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cabin management systems through their onboard platform. While the L5 does not offer an hourly or monthly and annual subscription plans, it does offer the pay-as-you-go options similar to the L3. The price for the equipment and installation for the L5 is in the range of $180,000-200,000.
Gogo Vision and the DASH App
Both AVANCE L3 and L5 systems offer “Gogo Vision.” Gogo Vision has two components: Information Services and Enter- tainment. The Information Servic- es feature provides flight progress, weather, Bloomberg news clips, and other capabilities. The Information
Services portion of Gogo Vision is included at no additional charge with either system. For those users who would also enjoy having onboard entertainment, they can add these features for an ad- ditional $595 per month. With the entertainment option, users can access movies, online magazines, and television shows from the onboard media server. These offerings are updated when the aircraft is on the ground, providing much faster streaming while airborne.
Both systems also offer the Gogo Dash App, a mobile and computer-accessible application that allows flight and ground personnel to monitor the AVANCE system. You can obtain real- time performance information, diagnostics, and even review your data usage. The latter is extremely important if you want to manage your data costs before they exceed your budget.
Airborne Cybersecurity
With the increased use of the Internet for conducting per- sonal and business communications, users need to be mindful of security even while flying. Gogo has addressed these issues with their systems. Onboard the aircraft, all Wi-Fi communica- tion can be secured with industry standard encryption (which I recommend implementing on any aircraft router). To isolate the growing number of networked aircraft avionics, the Gogo system’s only interface is in a receive mode which avoids any potential interference. Gogo uses some of this information to determine flight progress as an example. Airborne users can still be affected by malware transmitted through websites or email, but it is nice to know that the aircraft communications companies are taking cybersecurity very seriously in order to minimize any issues.
Closing Thoughts
It is clear that the adoption of airborne communication sys- tems has grown dramatically in recent years with a number of companies offering various options. Operators have the choice between satellite and ground-based systems, each with their own advantages and disadvantages. While the satellite-based systems are generally more accessible, the air-to-ground options offer some of the highest bandwidth. In some cases, operators can install both types of systems, optimizing the benefits of both.
The introduction of the Gogo AVANCE line of products offers some of the most comprehensive systems on the market for ATG communication. The L3, in particular, provides another great high-speed option for turboprops and light-mid jets, with reason- able data plan options. For larger aircraft, the AVANCE L3 might still be more than adequate, unless higher bandwidth is needed in which case the L5 may warrant additional consideration.
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