A multi-engine, instrument rated pilot, James Wynbrandt has been an AIN and Business Jet Traveler contributor since 2003. His in-depth reporting and insightful features have won more than a dozen editorial honors, including two National Business Aviation Association Gold Wing Awards (2019; 2021), and his articles have also appeared in the New York Times, Barron’s, Fortune, Forbes, and Smithsonian Air &amp; Space. He has flown his Mooney M20K 252 on assignments throughout North and Central America and the Caribbean. Wynbrandt is also the author of Flying High (Wiley &amp; Sons), a biography of Jet Blue founder David Neeleman, as well as histories, references works, and books on a variety of other topics from major publishers. He lives in New York City.

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James Wynbrandt

Aviation services provider Elliott Aviation (Booth C10516) has launched a custom maintenance-tracking app and plans to offer LED cabin lighting and electronic window shades soon.

 


The tracking app, Elliott Connect, will allow customers to manage their aircraft maintenance online through a website or mobile app, enabling them to apply change orders and quotes, review invoices and work orders and manage warranty program information, as well as communicate with Elliott team members. Documents and photos related to their aircraft can also be uploaded directly from mobile devices. Elliott Connect can be used for work orders that include maintenance, paint, interior or avionics. The application has already been successfully tested with a customer on a Citation 650 Doc 8 inspection.

 


“The Elliott Connect system is an essential tool in enhancing the communication process for our customers,” said Greg Sahr, president of the Moline, Illinois-based company. “This is especially valuable in the cases of large work scopes and is another way that customers can continually monitor the progress of their aircraft while it is at our facility.”

 


Elliott's planned Prism cabin lighting offers a multi-color system with the ability for upwash, downwash, window lighting, cupholder lighting accents, galley and more. It can be controlled by an existing cabin controller or by the embedded Wi-Fi Prizm app, which includes customer-configured preset light moods and optional company logo.

 


The forthcoming EWS electronic shades will replace the existing cabin inner windowpane with an electronically controlled dimmable windowpane, and are available in a variety of dimmable shade colors.

 


“Our Prizm lighting and EWS products offer some of the latest cabin amenities with the additional features that aircraft owners have been requesting,” said Mark Wilken, Elliott’s v-p of avionics programs and operational logistics.

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