The 2016 Global Connected Aircraft Summit took place this week in Los Angeles, where all the movers and shakers in the industry came together to discuss and figure out creative solutions to making in-flight Wi-Fi more like what the passenger is used to on the ground.
It’s no surprise, then, that there’s lots of in-flight-connectivity-related questions this week.
Let’s hope you get a connection that will let you ace it!
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Irkut Corp., an airframer based in which country, rolled the first MC-21 aircraft out of its factory for the first public debut of the passenger jet, a new rival to the Boeing and Airbus airliners?
Ukraine
Germany
India
Russia
Which airline partnered with popular online streaming entertainment site Netflix this week offer passengers free Netflix on their aircraft for the next few months?
Aeromexico
Delta Air Lines
Spirit Airlines
New Zealand Airways
American Airlines, a company that has previously chosen Gogo to connect their aircraft, has decided to go a different direction with their new Boeing 737 MAX fleet, selecting what other company to provide in-flight connectivity to the new aircraft?
Viasat
Panasonic Avionics
Global Eagle Entertainment
Trick question, it was Gogo again
Panasonic Avionics has begun offering satellite tracking to all of its satcom customers that can satisfy new ICAO flight tracking recommendations. How many aircraft does it say it can “seamlessly†connect right away?
100
1,500
2,500
40
Airbus just resigned a contract with Dassault Systemes for software that enables “additive manufacturing†of aerospace parts. What is the more colloquial term for additive manufacturing?
Composites
3D printing
Manufacturing with robotics
Manufacturing with cyborgs
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June 10, 2016
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