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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Omni Aircraft Maintenance wants to help aircraft owners with legacy Gogo air-to-ground connectivity systems swap them out for the C-1 upgrade at no cost. Customers can either fly to Omni’s Tulsa, Oklahoma headquarters, or Omni will send a technician to the customer’s location to do the upgrade.
Gogo’s C-1 upgrade enables legacy ATG owners to continue using Gogo’s LTE connectivity service over the U.S. and parts of Canada without having to upgrade to the faster L3 or L5 Avance system or upcoming high-speed 5G service. The classic ATG network will be shut down on May 1, 2026, and there will be no extensions of this deadline.
Gogo is offering $35,000 rebates for buyers of the C-1 upgrade, and Omni Aircraft charges $35,000 for the upgrade, so the result is no cost to the aircraft owner. To get the rebate, customers must sign and commit to the C-1 upgrade by Dec. 1, 2025, according to Gogo.
Installation for a single airplane takes about two hours, but Omni Aircraft technicians can do multiple installations in the same location more efficiently. For example, the company recently swapped in 17 C-1 boxes in just nine hours at a customer’s location in Minnesota for a fleet of Cessna Citation Xs.
“There is no cost to the owner or operator,” said Michael Rodgers, CEO of Omni Aircraft Maintenance. “It’s going to be a long time before another network [gets shut] down…and this is a great opportunity to win a long-term client. It’s an opportunity to give the owner a great deal and, assuming it’s a good experience, hopefully…it’s a way for us to further develop our client base.”

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