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.

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DAC International’s A-D (analog-digital) converter model GDC62 was included in a certification package developed by TAG Aviation in Geneva to upgrade Dassault Falcon MF900/900EX models to meet new TCAS II Change 7.1 requirements.

 


Beginning December. 1, 2015, all aircraft equipped with TCAS and weighing more than 5,700 kg were required to have the 7.1 TCAS II upgrade to fly in European airspace.&nbsp; The U.S. FAA does not have a similar mandate, but U.S.-registered operators must have the upgrade installed by January. 1, 2017 for international operations.

 


TAG Aviation Geneva obtained the European Aviation Safety Agency supplemental type certificate for the Falcon MF900/900EX using the GDC62, which accepts analog inputs from radio altimeters and converts the signal to a ARINCrinc 429 format compatible with TCAS II digital processors, DAC International said. “The GDC62 eliminates the need to replace analog radio altimeters when digital-only TcasCAS receivers are installed.”

EASA STC Features Dac International A-D Converter

The converter is part of a Tcas II Change 7.1 upgrade for Falcons.

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