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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Yingling Aviation has completed installation of its first Alto cabin audio system on a Gulfstream G550, and this is also Alto Aviation’s 100th aftermarket upgrade on the GV/G550 platform.
Alto’s cabin audio system is customized, with sound characteristics tuned to each aircraft. The tuning is accomplished by an Alto cabin systems engineer who “acoustically maps the full interior of the aircraft and adjusts the digital amplifier and speaker locations to define the optimal performance characteristics of each audio and entertainment system,” according to Alto.
All of Alto’s components hold FAA technical standard order approval. These include “very high efficiency mid/high-frequency enclosures, high-output subwoofer enclosures, and powerful yet lightweight amplifiers with pre-set custom integral equalizer and crossovers, depending on model and floor plan,” the company explained.
“On the test flight, our onsite team became instant believers,” said Josh Peterson, Yingling Aviation regional sales manager and avionics expert. “The clarity, depth, and volume the system produced were incredible. It completely transformed the cabin experience.”

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