a crane for airy heights qantas airways in los angeles at a height of 30 metres. the special crane was installed in the hangar of the australian airline it is used for the maintenance of large passenger aircraft such as the airbus a380 and the boeing 747, which then have to reach the lofty heights again. at the customer’s request, gd built the crane, for the first time in its history, in compliance with the us ul standard. this primarily regulates the design of the crane’s electrical system, which needed to be taken into account during planning and required the individual approval of all parts of the crane system by ul. as an experienced manufacturer of specialist machines and crane systems, gd gép és daru kft. is amongst the cooperation partners to the largest suppliers in the inter- national aerospace industry. customers include companies such as latecoere, one of the largest suppliers to airbus, france excent, ana japan (all nippon airways), stelia the hungarian special equipment and crane building aerospace and qantas airways. the cooperation between company gd gép és daru kft., a long-standing partner of latecoere and gd, however, also covers other branches stahl cranesystems, was responsibility for building of industry, such as the railway industry. gd has been and installing the crane. mounted on three trolleys and working with tubesca comabi, a french manufacturer of fitted with several stahl cranesystems hoists, the crane work platforms for aircraft maintenance, for ten years. the has a lifting capacity of 1,000 kg. one of the unusual hungarian manufacturer owes this successful partner- features here is the special design of the trolley: the hoist ship to its contact with qantas and, most recently, to this is mounted on a 180°-rotatable cantilever arm of the unusual order. travel carriage with 800 mm feed. with this auxiliary movement, the crane is able to move the elements of the with the kind support of nikolett szekeres, project rudder sideways without changing the position of the manager, gd gép és daru kft. crane. the crane can be controlled from the rear work platform enclosing it using a remote control. the latest protection devices combining visual and mechanical elements stop the crane and work platform from colliding. mag a z ine 18 25