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Altitude Takes Mockup to a New Level
By: AIN Staff
Caption: When it comes to mockups, Altitude Aerospace has taken it to a new level  with the Boeing Business Jet Pounamu cabin that was on display last  month at NBA
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When it comes to mockups, Altitude Aerospace has taken it to a new level  with the Boeing Business Jet Pounamu cabin that was on display last  month at NBAA 2010. Project Pounamu was formed late last year, the child of a collaboration  of skilled business jet interior specialists, partially funded by the  New Zealand government, with a grant from New Zealand Trade and  Enterprise.
 Rather than build the cabin mockup in the traditional manner, theChristchurch-based center started with a retired Boeing 737 fuselage to  create an “out of the ordinary” example of its design and engineering ­expertise, the skills of its  upholstery and cabinetry artisans, and the experience of a crew of  modification and installation specialists.
 Visitors enter the mockup through a grand entrance and from there move  into a salon with bar and seating for six. The next cabin zone is a  fully functioning ­conference room equipped with a 55-inch, high-definition LED monitor, credenzas of exotic wood veneers and swiveling  executive seats. “We took as much ‘mock’ out of this mockup as  possible,” said business development ­manager Sue Hart. A new ducting  system gives the mockup a more spacious cabin with an additional four  inches of headroom.
 Altitude has already done several major BBJ refurbishments and expects to begin its first BBJ green completion in 2012.