>> aspect as the great challenge — yet it was balancing

>> aspect as the great challenge — yet it was balancing the weight of the floor-plan change and equipment furnishing that was the real challenge. The structural and technical analysis consumed the better part of three weeks before we could make the commitment to produce this unique aircraft,” says Roth. Despite many quirky refurbishing requests, Roth says a fair percentage of his clients avoid using their aircraft to make a statement: “They will come to me saying ‘Eric, I want it to be luxuriously comfortable, very functional but extremely understated’.” Nearly 75 per cent of the firm’s chents are US-based, but it is now receiving more requests from private-jet owners in Asia. The company has worked with chents in Shanghai, Tokyo and Mumbai, and is in discussions with new customers in Africa. He hopes to one day produce a “green and sustainable” solution for a clent. That may sound like an oxymoron, and it will take a designer used to pushing the limits of convention to create such a ground-breaking design. It looks like Roth is cut out for the job. “= OPPOSITE THIS.PAGE International Jet Interiors Hand-stitched leathers and achieves a sleek, streamlined finely woven fabrics create appeal by modifying an a luxurious, comfortable aircraft's window line ambiance and periphery, and using composite materials exclusively Gadgets can be configured to control the lightings in the cabin interior ‘eaLIENTS LOME Tt? ME SAYING ‘ERIC, | WANT IT TO BE LUXURIOUSLY COMFORTABLE, VERY FUNCTIONAL BUT EXTREMELY UNDERSTATED” JETGALA 53 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_013274