Cabin Interior and Electronics
UK firm weaves around natural-fiber difficulties
There’s usually more than a little one-upmanship to business aircraft interiors.

There’s usually more than a little one-upmanship to business aircraft interiors. Why settle for those so-last-year man-made or leather furnishings when you can have natural mohair or Alpaca fibers provided by rare breeds of goat?

Well that’s fine and dandy, but your completions or refurbishment center is still going to have to contend with the FAA and its safety requirements. This means, for example, proving that each and every custom-woven fabric can pass the FAA’s OSU (Ohio State University) 65/65 heat-release tests–a tall order for a product that, unlike man-made fibers, is highly irregular in composition.

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