Aircraft to ground data systems and computing methods

A computing method for transmitting data from a plurality of aircraft computing devices on a plurality of aircraft to a ground computing device, the method comprising:

• receiving, by a first appropriate aircraft application programming interface (API) executing on a ground-based aircraft interface computing device, a first initial communication from a first aircraft service executing on a first aircraft computing device of a first aircraft, wherein the first appropriate aircraft API is one of a plurality of aircraft APIs available for execution on the ground-based aircraft interface computing device, and wherein each of the plurality of aircraft APIs is configured to communicate with a unique aircraft service of a unique aircraft computing device;
• determining, by the first appropriate aircraft API, that a first data file is to be transmitted from the first aircraft computing device to the ground computing device;
• transmitting, by the first appropriate aircraft API to the first aircraft computing device, a first data signal configured to cause the first data file to be transmitted from the first aircraft computing device to a ground-based transient storage location associated with the ground-based aircraft interface computing device;
• causing transmission of the first data file from the ground-based transient storage location to the ground computing device;
• receiving, by a second appropriate aircraft API of the plurality of aircraft APIs a second initial communication from a second aircraft service executing on a second aircraft computing device of a second aircraft, wherein the second aircraft service and the second aircraft computing device are different from the first aircraft service and the first aircraft computing device;
• determining, by the second appropriate aircraft API, that a second data file is to be transmitted from the second aircraft computing device to the ground computing device;
• transmitting, by the second appropriate aircraft API to the second aircraft computing device, a second data signal configured to cause the second data file to be transmitted from the second aircraft computing device to the ground-based transient storage location;
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• causing transmission of the second data file from the ground-based transient storage location to the ground computing device.