A multi-engine, instrument rated pilot, James Wynbrandt has been an AIN and Business Jet Traveler contributor since 2003. His in-depth reporting and insightful features have won more than a dozen editorial honors, including two National Business Aviation Association Gold Wing Awards (2019; 2021), and his articles have also appeared in the New York Times, Barron’s, Fortune, Forbes, and Smithsonian Air &amp; Space. He has flown his Mooney M20K 252 on assignments throughout North and Central America and the Caribbean. Wynbrandt is also the author of Flying High (Wiley &amp; Sons), a biography of Jet Blue founder David Neeleman, as well as histories, references works, and books on a variety of other topics from major publishers. He lives in New York City.

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Luxury carpet company Scott Group Studio has introduced its latest aviation and yachting collection, Turas, and announced plans to further expand its residential carpet designs into the high-end airborne and maritime markets. Created by the company’s Custom Carpets division, which features all hand-tufted rugs, the designs are made at Scott’s Grand Rapids, Michigan factory.&nbsp;

 


Taking its name from the Irish word for "journey," the new line’s patterns borrow elements suggested by forms including ancient symbols, irregular cracks in glaciers, and the ocean's currents.&nbsp;Each design in the 11-piece Turas collection, “inspired by different cultures exploring their own world of travel and movement,” is composed of a silk and wool blend and can be customized to&nbsp;interior cabin furnishings of any style and scale, according to the company.

 


The company, which marks it’s 50th anniversary next year, has nine design showrooms across the U.S.&nbsp;Going forward, the Scott Group “will be making many of its collections to work for both residential design and aviation and yachting,” said a company spokesperson. “So you could have the same rug in your home and in your private transportation.”

News and developments about everything that goes into the cabin of an aircraft, from floor coverings to headliners, with a special emphasis on in-flight entertainment, communications and other electronics for passengers. If it is in the cabin of an aircraft, it’s covered here.

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News and developments about airplanes, helicopters and unmanned air vehicles used in all varieties of operations, including airlines, military, business, commercial, general aviation and private.

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