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Completion and Refurbishment: King Aerospace Launches Bizliner Program
November 01, 2007
King Aerospace has launched what it calls the “Ultra VVIP Customization Program,” which will expand the Ardmore, Okla. shop’s capabilities well beyond its traditional midsize and large business jet refurbishment market. King was formed 14 years ago by Jerry King-Echevarria, who had previous experience with bizliner cabin refurbishment and completion work at...
moreCompletion and Refurbishment: Greenpoint Unveils SkyHome 2010
November 01, 2007
If the question is where to find a home in the sky, Greenpoint Technologies has an answer. The Kirkland, Wash.-based completion and refurbishment center recently unveiled its SkyHome 2010 concept design for an executive version of Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner. The company describes it as “the latest concept in ultra-luxury real estate, a live-aboard yacht in the...
moreCompletion and Refurbishment: E-A-R’s Noise Treatment Easy On the Ears
November 01, 2007
Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer has selected E-A-R Specialty Composites as its partner in developing the cabin thermal/ acoustic package for its new Lineage 1000 bizliner. According to Brian Joyal, business development manager for the Indianapolis-based company, the customized package will incorporate new materials and new technology. E-A-R already...
moreCompletion and Refurbishment: Infusion Design–Into the Light
November 01, 2007
Business aircraft cabin specialist Infusion Design has long preferred a low profile. Now celebrating its 10th anniversary, the Kansas City-based firm is happily stepping out of the shadow of anonymity, most recently with designs for Spectrum’s Freedom S-40 and Adam Aircraft’s A700 mockups, as well as concept designs for Aerion’s supersonic business jet...
moreCompletion and Refurbishment: Yingling Aviation’s New Oasis Is No Mirage
November 01, 2007
Yingling Aviation, which has found a ready market among Cessna Caravan owners for its Oasis interior, has unveiled a restyled Oasis, “with no increase in price.” Included in the new interior are standard features such as two-tone executive seats with perforated leather insets and more lumbar support, leather-upholstered crew seats, a dual-position divan...
moreCompletion and Refurbishment: Jormac Introduces Bin/Liners for Bizliners
November 01, 2007
Jormac Aerospace, a Yankee Pacific division, has developed an overhead bin/cabin liner for Boeing 727, 737 and 757 single-aisle aircraft as a solution to storage in the staff seating areas of executive versions of these aircraft. The bins are 28 percent larger than standard airliner bins and can accommodate wheel-first stowage of most carry-on bags. The...
moreCompletion and Refurbishment: Zenda Leather Moves from Ground to Air
November 01, 2007
Zenda Leather, well known among automobile and furniture manufacturers for more than 100 years, is growing wings. The Montevideo, Uruguay company–the largest supplier of leather to Audi and second largest to BMW–made a surprise U.S. appearance in September at the NBAA Convention in Atlanta. According to Juan Diego Casaretto, president of the company’s North...
moreCompletion and Refurbishment: The Hermès Helicopter, a Fusion of Styles
November 01, 2007
Eurocopter and Hermès, two companies with distinctly different disciplines, have launched an effort that will blend their respective skills and creative genius in l’Hélicoptère par Hermès. It is, according to Eurocopter, “a reappraisal of the helicopter’s potential as a form of personal transportation.” The EC 135, a light, multi-mission, twin-engine...
moreCompletion Center To Open in Chattanooga
November 01, 2007
Start-up completion and refurbishment center Air Corporate Services will officially open its doors for business next spring and is already soliciting work. According to business manager Tina Dotson, the company has begun construction of a 114,000-sq-ft facility at Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (Lovell Field). Included in the complex is a 59,000-sq-ft...
moreCompletions & Refurbishment
October 01, 2007
Proposed Embraer Business Jets To Feature Stand-Up CabinsAt the NBAA Convention last month, Brazilian manufacturer Embraer introduced concept studies for two new clean-sheet business jets in the form of a midsize (MSJ) aircraft and a “mid-light” (MLJ) model (see story on page 1). A full-size cabin mockup of the MLJ was on display. Both twinjets will feature...
moreEmbraer’s Big Bird Mockup on Display
September 27, 2007
Embraer’s Lineage 1000 “ultra-large” business jet is on display at NBAA (Booth No. 3737) in the form of a cabin mockup built by PATS Aircraft (Booth No. 2857). The Lineage 1000 is the executive/VIP version of the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer’s E-195 airliner. PATS, a division of DeCrane Aerospace, has been selected to do the aircraft interiors, and the...
moreFlight Display dispels cabin electronics myths
September 27, 2007
Flight Display Systems (Booth No. 3047) engaged in a round of “myth-busting” here Tuesday. According to president David Gray, there are four myths endemic to the cabin electronics industry–that there is no quality high-definition system available, that cabin monitors cost about $1,000 an inch, that passengers couldn’t care less about flight deck information...
moreGore Delivers Boeing Business Jet
September 27, 2007
Gore Design Completions (Booth No. 4050) has announced delivery of a Boeing Business Jet. The interior refurbishment was a major project that included replacement of virtually all the previous materials. Gore Design also performed A and B1/B2 maintenance checks, incorporated 25 Boeing service bulletins and cleared an airworthiness directive. Gore currently...
moreNew Learjet Table Designed by Stevens
September 27, 2007
Stevens Aviation (Booth No. 2901) has developed a new pullout table design for Bombardier Learjet cabins. Initially available for the Learjet 35SE as part of Stevens’ new Lear4Ever program, it replaces production and aftermarket card tables.The new table consists of a more durable all-aluminum frame and assembly and high-gloss veneer woodwork on the table...
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