Stefan Lindfors chosen to design for Finnair flights

The FINANCIAL -- internationally best known Finnish modern designers, has won many awards around the world for his work.

Design is an important element of Finnair's heritage, which has been apparent throughout the company's history.

Timeless design is represented, for example, by the Ultima Thule Arctic glass series, designed for Finnair by Tapio Wirkkala in 1969, which was introduced for the first time on Finnair's New York route. Now Finnair's customer promise is "designed for you", which extends to all of the company's activities.

"For Finnair, design does not only mean tableware, uniforms and aircraft interiors. Finnair's design extends, for example, from route network planning and service all the way to the frequent-flyer programme. With good design, we can create a practical and functional but, at the same time, memorable and surprising travel experience," Finnair reports.

"The most significant insights of my career have occurred on aircraft, so I am delighted to get the opportunity to influence flight design. Cooperation with Finnair is an honour for me, because the company is a pioneer in the use of Finnish design," says Stefan Lindfors.

Lindfors' eventful career has stretched over 25 years already, during which he has been involved in creating around 200 projects in the fields of interior architecture, design, sculpture and film directing. His work has been recognised by, among others, the Väinö Tanner Trailblazer Award, Good Design, the Tokyo Design Award and the London Kerrang! Best Music Video Award.

Virtual Flight Design - PPL Course

          The mission pack "Private Pilot License" reproduces a course for PPL as it is in real life. The pack has been fully designed and programmed by a real-life private pilot.

         It has four parts, where all procedures will be executed as they would in real life, but within a pleasant and fun environment. All maneuvers are explained and detailed in full, and the mission will test our accuracy in executing them. All missions must be undertaken in their due order.

Part One: Maneuvers

We will learn how to correctly execute a number of maneuvers such as climb, descent, turns, slow flight, stall recovery, steep spiral descent, etc.

Part Two: Circuits

We will learn how to correctly execute traffic patterns, as well as correct approach and landing at an airfield.

Part Three: Landing in crosswinds and short airfield.

In this part we will learn a correct approach in crosswind, and we'll also practice takeoffs and landings in short airstrips.

Part Four

After completing the first three parts, we will be ready for our first solo cross country flight. We will take a Cessna 172 for a cross-country flight between three different airfields, but no GPS will be available for the flights. The student will manage all communications, and will have to find the airfields without help. As this flight will be made under actual weather conditions, the student will better choose a suitable day. In real life, this solo voyage is mandatory before taking the PPL exam.

For this mission, base field is Sabadell and the instalation includes a native scenery for FSX where all its taxiways, platforms, and other infrastructures are fully detailed.

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Stefan Lindfors to Design for Finnair Flights

                  Stefan Lindfors has been chosen to update the design elements of Finnair flights. Lindfors, one of the best known Finnish modern designers, has won many awards around the world for his work.

               Design is an important element of Finnair's heritage, which has been apparent throughout the company's history. Timeless design is represented, for example, by the Ultima Thule Arctic glass series, designed for Finnair by Tapio Wirkkala in 1969, which was introduced for the first time on Finnair's New York route. Now Finnair's customer promise is "designed for you", which extends to all of the company's activities.

               “For Finnair, design does not only mean tableware, uniforms and aircraft interiors. Finnair's design extends, for example, from route network planning and service all the way to the frequent-flyer programme. With good design, we can create a practical and functional but, at the same time, memorable and surprising travel experience,” said Vice President Jarkko Konttinen, who is responsible for the Finnair brand and marketing communications.

                  Stefan Lindfors, said, “The most significant insights of my career have occurred on aircraft, so I am delighted to get the opportunity to influence flight design. Cooperation with Finnair is an honour for me, because the company is a pioneer in the use of Finnish design.”

               Lindfors' eventful career has stretched over 25 years already, during which he has been involved in creating around 200 projects in the fields of interior architecture, design, sculpture and film directing. His work has been recognised by, among others, the Väinö Tanner Trailblazer Award, Good Design, the Tokyo Design Award and the London Kerrang! Best Music Video Award.

