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Aircraft interiors answers

Here are the answers to last Friday’s video, enjoy!

Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

1) The largest aircraft interior exhibition in the world.
2) He thinks they should be more like hotel lobbies and not hotel kitchens, “with little features that make you have a sense of upgrade”.
3) The seats.
4) They believe that an extra inch (18 in total) can help passengers sleep for longer and increase the quality of that sleep.
5) $10,000
6) They replicate aircraft interiors for clients and allow them to interact with those interiors using 3D technology.
7) It will make the design and engineering processes faster.

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Aircraft interiors

Here’s an interesting video of new possibilities in aircraft interiors, making seats lighter, mood lighting and more luxurios possibilities.

Suggested ICAO level: 5+

Try to answer some of these questions as you watch the video and come back on Monday for the answers.
1) What is held in Hamburg, Germany every year?
2) What does Luke Hawes think aircraft interiors should be like?
3) What is the cabin’s “most essential bit of kit”?
4) Why did Airbus add an extra inch to its seats?
5) What is the average cost of an economy class seat?
6) What happens at Lufthansa Technik?
7) What difference will this technology make to interior design for aircraft.

Have a great weekend!

http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/international/2014/05/15/spc-business-traveller-great-design-b.cnn.html