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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James Wynbrandt

Embraer Executive Jets (Booth Z36) is showcasing a two-person shower aboard its flagship Lineage 1000E on static display here at EBACE 2017, the first public showing of the new option. The shower has several notable features, and advantages over showers in other executive aircraft, Jay Beever, Embraer’s v-p interior design, said aboard the Lineage. First, the floor, made of stone veneer from F/List, is completely flat, not angled, providing a better sense of stability when showering aboard an aircraft in flight. The aircraft’s six-foot seven-inch cabin height provides enough room to raise the floor, allowing water to flow over the sides to a drain below. An exterior window in the shower also gives occupants a view of the horizon, adding to their positional awareness and sense of stability. It has both a rainwater showerhead and wand, and also contains a cabinet for holding towels, so bathers don’t need to step through the shower door to the adjoining lav to dry off, keeping them warm after a soothing wash. The 30-gallon dedicated shower tank provides enough water for 40 minutes of showering. In development for more than three years, the expanded shower takes no additional cabin space, but is instead borrowed from an unused portion of the baggage hold. This is the second Lineage 1000E equipped with a two-person shower, but the owner took immediate possession of the first, depriving Embraer of the chance to showcase the upgraded bath option until now.

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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