Flag Carriers: Cultural Entertainment and Design In Flight

        In my day-to-day work performing user-experience research and design, I put a lot of effort into understanding the psychological needs of those who use technology.

           Last month, I spent a sum total of about 50 hours in flight during a pilgrimage through India. In addition to the many eye-opening revelations that came from walking the burgeoning land of my ancestors, my designer’s mind noted a major disconnect between the user experience of Air India’s inflight entertainment systems and the diversity of its passengers.

                Sure, there were standard usability flaws like disorganized information architecture, slow response times, and ergonomic problems with the remote control. But a more fundamental problem lay in the system’s content strategy.

                  It all started with Air India’s movie selection, which consisted of about eight Hollywood new releases, a few “classics” (which, strangely, included Die Hard), and an array of Bollywood movies. It quickly became clear to me that I wasn’t very interested in any of the new releases: 500 Days of Summer (a theatric exploration of dating), The Proposal (an American tale of a green-card wedding), and Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (about a womanizer confronted with the error of his ways during his brother’s wedding), to name a few.

Notice a pattern? All the English-language selections were romantic comedies selected to attract members of the Indian culture, in which love and marriage are a very different affair.

               As Die Hard was ending, I tried to figure out why I clearly hadn’t figured into the target audience of Air India’s inflight content. I looked around at my fellow passengers and realized many of them were likely worse off. Sure, it was a flight from Canada to India via England, but the passengers appeared to come from a much wider range of countries and backgrounds. The content selection simply wasn’t appropriate for such a multicultural audience, and this was contributing to a poor user experience.

              Designing for multiple cultures is not a new problem. I was recently involved in an exhaustive analysis of how well adapted international airline websites are to local cultures, based on factors such as the proper use of language and culturally sensitive imagery (Emirates came out on top). These sorts of studies always produce some surprising findings; did you know the Chinese have a very specific interpretation of the colour yellow?

             The fact is that an airline’s clientele is inherently diverse and multicultural, and no carrier’s inflight entertainment can satisfy every passenger. But it can be internally consistent, positive and universal.

Consider the restaurant model, in which customers happily perform the host culture’s customs as part of the dining experience. We use chopsticks for Chinese food, eat with our hands at an Ethiopian restaurant, and sit on the floor at a sushi joint.

         In the same vein, Air India could benefit from a user-experience strategy that emphasizes the brand’s role as an ambassador of a culturally rich society. The cabin crew already sports traditional dress and the inflight meal is unmistakably Indian, so why not also embrace this cultural expression in passenger entertainment?

             Air India’s infight system could emphasize documentaries and programs that showcase the uniqueness of Indian media, introduce international passengers to the peculiarities of Indian culture, and complement the content with a distinctly Indian aesthetic (stylistic touches, decoration, music).

              This strategy would exploit the natural curiosities of international travellers while creating an unforgettable brand experience. And on my next flight to India, instead of watching Die Hard – twice – I might learn a bit more about where I come from, and where I’m headed.

Dart Flights...

Feathered Dart Flights

          The dart flight has changed greatly over the past hundred years. Until the end of the nineteenth century the majority darts thrown in the UK were imported from France. These wooden darts had three or four turkey feathers that formed the dart flight. The wood dart was weighted with lead to give the dart some balance and a needle was used as point.

           Later versions of the feather flight saw the introduction of the wooden spigot which was forced into a brass dart barrel. This arrangement was unsatisfactory as the spigot was subject to shrink and swell in different atmospheric conditions.
          In 1949 Unicorn Dart Company invented an adaptor for the wooden spigot. The screw threaded plastic adaptor was not affected by changes atmospheric conditions and was always a perfect fit for the dart barrel. The wooden spigot was force-fitted into the back of the adaptor and this carried the feather wings.

           A set of Unicorn Feathered Flights can be seen here on the right.

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Forex: U.S. Dollar Rallies On Flight To Safety, FOMC Rate Decision Could Spur Mixed Reactions

            Market view remained smashed on Tuesday, with a U.S. dollar benefitting from a moody to safety, and a near-term convene in a greenback might accumulate gait via a North American trade as risk trends continue to foreordain cost movement in a banking market.

