Last week the Flightglobal team went to Hamburg to cover the Aircraft Interiors show. Mary Kirby, aka RunwayGirl tweeted and blogged her way around the exhibition sharing information about who's doing what in the world of IFE and connectivity including 3D movies for passengers. "Filmmakers have learned the art of 3D. It's all about depth of field.
Passengers will demand that same feeling." There are some great images from the show including mock-ups of various interiors including a bar area in a Kingfisher Airlines aircraft.
Read a post on the Asian Skies blog about Japan's new fighter competition, the FX programme, that aims to procure 40-50 fighters to replace Japan's ageing McDonnell Douglas F-4s.
The volcanic ash cloud from Iceland looks set to sporadically dominate the UK's headlines and airspace over the coming year, so it's worth keeping an eye on David Learmount's blog for current thinking.
His most recent post on the subject explains that Europe's ash cloud is uniquely inconvenient because it affects the busiest air traffic region in the world, and there are differences in the way national aviation authorities are interpreting the internationally agreed guidelines which adds to confusion.
Images from the Duxford Spring Show have been uploaded to AirSpace. User gate64's gallery houses some impressive shots from the event including this one of retro aircraft flying in formation.
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