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Sensing a bright outlook

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Muir Matheson's automated airport weather system was recently ordered by Sumburgh Airport in the Shetland Islands. The UK-based company's airport weather system, which is also employed at 10 other airports, is developed to automatically collect and process data from a range of sources and to distribute and display the data as needed. The data can comprise Aeronautical Fixed Tele-communication Network (AFTN)/Integrated Flight Plan Processing System (IFPS), sensors for windspeed and direction, connections to OPMET/GLOBMET services and ambient temperature and humidity, among others.

Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing, Weather & Flight Plan Report Eqp, Air traffic control equipment, Muir Matheson

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Easy wheelchair access

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Robert Wright and Son of Northern Ireland, UK, makes the Axcess-Ultralow buses, two of which are currently being used for airside services at the Bristol International Airport in the UK. The bus adopts the 12-meter low-frame Scania L113CRL chassis, and is driven by a Scania DSC11-24 turbocharged and charge-cooled diesel engine. The engine is situated in-line at the rear and tilted 60 degrees to the left to limit floor height in the raised rear section. It is matched to a four-speed ZF 4HP600 automatic transmission with built-in retarder.

Buses, Heavy Duty Truck Manufacturing, Buses (Transportation), Robert Wright and Son, Axcess-Ultralow, Scania DSC11-24, Scania L113CRL

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Stress relief for runways and taxiways

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UK-based Colas has developed a new material designed for use as a stress absorbing membrane interlayer. The material is a patented combination of aggregate, chopped glass fiber and bitumen emulsion. It has been tested on a 5,000 sq m taxiway at Glasgow Prestwick. It has major advantages over conventional geotextiles since there are no adhesion problems and no rucking and tearing occur which are usually associated with geotextile membranes.

All Other Textile Product Mills, Geotextiles

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