Thermal Imaging Conference 2013 gains as Japan Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner flights to San Diego

May 1, 2013 - PRLog -- Japan Airlines announced Tuesday plans to resume Boeing 787 Dreamliner flights between Tokyo and San Diego June 1, directly benefiting the Thermal Imaging Conference 2013, hosted by United Infrared. The thermography Conference is in San Diego, June 3-6.

Japan Airlines announced it plans to resume Boeing 787 Dreamliner flights between Tokyo and San Diego beginning June 1.

The Thermal Imaging Conference is a worldwide gathering of thermographers, and is sponsored and hosted by United Infrared, the largest network of certified and properly trained thermal imagers in the world. It is set to kick off on June 3rd, but many attendees will be arriving June 1st and 2nd, so the timing on the part of JAL (Japan Airlines) could not be better.

Another San Diego convention, Comic-Con 2013 also stands to benefit.

The carrier resumed the route three times weekly with a larger but less efficient Boeing 777.    Regulators and airlines recently approved fixes for the Dreamliner, and Ethiopian Airlines successfully put the twin-jet back into operation last weekend.

The San Diego-Tokyo run will be daily when it resumes, “after completely confirming the safety and reliability of the aircraft, including the proper installation of the improvements,” Japan Airlines said in its announcement.

The timing is amazing, considering that Virgin Australia is also featuring special promotions specifically between Brisbane and the U.S. Flight Centre is coordinating that promotion, offering a free round-trip for one lucky Thermal Imaging Conference attendee drawing winner. (website http://www.UnitedInfrared.com).

A feature of the Conference is the submission of images in competition for the United Infrared Awards, nicknamed 'the IMMY'. The IMMY is the name for the award for what is referred to as a "United Infrared Image". The United Infrared Image Award is one that best exemplifies an infrared image: one that tells a story,has a great title, and has great technical merit.

Any thermographer around the world can submit an image for the IMMY competition simply by emailing that image, and are encouraged to do so. Simply send a message to IMMY at UnitedInfrared.com.

The Thermal Imaging Conference is sponsored by camera manufacturers Palmer-Wahl, FLIR, Fluke, Testo and Soltec, among others.

For more video information on the Conference, United Infrared, the IMMY Awards, or thermography training and questions, just go to United Infrared's YouTube channel: http://www.YouTube.com/user/unitedinfrared  

National and international networking is a huge boon to thermographers who provide infrared services around the world. The fields of expertise of the thermographers in United Infrared include several areas in the building sciences: electric, such as switch gear and panels, data centers, roofing, block walls, moisture intrusion into buildings (where is the leak coming from?), energy (building efficiency).

Remarkably, United Infrared also has technicians skilled in equine thermography. In fact, the life science applications of thermal imaging show huge upward potential, as infrared cameras can often detect anomalies in living tissue, and those areas are also prominently featured at the Thermal Imaging Conference (http://www.thermalimagingconference.com)

Information is also available by phone: 888-722-6447

Also on June 1st, JAL is launching service on its 787 Dreamliner between Boston and Helsinki--an interesting tie-in to thermography, given the use of thermal imaging in the capture of the Boston bombing suspect.

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