Two Aircraft Designed and Completed by Duncan Aviation Earn Elite Wings Business Aviation Design Awards

Two customer aircraft completed by Duncan Aviation's Provo, Utah, team have earned top honors in the 2026 Elite Wings Business Aviation Design Awards, recognizing the company's ability to transform each owner's vision into award-winning aircraft. Click image for high-res download.

LINCOLN, NEB. — Two customer aircraft completed by Duncan Aviation's Provo, Utah, team have earned top honors in the 2026 Elite Wings Business Aviation Design Awards, recognizing the company's ability to transform each owner's vision into award-winning aircraft.

The Gulfstream G-IV paint refurbishment, “G-IV Speed In Motion,” received the Exterior Livery Award, and the CL-350 refurbishment, “Clean & Modern CL-350,” received the Midsize Category Award.

The recognition highlights Duncan Aviation’s ability to help aircraft owners transform their vision into highly customized aircraft that showcase exceptional creativity, craftsmanship, and technical expertise.

“Recognition from Elite Wings is especially meaningful because these projects represent what Duncan Aviation does best: listen closely to each owner, understand what makes their aircraft and its use unique, interpret their vision, and bring that vision to life with precision, creativity, and craftsmanship,” said Senior Lead Designer Molly Pfeiffer. “We are incredibly proud of the Provo team members whose talent and attention to detail made both of these aircraft stand out.”

The Exterior Livery-winning Gulfstream G-IV was designed to capture a sense of speed and motion, even while standing still. Inspired by high-performance sports cars, the aircraft features bold, angled striping that rises from the nose toward the tail, creating the visual effect of airflow moving across the fuselage. The result is a clean, modern, performance-driven paint scheme that reflects the owner’s passion for speed and distinctive design. The finished aircraft gives the owner a distinctive presence on the ramp while reflecting a highly personal design aesthetic.

The Midsize Category-winning CL-350 was completed as a comprehensive interior and exterior refurbishment. The project included a full exterior strip and repaint along with a complete cabin transformation. Inside, the Duncan Aviation Design team preserved the aircraft’s existing woodwork while reimagining the rest of the cabin with a clean, contemporary aesthetic. Two-tone leather seating, black French stitching, perforated inserts, darker leather accents, and a custom black-and-white carpet helped transform the cabin from its previous beige and brown palette into a lighter, more refined space. The redesign creates a brighter, more welcoming cabin that enhances passenger comfort while giving the owner a more modern aircraft environment.

The CL-350’s exterior was also designed to make a bold statement. A luminous white pearl base flows across the fuselage, while darker tail elements, carefully placed striping, engine detailing, and crisp white-and-blue wing stripes create a fast, showpiece quality.

“These awards are a reflection of the collaboration that happens across our teams every day,” said Pfeiffer. “From the first design conversation to the final delivery, projects like these require trust, communication, and a shared commitment to getting every detail right.”

Both award-winning aircraft were completed at Duncan Aviation’s full-service facility in Provo, Utah, but reflect what consistently occurs at all of the company’s full-service facilities, where customers can complete maintenance, paint, interior refurbishment, avionics, engineering, and completions projects under one roof, simplifying complex aircraft modernization projects through a coordinated one-stop experience.

The Elite Wings Business Aviation Interior Design Awards recognize standout work across business aviation design categories, including new concepts, retrofit projects, and exterior liveries.

Aircraft owners interested in custom paint and interior refurbishment projects can explore Duncan Aviation's award-winning completions portfolio at www.DuncanAviation.aero/refurbishments.

About Duncan Aviation

Duncan Aviation is an aircraft service provider supporting the aviation needs of business aircraft operators, government agencies, and other aircraft service providers. Services include major and minor airframe inspections, engine maintenance, major retrofits for cabin and cockpit avionics systems, full paint and interior services, engineering and certification services, fabrication and manufacturing services, and preowned aircraft sales and acquisitions. Duncan Aviation also has international aircraft components solutions experts available 24/7/365 at +1 402.475.4125 who can handle any aircraft system problem with immediate exchanges, rotables, loaners or avionics/instrument/accessory repairs and overhauls. Complete service facilities are located in Battle Creek, Michigan; Lincoln, Nebraska; and Provo, Utah. We also have dozens of other facilities strategically located throughout the United States to provide customers with scheduled regional support and the quickest response possible to avionics, engine and airframe Aircraft On Ground (AOG) situations.

For more information about any of Duncan Aviation’s services, call +1 402.475.2611 or visit https://DuncanAviation.aero/services