Press Release

Issued by Duncan Aviation.

August 18, 2021

Duncan Aviation knows the importance and value of sharing knowledge with its customers who share its passion for flying. To ensure Duncan Aviation's customers are well-informed when it comes to the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA's) NextGen mandates and guidelines, several of the company's avionics experts have updated its Straight Talk book on the NextGen initiative for datalink. Datalink is a broad term, encompassing numerous types of digital systems that facilitate communications between air traffic control and pilots.

Current datalink systems available are Future Air Navigation Systems (FANS), Aircraft Communications, Addressing, and Reporting System (ACARS), Aeronautical Telecommunications Network-Baseline 1 (ATN-B1) and Aeronautical Telecommunications Network-Baseline 2 (ATN-B2).

This book explains all four types of datalink communications, with particular focus on FANS, which is currently mandated in the North Atlantic Tracks (NAT) for all aircraft operating between FL290 and FL410.

Copies of Duncan Aviation's Straight Talk About Datalink book can be downloaded from the Duncan Aviation website.

In the last few years, Duncan Aviation has added Straight Talk webinars and podcasts to its series of popular Straight Talk books. The Duncan Aviation Straight Talk webpage includes more than a dozen webinars on topics including;

- WAAS/LPV- an FMS Upgrade That Pays For Itself

- COVID-19 and Ionization Systems

- User's Guide To Data Comm

- Navigating Through LASEREF II/III Obsolescence

- Quality Cabinet Finishes and Graphic Options

- and many others

Operators needing information about which datalink options are available for their aircraft and wishing to schedule time to install a datalink system, should contact one of Duncan Aviation's knowledgeable avionics sales representatives.