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   12 April 2017   
   Five student teams from Australia, China, France, Nigeria and the   
   United Kingdom will compete in the final round of the fifth edition of   
   Airbus' Fly Your Ideas global challenge, organised in partnership with   
   UNESCO. The radical concepts selected cover a wide range of innovations   
   going from an alternative to satellite imagery, to improved aircraft   
   taxiing, clever ways of boarding, new areas for luggage storage or   
   offering a new business model using existing Airbus aircraft.   
      
   Representing nine different nationalities and eight universities across   
   Africa, Europe and Asia-Pacific, the five finalist teams embody true   
   diversity, which is a key driver of innovation and performance. The   
   students, competing for a €30,000 prize, also demonstrate a wide   
   variety of disciplines from Natural Sciences to Engineering and   
   Business.   
      
   Their inventive ideas, which were selected from over 350 entries, had   
   to answer one of five challenges identified by Airbus to provide   
   sustainable future solutions. The innovations proposed by the five   
   finalist teams look at alternative business models, passengers'   
   experience and flight operations.   
      
   The five finalist teams will soon travel to Toulouse, France, where   
   they will spend a week at the Airbus ProtoSpace facility to prototype,   
   test and visualise their ideas using state-of-the-art equipment with   
   personal guidance from Airbus. At the end of their week at Airbus, the   
   students will present their innovative projects and the newly developed   
   prototype in front of Airbus and UNESCO experts and personalities from   
   the aerospace and academic world. The competition offers a unique   
   opportunity for students worldwide, working in diverse teams of 3-5   
   members, to develop valuable skills, including teamwork, project   
   management, communications and presentation, and to get involved in   
   engineering.   
      
   Finalists of Airbus' 2017 Fly Your Ideas competition   
      
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   The ideas competing for the final prize are:   
      
   Airborne Earth Observation - Team SkyVision   
      
   University of Surrey, UK   
      
   A radical concept that turns a commercial airliner into an ‘Earth   
   Observation Device' by installing equipment into the belly of the   
   aircraft to monitor ground activity during flight. An alternative to   
   satellite imagery, it opens up new opportunities such as ecology   
   analysis and urban planning.   
      
   Improving Airport Taxi Flow and Efficiency - Team Nevada   
      
   Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria   
      
   An airport taxiing system that uses sensors and algorithms for   
   automated Ground Traffic Control, both in the tower and on the   
   aircraft, to significantly improve aircraft traffic at airports and   
   thus reduce emissions.   
      
   Compact Luggage Strategy Mobile App - Team PassEx   
      
   Institut d'Administration des Entreprises - IAE Toulouse, France   
      
   A revolutionary boarding system that uses a real-time mobile app to   
   assign boarding status to passengers according to their luggage size.   
   The Compact Luggage Strategy (CLS) addresses current storage issues in   
   over-head compartments by distributing passengers across the aircraft   
   according to the size of their baggage.   
      
   Private Stowage Compartment - Team DAELead   
      
   University of Hong Kong, China   
      
   A clever aircraft cabin design that locates a Private Stowage   
   Compartment (PSC) underneath passengers' feet, utilizing the space   
   between the cabin floor and the cargo ceiling.   
      
   A400M Aerial Firefighting Platform - Team Aquarius   
      
   Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia   
      
   A fire-fighting solution that incorporates modular systems using   
   pressurized fire retardant containers fixed to fast-loadable pallets   
   for a network of Airbus A400M aircraft, to create a system of aerial   
   firefighting platforms that can be used for rapid wildfire suppression.   
      
   Contacts:   
      
   Rovani Sigamoney   
      
   Assistant Programme Specialist, UNESCO   
      
   Mail: r.sigamoney@unesco.org;   
   Contact for media:   
      
   Sara Ricci           
      
   +33 (0) 561 931000      
   sara.ricci@airbus.com   
      
       
      
       
      
   http://en.unesco.org/news/meet-finalists-fly-your-ideas-2017-stu   
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