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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Send Solutions has received an FAA STC for installation of Airtext+ Iridium satcom&nbsp;in the Citation X. Compatible with existing Iridium antennas, Airtext+ weighs 1.2 pounds and allows up to 16 users to send and receive text messages simultaneously; it also provides two dedicated voice-calling numbers.
The system is priced at $14,950—not including installation or antenna, if needed—and airtime services cost $300 per year for 1,000 text messages, then $100 for each additional 2,000 text messages. Voice calling, which requires purchase of a sim card from a service provider, is about $1.60 per minute. Users connect to Airtext+ wirelessly via built-in Bluetooth LE.
Airtext+ and the $9,750 Airtext (without voice calling) also work with Send Solutions' FleetLink service, which can be used to track Airtext-equipped aircraft, for aircraft on/off reporting and text communications from the ground to the aircraft.

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