Fokker and GKN Aerospace to supply first 1.5m-long window

Redditch, UK – Fokker Services, a business line of Fokker Technologies, and GKN Aerospace have launched the first SkyView Window for a civil jet aircraft. The SkyView window, a Fokker supplemental type certificate, will be the first of its kind certified for the business aviation community and will be offered to Boeing Business Jets owners and operators by Fokker Services. Up to four SkyView windows can be installed on each aircraft. GKN Aerospace will supply the first set of 1.5m long x 0.5m high windows to Fokker Services in December this year – just 7 months after contract award.

 

Fokker Services will fit the demisting, acrylic, SkyView windows, incorporating the GKN’s patented Crystal Vue II coating, into the passenger cabin of a converted BBJ 737-700 aircraft. The windows will be designed and manufactured at the GKN Aerospace Luton site, with the first set of windows due to be delivered in December 2015 and the conversion completed and certified by 1st quarter of 2016.

 

The large transparencies will be made with advanced forming technologies and incorporate special coatings to provide clarity, reliability, and longevity. The aircraft’s wide, sleek windows will offer a wide-angle view of the skies.