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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Bombardier is now offering an advanced avionics upgrade (AAU) for the Vision flight deck installed on in-service Global 5000/5500s and 6000/6500s, bringing those jets to the same configuration as factory-new Global 5500s and 6500s. The software upgrade, which is available from Bombardier service centers, was first applied to a Global 6000.&nbsp;
The AAU software “allows for installation” of Bombardier’s combined vision system (CVS) in Collins Aerospace-based Vision flight decks of in-service Globals. CVS integrates synthetic and enhanced vision system imagery in a single view. Other features with the AAU include improved message logic for the engine indicating and crew alert system; integrated flight information system; SiriusXM Weather enhancements; and electronic flight instrument system improvements for the head-up display, primary flight display, and synthetic vision system.
Optional add-ons with the AAU include ADS-B In cockpit display of traffic information, airport moving map/synthetic vision taxi mode, and weather radar with vertical weather and predictive windshear options.&nbsp;Some of the optional updates will require new hardware.
“The primary objective of this upgrade, and our long-term collaboration with Bombardier, is to proactively provide information to the flight deck that improves safety and confidence in decision making,” said Marc Ayala, senior director of sales, business, and regional avionics at Collins Aerospace.

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