VIP Interior Composite Kit Built for 767

Fiber Art has begun delivery of a VIP interior panel kit for a Boeing 767 cabin designed by Aviation Concepts of Dallas and being finished by Completion Air at East Alton, Ill. Ed Harris, director of marketing and sales for Cibolo, Texas-based Fiber Art, said the project, including tooling, required “only eight weeks” from order to delivery. Components include not only side, overhead and bulkhead composite panels, but a shower, bidet and several custom-curved, one-off panels as well. Harris credits the short turnaround time to a “technique that allows us to change the shape of a panel-forming tool without the usual retooling cost.” For example, “We can finish making a series of Boeing 747, constant-radius panels, change the tooling shape and be turning out Falcon 50 panels two hours later.”