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Mississauga – Mid-Canada Mod Center (MC2) is a trusted, proven
and established avionics specialty organization with a focus on corporate and commercial
aviation operations. They have developed unique expertise in all forms of airborne
communication, cabin entertainment systems, TCAS, EGPWS, TAWS, RVSM and EFB
applications. One area in which the firm has become particularly well respected, is that of cockpit
design around avionics upgrades – especially those that accommodate unique and user-specific
operational profiles.
Background . . .
Air Nunavut is a commercial air charter operator based in Iqaluit, NU (YFB). Previously known as
Air Baffin, the firm has a fifteen year history of service in Nunavut, Nunavik and Greenland – as
well as anywhere that a charter request may take them. Today they provide service with an allturbine-
pressurized fleet of 13-passenger King Air 200 turbo-prop and an 8-passenger Falcon 10
jet aircraft.
In the fall of 2005, Air Nunavut opened an operations base at the Ottawa International Airport
(YOW) and has acquired an additional Falcon 10 to base there. The new Falcon has received a
complete refit and overhaul inclusive of new paint, new interior and renewed/refreshed avionics.
The aircraft will be used in a combined role of charter and medevac – providing a much needed
high quality, on-demand air link between the north communities and the nation’s capitol as well as
a smaller cabin charter option for the Ottawa business community.
While many in the corporate community may view the Falcon 10 as a dated concept, Air Nunavut
have found it perfectly matches their needs. Their new Falcon 10 was purchased with a view to
receiving a complete modernization and renewal before it entered service with the firm. After the
cosmetic rejuvenation was complete, the aircraft was delivered to the MC2 facility at Lester B.
Pearson International Airport (YYZ) in order to have the older avionics components removed and
replaced with a new front office layout and systems.
Technical Data of Project . . .
As with all such projects, the MC2 team first focused on a design that is based around the cockpit
resource management requirements of the operator. The end result incorporates new, modern
systems and a complete dual EFB (Electronic Flight Bag) enhancement using the CMC
Electronics CMA-1100 EFB, set up. The addition of the EFBs is another first for this type of
aircraft in Canada.
Among the other avionics hardware updates is dual Garmin GNS-530A GPS/COM/Nav units. The
#1 unit has integral Class B TAWS. MC2 also installed a Collins TCAS-4000 system with
elementary and enhanced surveillance capable Mode S Transponders plus an Artex C406N
406MHz ELT. This avionics suite will contribute greatly towards enhancing the safe and reliable
operational of the aircraft in the varied flight environments that are typical to Air Nunavut
operations. The remainder of the rework included an IS&S RVSM System along with a Universal
CVR-30B CVR and a Skyconnect Iridium Satcom with Flight Tracker.
After flight testing and Transport Canada approvals, the aircraft was delivered to Air Nunavut and
placed in service at the beginning of December.
MC2 has a solid track record for the development of unique and effective STCs and along with
that, design and development of efficient cockpits. They have been responsible for many industry
firsts and are the proud recipient of numerous awards by both the industry and their peers. The
firm has enjoyed continued and steady success and is consistently ranked among the top dealers
in North America by leading avionics equipment manufacturers. |
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