Banyan was recently contacted by the owners of a HondaJet and a King Air C90 who both needed cost-effective connectivity in their aircraft. It was important to give each passenger the ability to place calls clearly and send emails and SMS messages quickly. Banyan’s avionics team recommended and installed the Airtext+ system - a small [...]
Banyan's MRO department is starting off the new year with this new Hondajet. We are performing the “APMG” Performance modification. The APMG package increases the HondaJet’s maximum takeoff weight, allowing for more flexibility for passenger and baggage loading. It also provides for a reduced takeoff field length, giving operators greater access to more airport [...]
If you own a Garmin GNS 530 or GNS 430 unit and have yet to get WAAS upgrades, you're running out of time. Garmin issued a service advisory stating that they will be ending WAAS upgrades for non-WAAS GNS 400/500 series products on May 29, 2020. WAAS upgrade orders can be placed up until this [...]
If your aircraft is not equipped with ADS-B Out and you’ve flown your aircraft since the FAA's compliance mandate of January 1, 2020, then chances are you’re familiar with the ADS-B Deviation Authorization Preflight Tool (ADAPT). This online tool was created by the FAA to allow non-compliant aircraft the ability to request authorization to [...]
With Gogo AVANCE, you get so much more than just a connection to the internet during flight. It's an all-in-one system designed to meet your inflight connectivity needs - today and in the future. You can personalize, control, and deliver a fully integrated cabin experience for any aircraft type, size, or budget. [...]
If you have the Gogo ATG system activated on your aircraft, then you already know how great it is being able to stay connected via email, text messaging and online browsing. But today's connectivity is more demanding and it's time to time to take your system to the next level. The Gogo AVANCE L5 [...]
Banyan is an authorized sales and service center for the HondaJet and our MRO teams have completed an installation of a Gogo AVANCE™ L3 Wi-Fi system in a HondaJet Elite; the first install of its kind in the country. This install provided in-flight connectivity domestically for a charter business. They also completed Banyan's first HondaJet [...]
You wake up in the morning (or afternoon) on January 1st, 2020, wash the prior evening’s festivities from your eyes, and while staring into the mirror you realize that your aircraft has missed the FAA’s mandate to have ADS-B Out installed. After a quick Google search reveals that the FAA has not pushed back [...]
[Updated July, 2019] When the FAA mandated that ADS-B installation on all aircraft flying in the U.S. be completed by January 1, 2020, they must have known there'd be aircraft that would miss the deadline. But it's safe to say no one could predict that over half of the U.S. aircraft would be non-compliant to [...]
Our avionics install team, led by Ramon Gordon, recently completed a very large Garmin install on a Pilatus PC-12. It included Dual G600TXI, Dual GTN 750s, GMA 35C audio panels, GTX 335R and GTX335R transponders, GDL 69 XM receiver, TAWS B unlock, 16 watt radio unlock on the GTNS, 2 USB ports and Midcontinent [...]
Garmin announced that their new G700 TXi flight display is now available to be installed on Cessna Citation business jets. The STC will be approved for select Cessna Citation II/SII and Citation V aircraft. The Garmin G700 TXi gives business and commercial aircraft operators the ability to upgrade their previous-generation avionics to a modern, state-of-the-art [...]
Banyan is happy to announce a very successful first installation of the GOGO Avance L5 System on a Challenger 300. Although avionics installs on 300's is nothing new for Banyan technicians, this one is especially noteworthy. Our whole team came together and completed the removal of interior, installation of the L5 System, [...]
