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Technology update
Companies given Queen's Award
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Mike Everett, Project Leader GE90 Test Cell, inspects a GE90 engine in the GEAES testing facility in Nantgarw.
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GE Aircraft Engine Services (GEAES), which is based at Nantgarw in South Wales, has been awarded the 1999 Queen's Award for export achievement. GEAES is dedicated to the repair and overhaul of aircraft engines and features one of the world's largest aircraft engine test facilities.
The facility is designed to accommodate engines with thrust capabilities of up to 150,000 lb and airflows of up to 10,000 lb/s. Engineers paid great attention to acoustics when designing the facility, which features a cavity wall system that measures 10.5 ft thick.
Pilots on the flight deck of a British Airways' Boeing 777 are engaged in training activities using a simulator outfitted with E&S's visual flight system.
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Another company to receive the 1999 Queen's Award was Evans and Sutherland (E&S) Computer Limited of the U.K. It manufactures visual systems for use in simulators. The system provides high-quality day or night visuals, prompting many airlines to install them in their full flight simulators. E&S's visual-flight systems are based on its ESIG-3350GT image generator and the ESCP-2000 raster calligraphic projector, which is widely used throughout the industry in the current generation of flight simulators.
Frank Bokulich
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