June 2011 Archives

Our iFlight interactive magazines were a centrepiece of our Paris Air Show coverage. Anchored by Mary Kirby, AKA Runway Girl, each told the big stories in punchy video presentations.

In Day 1's issue, FlightBlogger gave a guide to the Boeing 747-8i and Craig Hoyle briefed on the Eurofighter Typhoon's role in the Libyan conflict.

The Day 2 issue led on the Dassault Rafale's display and had Dominic Perry's take on the Eurocopter X3, plus a Solar Impulse piece from Kerry Reals, who authors our blog The Green Wing.

And Day 3 brought a Bombardier CRJ1000 cutaway and Ghim-Lay Yeo's tour of the Mitsubishi Regional Jet cabin, plus a Russian aircraft focus.

Also on offer across the issues were news round-ups, galleries, a NATO AGS cutaway and a spotter's quiz.

We also toured inside the Korean AIr A380, the aircraft that saved the day when it stepped in to perform aerial displays in place of the Airbus A380 flight test aircraft, MSN 004 which suffered a damaged wingtip following an incident in which it "touched a structure" during ground manoeuvres at the Le Bourget Airport.

You can still check out all the coverage from last week's Paris Air Show on our dedicated page including images, video, twitter, news and blogs.

BoeingAirplanes has been crowned the Paris Power Tweeter for this year's Paris Air Show.

The award recognises the most active, influential and engaged social media proponent from the show's exhibitors.



BoeingAirplanes posted a total of 94 tweets during the first four days of the show (19-22 June) and received an impressive 469 retweets of their Paris announcements.

It helped swell their followers by over 650 up to a total of 28,745.



The Award was calculated by measuring the number of tweets from each twitter account using the Paris Air Show hashtag #pas11, the number of retweets by the respective followers, and the growth in those following the account.

Twitter powerhouse and Flightglobal journalist Jon Ostrower said of Boeing's achievement: "The award is recognition for Boeing's commitment to bringing together those who bring aerospace to life and those who follow with passion and enthusiasm around the world."

Notable mentions in the Power Tweeter award go to Airbus - generated the highest percentage of retweets per tweet, GEAviation - who clocked up an impressive 177 #pas11 tweets, and CFM_Engines, who pulled in a massive 4,284 new followers mainly through their innovative sponsorship of the #pas11 hashtag.

This year's Paris Air Show has seen an unprecedented amount of social media activity, with many exhibitors embracing their customers through the new medium.

twitter profile	number of #pas11 tweets	number of retweets	growth in followers	Score
BoeingAirplanes	94	469	651	44737
Airbus	53	380	877	21017
GEAviation	177	113	204	20205
CFM_engines	63	39	4284	6741
Bombardier_Aero	70	70	92	4992
Boeing	48	95	360	4920
EADSatLeBourget	69	19	52	1363
raytheoncompany	33	17	77	638
snecma	72	1	2	74

Flightglobal has been monitoring the use of the #pas11 tag in the run up to the show and the statistics show over 15,000 tweets have covered the show since 6 June 2011.

Top tweeters over all (including the media and general public) are: OhMyJet (303 tweets), Flightglobal (223 tweets), jetcitystar (223 tweets), DailyAviation (190 tweets), and winglets747 (189 tweets)

*stats provided by Twitter.com, Twittercounter.com, and Twapperkeeper.com

More Paris Power Tweeter stats:

Good tweet volumes all round, with new aircraft and announcements keeping everyone busy.

Power Tweeters (among exhibitors): GEAviation, BoeingAirplanes, CFM_Engines and snecma.

The top Paris tweeters using #pas11 tag after day 1 looks like this:



You can find the page here ...

Unsurprisingly the field is dominated by the media. In terms of the Paris Power Tweeter Awards - which is looking for the most active tweeter for the exhibitors and manufacturers present at the show - i won't spoil the surprise but @raytheoncompany, @GEaviation @Boeingairplanes, @Bombardier_Aero, @prattandwhitney and @Airbus are among the active twitterers on day 1.

The search has begun for the most admired individuals in aviation and aerospace with the third annual Flightglobal Achievement Awards, but time is running out for your nominations.

Last year, at a ceremony at the Farnborough air show, Joe Sutter won the lifetime achievement award for his role as chief engineer for the development of the Boeing 747 over 40 years ago.

The title of Aviator of the Year went to the crew of a Delta Air Lines flight and one of its passengers, Jasper Schuringa, but who will follow in their footsteps in 2011?

You can nominate your heroes of the past 12 months in four categories ―

• Leader of the Year,
• Aviator of the Year 
• Innovator of the Year
• Lifetime Achievement.

The deadline for nominations to recognise the great and good in aviation is 6 July 2011.

From your nominations, we will draw up a shortlist, and following that, you will have the chance to vote for the winners.

For more on how to nominate and more information about the categories...

Time is running out to enter the Boeing Engineering Student of the Year. Boeing Engineering Student of the Year in association with Flightglobal is in its sixth year

The award is open to engineering students around the world and the winner will be honoured this November at the Dubai air show with the chance to meet and network with aerospace leaders at one of the industry's biggest international events.