Talking Points

• British Pound: Maintains Range From February
• Euro: ECB Sees Need For Increased Governance
• U.S. Dollar: TIC Flows, FOMC Rate Decision On Tap

Market view remained smashed on Tuesday, with a U.S. dollar benefitting from a moody to safety, and a near-term convene in a greenback might accumulate gait via a North American trade as risk trends continue to foreordain cost movement in a banking market. As banking traders scale behind their ardour for risk, a EUR/USD should continue to retrace a allege from progressing this month, though a Federal Open Market Committee seductiveness rate preference could shake adult a banking marketplace as a elemental opinion for a world’s largest economy stays dark with high uncertainty. The Fed is widely approaching to say a stream process in Mar in an bid to branch a downside risks for expansion and inflation, and dovish comments from a executive bank could bear down on a sell rate as a cabinet leaves a doorway open for another spin of quantitative easing.

                The pointy annulment in a EUR/USD is expected to accumulate gait as a near-term convene fails to furnish a exam of a monthly high (1.4035), and a worsening risk for contamination might continue to bear down on a sell rate as a European Union onslaught to accommodate on common ground. European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet pronounced that a EU’s mercantile governance offer is “insufficient” to entirely residence a weaknesses in a stream complement while vocalization in Brussels, and European process makers could be forced to step adult their efforts as they import opposite alternatives to residence a emperor debt crisis. 

             As a EU struggles to revive financier confidence, a EUR/USD might continue to work a approach towards a 20-Day SMA during 1.3811, though a span might reason solid brazen of a FOMC rate preference during 18:15 GMT as marketplace participants import a prospects for destiny policy.

The British Pound bounced behind from a low of 1.5977 to say a operation from progressing this month, and a GBP/USD might continue to trend laterally brazen of a Bank of England process assembly mins due out on Mar 23 as investors assume a executive bank to gradually normalize financial process over a entrance months. As a pound-dollar breaks out of a ceiling trend from progressing this year, a sell rate is expected to connect going forward, and banking traders might have an event to take advantage of a range-bound cost movement as a span stays capped by a 20-Day SMA during 1.6178. Nevertheless, a BoE mins could exhibit a flourishing change within a MPC as cost expansion in a U.K. continues to accumulate pace, and hawkish comments from a executive bank could furnish a pointy convene in a sell rate as seductiveness rate expectations accelerate.

                    As a U.S. dollar advantages from safe-haven flows, a near-term convene in in a greenback might accumulate gait via a North American trade, though a greenback might continue to underperform opposite a Swiss franc and a Japanese Yen as a moody to haven continues. However, a pointy appreciation in a haven banking might delayed brazen of FOMC seductiveness rate preference as a executive bank maintains a discreet tinge for a world’s largest economy, though a Fed might strike an softened opinion for expansion and acceleration as a mercantile liberation gradually gathers pace. In turn, marketplace participants might uncover a churned greeting to a rate preference as a trembler in a Asia/Pacific takes core stage, and a greenback might reason a belligerent going into a center of a week as risk hatred continues to upsurge into a banking market.

Pro Flight Simulator Really Worth?

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so many flight sims out on the market and on the internet today but my favorit sims is proflight simulator.
           The next question in my head Is ProFlightSimulator really worth ?
I found Many review story about this products but I did not trust them until I make contact with the developer, to make sure about 100% money back guarantee as their promises and the answer was carried much conviction and they gave me discount about 50% too (Limited Discount Over). Well, that is absorbing. ..When I got the product and started to play the game Amazing, because this Simulator really worth,in fact more cheap than the quality and their support. This sims like I've been imagine before, I can feel the cockpit,I can feel landing and take off the aircraft almost real, my dream become true I am a pilot now,that what I was thought.
By the way don't judge only from my story but you have to looks what the good and the bad points…
The Bad Points:
Take  time to download the package, The size of this download package is not small file, if you have slow internet connection it may take you a couple of hours to download all the blueprints. But don't worry, you can get a DVD version instead, in the members registration pages
          Little Overwhelming At First, However, the Proflight Simulator provide element instruction and operation manual which guide you through the setup and the way to run it.Usually most individuals are able to find their method around the Pro Flight Simulator bundle after this
The Good Points:
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Flights To South Africa

