Duncan Aviation is pleased to announce that the company has been granted Base Maintenance authorization on Embraer Legacy 450 and 500 aircraft. This new Embraer Executive Jets authorization allows Duncan Aviation to offer full maintenance support and service for all scheduled maintenance events on these aircraft models. “We’re delighted that an OEM of Embraer Executive […]
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Two Nebraskans Receive Charles Taylor Master Mechanic Award
Joe Huffman, Sr., an FAA Certification Engineer with Duncan Aviation, and Bernard Michael, a former long-time technician with Duncan Aviation, were recently honored as recipients of the Charles Taylor Master Mechanic Award. The Nebraska Aviation Mechanics Seminar committee and the Federal Aviation Administration presented them with the awards at a banquet on the evening of […]
Duncan Aviation Receives STC for Integrated Challenger 601 3A/3R CPDLC/FANS 1/A+ Solution
Duncan Aviation announced it recently completed an industry-first Controller Pilot Data Link Communications/Future Air Navigation System (CPDLC/FANS) 1/A+ installation. The Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) was recently issued by the FAA and covers the Challenger 601. The installation features the upgraded NZ-2000 Honeywell Flight Management System (FMS), which integrates with current Challenger 601 Original Equipment Manager […]
Duncan Aviation Names Lee Bowes Regional Manager for Central U.S.
Duncan Aviation recently named Lee Bowes the company’s Central United States Regional Manager. In this position, Bowes will help business aircraft operators in the central part of the United States, including Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming, become more familiar with the comprehensive service capabilities offered by Duncan Aviation. […]
FAA’s Swayze Presented Shea Award for Contributions to Aviation
Richard Swayze, FAA Assistant Administrator for Policy, International Affairs and Environment and graduate of the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO), School of Public Administration, was presented the 2015 William F. Shea Award for Contributions to Aviation during the UNO Aviation Institute’s Charles W. Durham Distinguished Lecture Series and celebration of its 25th Anniversary on […]
Duncan Aviation Unveils Timelapse of SEXYjet Paint Application
Duncan Aviation recently painted a Gulfstream GV unlike any other. The aircraft, N888XY, is branded SEXYjet and is managed by Metropolitan Aviation. “The unique and stylish paint scheme applied to this Gulfstream GV will unquestionably make it one of the most eye-catching aircraft in the world,” says George Bajo, a Technical Sales Rep with Duncan […]
Duncan Aviation Announces New Senior Management Team Members
Duncan Aviation has announced that two leaders at the company, Doug Alleman and Mike Minchow, have joined its Senior Management Team. Currently manager of customer service in Lincoln, Nebraska, Alleman joined Duncan Aviation as an A&P mechanic in the engine shop in 1988. As vice president of customer service, Alleman will lead the customer service […]
Duncan Aviation Celebrates the 30th Anniversary of its Avionics Satellite Network
This year, family owned Duncan Aviation is celebrating the 30th anniversary of its satellite shop network. Roughly a year before the first shop opened in 1985, then Duncan Aviation President J. Robert Duncan conceived of a series of agreements between Duncan Aviation’s skilled avionics technicians and well-respected maintenance shops at busy airports around the country. […]
Duncan Aviation and Honeywell Aerospace Develop STCs for ADS-B Solutions
Duncan Aviation and Honeywell Aerospace are collaborating to develop supplemental type certificates (STCs) for Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) solutions for Honeywell’s Primus 1000/2000 and SPZ-8000 flight decks on multiple Hawker 800 series aircraft and select Cessna Citation 560 aircraft with Honeywell’s Primus II radio system. This STC will provide operators with equipment that supports the […]
Nebraska Alumni Association to Recognize Colorado Aviation Duo
The Nebraska Alumni Association will recognize 20 accomplished University of Nebraska Alumni, seven promising students, and an outstanding family at the Annual Awards Banquet, an All-University Celebration on May 7 at the Nebraska Innovation Campus Conference Center. Seven of the 20 alumni were chosen for the Alumni Achievement Award Category, and include two General Aviation […]
