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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Autopilot manufacturer Genesys Aerosystems is partnering with avionics installation and engineering firm JetTech to develop new supplemental type certificates (STCs) for Cessna Citations. The first STC will cover the Citation S550, Encore, Ultra, and V.

 


The S-TEC 5000 is a digital attitude-based autopilot that integrates with modern avionics displays and flight management systems to offer features that include straight-and-level recovery, envelope protection and alerting, precision approaches, coupled missed approaches, and additional autopilot modes and functions. S-TEC autopilots are installed in many airplane and helicopter models, but this will be the company’s first Part 25 retrofit application.

 


“We recognize that autopilots in this segment of the market are becoming obsolete and expensive to maintain,” said Jamie Luster, director of sales and marketing for Genesys. “Not only are we offering enhanced capabilities with this upgrade but also recurring cost savings with new technology and a two-year warranty.”

 


Genesys (Booth 565) is owned by aerospace flight control and control component manufacturer Moog. In addition to fixed-wing autopilots, Genesys&nbsp;offers a line of HeliSAS helicopter stability augmentation system autopilots.

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