              Flights to South Africa can be compared using different yard sticks and methods. You can do it using internet based research or more conventional statistical methods. In fact I have written a number of reviews about South Africa flights comparisons but today I want to tell you about one of my favorite methods.
That is, using a free flight finder tool
              This tool will display a list of all possible flights with a single search. There is no need to sift through a number of pages and visiting each flight’s website to check the time and prices. It’s all in one place. The nice thing about the flight finder tool is it even allows you to make bookings once you find the flight you want.
So the first thing you do when comparing flights to South Africa using a flight finder tool is to enter the name of the airport you will be flying from. Some of these flight finder tools are so good they will even shortlist all the airports available in your country. It becomes even easier to navigate from there.
                The nest step is to enter your destination. In this case South Africa. You will have to choose one of the 3 international airports in the country i.e Cape Town, Durban and OR Tambo airport in Johannesburg. Most people prefer to fly to Johannesburg. Actually even the flights whose eventual destination is Cape Twon or Durban go via Johannesburg.
                The nesxt thing to do is pick your dates of departute and return. There is usually a calendar you can use on the site to check the dates. You will also be asked to fill in the number of people you will be traveling with and the age group that they fall in.
After filling in all the required fileds then you enter search and all available flights matching your request will be shown. Within a short space of time you have a list containing all relevant information and you can use that to then compare.
             You will find information concerning departure and arrival times, times for stop overs, the air fares and so on all you have to do is visit.......

Air Force Tight-Lipped About Unmanned 'Mini Shuttle' Mission

2011-03-04 04:56:24

Is the X-37B an open-ended experiment to discover what uses an autonomous space truck might be put to in the future? Or is it part of a super-secret offensive weapons development program? Air Force officials have repeatedly denied the space plane may become a space weapon, but their reticence about its true intentions has only increased speculation, creating a veil of secrecy Mizzou peace studies professor Bill Wickersham finds troubling. A U.S. Air Force space vehicle called the "X-37B" that ca...

Air India flight diverted to save passenger's life

                    New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) An Air India Toronto-Delhi flight was diverted to Stockholm to save the life of a passenger who fell sick three hours into the journey, the  said Sunday.

According to an Air India statement, Capt. J. S. Gill, commander of flight AI-188 diverted the aircraft Friday and landed at Stockholm airport to save the life of Karnail Singh Jaswal, a 70-year-old Canadian citizen who fell sick three hours after the flight took off from Toronto.

A doctor on board the plane administered first aid and oxygen to Jaswal after which his condition stabilised. However, two hours later, his condition again deteriorated and the doctor advised immediate hospitalization.

As the aircraft was flying over Swedish airspace, Capt Gill contacted Stockholm airport and sought permission to land there due to the medical emergency.

An ambulance with full medical assistance had been kept at readiness at the Stockholm airport and Jaswal was rushed to the hospital after the plane landed.

The statement said that Jaswal's condition was reported to be stable. The aircraft resumed its onward journey and landed at Delhi Sunday.

Probe begins into Air India flight emergency landing

                     Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 11 (IANS) And inquiry into the emergency landing of a saudiarabia-bound Air India flight at the international airport here Wednesday night has commenced, an official said Thursday.

The Dammam-bound AI 915 flight of the national carrier took off at 6 p.m. Wednesday. But it returned to the airport 40 minutes later after the captain got a warning about a snag in the aircraft's doors.

Air india station manager K.D. Sivanath told IANS that officials of the Director General of Civil aviation have arrived for inquiry.

'Our engineers have started investigations. The inquiry is a routine thing, whenever incidents like this happen,' said Sivanath.

The A-330 aircraft had 82 passengers onboard, including two infants. It reportedly made a hard landing, due to which it was stuck in the runway for four hours. The airport remained closed during this interval.

'Stranded passengers will be flown tomorrow morning,' Sivanath said.