The voice and gesture-controlled rig is targeted at maintenance engineers, the emergency services and other organisations.

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Potential users include maintenance engineers in remote locations, construction workers, architects and warehouse staff pulling stock off the shelves following complex computerised schedules.

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Practical experience with a real commercial aircraft is a requirement of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) if students are to qualify as licensed aircraft maintenance engineers.

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An army of snowploughs and maintenance engineers work 24 hours a day to ensure the ice is in tip top shape while the NCC's Ice Safety Committee monitors the ice on an hourly basis.

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The company, which already employs about 6, 500 workers, has launched a recruitment drive for engineers and maintenance staff.

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He said there was "concern and dismay" in the village of Priors Hardwick over plans for the maintenance site, which were revealed by engineers at a community forum meeting.

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Shropshire Council said its engineers were still assessing the wall as to what interim maintenance work could be done.

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One day, the company's engineers hope, drive-by-wire could link to the fancy cruise-control, lane-maintenance and vehicle-separation systems that are already being used in some Mercedes models.

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