Altran Broadcasts Live From the Solar-Impulse Virtual Flight

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17 Dec, 2013, 15:27 GMT

PARIS, December 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

From 17 and 20 December 2013, « Career »*, Altran's web TV show dedicated to recruitment and engineering career opportunities, will be stationed at the Dübendorf military base in Switzerland to cover the Solar Impulse 72-hour non-stop virtual flight. A key stage in the preparations for the 2015 round-the-world tour, the virtual flight will be piloted by Bertrand Piccard and broadcast live over the three-day period, at 6.00 pm on the web (Facebook Altran and Altran.tv).

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The challenge for the HB-SIB solar plane during the round-world tour is for one pilot to fly five days straight on solar energy alone. It is, therefore, essential to analyse the possible flight scenarios, as well as fatigue management, autohypnosis and cockpit ergonomics, etc.

Each web TV show will take you behind the scenes of the virtual flight.

Every day at 6.00 pm (CET), the « Career » team accompanied by Altran's two Solar-Impulse experts will let you share a unique experience and discover the technological challenges raised by our experts:

  • The highlights of the last 24 hours
  • Focus on the technical aspects of the flight, the new plane which is currently under construction and the logistics, etc.
  • The portrait of an Altran consultant, as well as his/her career-path and experience on the project.

Access to the website http://www.altran.tv

See the teaser on YouTube

Photographs may be obtained upon request from our press department.

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The web TV show « Career » has been nominated for the Digital Communication Awards 2013 (Berlin) and for the European Excellence Awards 2013 (Munich) in the category Best Recruitment Campaign of the year.

About Altran

As global leader in innovation and high‐tech engineering consulting, Altran accompanies its clients in the creation and development of their new products and services. Altran's Innovation Makers[1] have been providing services for thirty years to key players in the Aerospace, Automotive, Energy, Railways, Finance, Healthcare and Telecoms sectors. Covering every stage of project development from strategic planning to manufacturing, Altran's offers capitalise on the Group's technological know-how in four key areas: Lifecycle Experience, Mechanical Engineering, Intelligent Systems and Information Systems.

In 2012, the Group generated revenues of €1,456m. Altran now has a staff of 20,000 employees in more than 20 countries.

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1. Employees of the Altran group