 

The award winning entry will have an impact or potential for impact on current or future aeronautical or space technology perhaps seen in new or enhanced systems, processes or tools; new levels of performance; improved lifecycle costs; new capabilities; or other areas.

The award is open to any full or part-time engineering student in a programme leading to a recognised academic degree such as BSc, MSc, or PhD.

More information on the award and previous winners....

See Paris your way by deciding on the content that you want to see from this year's air show.

Flightglobal is proud to offer you the exclusive opportunity to customise your very own Paris air show page, filling it with your favourite content from this year's extravaganza.

This free MyParis service allows you to:

• Create a personalised Paris web page that only you can access
• Decide the show coverage you want to see, including customised videos, social media, images and much more. 
• Configure the industry sector that most appeals to you or receive it all.

Creating your unique view is free, quick and easy. All you have to do is select the type of show coverage you want to see and we will create your unique page and send you your personalised link when the coverage starts.

You don't have long to wait. Sign up now and see Paris your way.

Check out a heatmapped image showing a collection of Flight Magazine's iconic front covers. Any one of these images would make an ideal gift as a print or on canvas or even as a jigsaw for Father's Day.

Take advantage of the 20% offer on everything from the Image Store until 20 June only when you quote the code: FD01.

See a new gallery of images of including photographs of retro fashions of airline stewardess uniforms and there are also a few of Amelia Earhart to look out for to accompany a feature on Women in Aviation.

The feature will also include video interviews of women who flew the iconic Spitfire aircraft.

Take a browse through our special edition of Flight interactive magazine with an introduction by Flight International Editor Murdo Morrison, who let's us know what the aviation industry has in store at the Paris Air Show, including who's going to order what and the exciting possibility that, weather permitting, the Solar Impulse prototype will perform a flight display at the Paris air show in  

Did you know that you can create your own customised Flightglobal page which will show you what you want to see, in time for the Paris air show.

You can choose whether you want to see just defence content, or airlines, and helicopters or all of Flightglobal's content. Sign up to design your own bespoke MyParis site.

And could you be the Paris Power Tweeter? Come to Flightglobal Media Hub (Chalet D 64) on 23 June at 15:00 for the Power Tweeter Tweet Up to see who will win the award for most influential and active social media player(s) during this year's Paris Air Show. 

 

See all the thrilling action from this year's Paris air show streamed directly to you through Flightglobal. Filmed in glorious high-definition using FLIR Systems Star SAFIRE® HD sensor, we will make sure you're right in the thick of the action at the aviation event of the year.

Stay informed about the latest news and flying display information on our special flying page, so you can make sure you don't miss a thing from 12pm Monday 20th through Thursday 23rd at this year's show.

Highlights include:

• Experience the latest image technology in action - FLIR will capture full-spectrum, infra-red HD images via a FLIR Systems Star SAFIRE® HD sensor, transmitting in real time back to the Flightglobal Media Lounge at the heart of the show. 

• Get involved - 
You can interact live with show presenters through Twitter and Facebook - a great way to take part and to share your thoughts and views on the action
• Catch up - Visit our Paris page for highlights of the previous day's flying, plus full coverage of the stunning aerial displays. You can also revisit highlights from last year at Farnborough too.
  

To get you excited about this exclusive service, here's some highlights from last year's Farnborough air show:

See Paris your way with MyParis

Flightglobal is proud to offer you the exclusive opportunity to customise your very own Paris air show page , filling it with your favourite content from this year's extravaganza. Sign up now  and see Paris your way

Are you a social media player? Flightglobal are holding a tweet up to recognise the most influential and active social media players during this year's Paris Air Show (19-23 June 2011).

In an extension of the Flightglobal Aviation Web Awards (aka The Webbies) - which recognises digital innovation and excellence - Flightglobal will be presenting an award to the premier Paris Air Show Power Tweeter.

The Paris Power Tweeter Award will be presented to the Paris Air Show exhibitor who has been the most active, most influential and the most successful in engaging their audience on Twitter throughout the duration of the show.

The Flightglobal judges will be monitoring the number of tweets utilizing the #PAS11, the number of retweets and the growth in followers. We will be monitoring potential Paris Power Tweeters via suite of Twitter usage analysis tools, including:

• The Archivist ( http://archivist.visitmix.com)
• Summarizr ( http://summarizr.labs.eduserv.org.uk)
• Twitter Counter ( http://twittercounter.com)
  

Active social media visitors to the show are welcome to attend the Tweet Up to be part of the award ceremony, participate in Flightglobal Chalet hospitality during the daily flying display, and get an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the Flightglobal/FLIR infrared live streaming while the team are on air.

Paris Power Tweeter details:

• Any exhibitors using the #PAS11 tag on twitter during the Paris Air Show are eligible for inclusion
• Attendance of The Paris Power Tweeter Tweet Up is open to all active social media show visitors
• Members of the media are not eligible to win the Paris Power Tweeter Award
• The Paris Power Tweeter Tweet Up will be at 3pm 23 June 2011 in the Flightglobal  Media Hub (Chalet D64)