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D&J Aviation Joins SmartSky® Installation Network
Installs SmartSky LITETM on King Air C90
SmartSky, provider of inflight air-to-ground (ATG) connectivity for business aviation, announced D&J Aviation as a new sales and installation partner. D&J recently completed a first-article installation of the award-winning SmartSky LITETM on a Beechcraft King Air C90 with a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) expected in the coming months.
Headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado, D&J is a certified Service-Disabled Veteran- Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) center with over 40 years of aviation integration and installation experience for both commercial and government aviation customers. Their capabilities include a Part 145 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certified repair station, engineering and design, mission systems integration, PMA contract manufacturing, as well as expertise in small, unmanned aircraft systems.
“SmartSky is an exciting partner because they give us the ability to offer a complete suite of solutions for our customers, whether special mission or business aviation. Their proven, high-performance inflight connectivity can fit virtually any size aircraft, and rave reviews from customers are driving demand for their systems,” said Jim Schawb, CEO of D&J Aviation. “We are beginning our second installation and are actively working on more opportunities to enable continuous streaming connectivity inflight.”
D&J is a recent recipient of a military contract to install a communications suite on multiple aircraft, enabling mission operators to reliably deliver mission critical aerial intelligence content efficiently and effectively to network subscribers and mission stakeholders.
“D&J’s experienced aircraft maintenance staff combined with their focus on quality customer service ensures they will be a highly effective partner in delivering SmartSky connectivity for a broad range of missions,” said Aria Bahawdory, Director of MRO Account Management for SmartSky.
SmartSky holds STCs for more than 6,000 in-service aircraft and has projects in-progress to cover nearly 10,000 more. For more information on the rapid expansion of the availability of SmartSky’s award-winning inflight connectivity products, visit www. smartskynetworks.com/stc.
DJA performs general and depot level aviation maintenance and overhaul services to all sizes and types of aircraft. Visit www. djaviation.aero.
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Reported Turbulence Map Layer
Utilizing data from Sentry and Sentry Plus devices, this new layer in the ForeFlight Mobile app displays the measured intensity of turbulence at multiple altitudes, making it easy to find the smoothest altitude along your route.
Individual turbulence reports are displayed as colored dots on the
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