released this month, and sometime this year ArincDirect will halt support for versions earlier than 3.11.

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