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  1. The NIC Project

    Virtual Tours. Back. Main Terminal. Avro Shackleton MR.3 XF700. Tupolev Tu-104 OK-MDE.

  2. The NIC Project

    The NIC Project (named after the airport IATA code) focuses on an interdisciplinary 3D modelling and visualization process developed to create interactive applications for virtual tours. Today indeed the access to the airport terminal building is deemed unsafe due to years of abandonment and lack of maintenance. A panoramic imaging campaign was ...

  3. Recapturing the Spirit of the Old Nicosia Airport

    The Nicosia International Airport (IATA: NIC, ICAO: LCNC) was once the main airport of Cyprus, and is remembered with nostalgia by people all over the island, on both sides of the buffer zone. When the new terminal building opened in 1968, German-designed by Dorsch und Gehrmann and Cypriot-built, it was hailed for the stylish modernity of its ...

  4. Virtual walk at now defunct Nicosia Airport possible, full digitization

    A virtual walk at the old Nicosia Airport is now possible thanks to a project titled "Recapturing the Spirit of the Old Nicosia Airport (NIC Project): Official Launch of the NIC Platform." ... provides an interdisciplinary 3D modelling and visualization process developed to create interactive applications for virtual tours, since access to ...

  5. Virtual walk at defunct Nicosia Airport now possible

    A virtual walk at the old Nicosia Airport is now possible thanks to a project titled Recapturing the Spirit of the Old Nicosia Airport by the Cyprus Institute. ... The Cyprus Institute is thrilled to release the first version of the NIC platform, which includes a full virtual tour including all accessible areas of the main terminal, the control ...

  6. The Cyprus Institute: Recapturing the Spirit of the Old Nicosia Airport

    After a meticulous and long data analysis and post processing, The Cyprus Institute is thrilled to release the first version of the NIC platform, which includes a full virtual tour including all accessible areas of the main terminal, the control tower, the hangar, and three planes sitting in the airport premises.

  7. Recapturing the Spirit of the Old Nicosia Airport

    The NIC Project (named after the airport's IATA code) focuses on an interdisciplinary 3D modelling and visualisation process developed to create interactive applications for virtual tours, since access to the airport terminal building is nowadays deemed unsafe due to years of abandonment and lack of maintenance.

  8. Virtual walk at now defunct Nicosia Airport possible, full ...

    A virtual walk at the old Nicosia Airport is now possible thanks to a project titled "Recapturing the Spirit of the Old Nicosia Airport (NIC Project): Official Launch of the NIC Platform." The full text of the news item is available in the paid version of the CNA web service.

  9. Virtual walk at now defunct Nicosia Airport possible, full digitization

    A virtual walk at the old Nicosia Airport is now possible thanks to a project titled "Recapturing the Spirit of the Old Nicosia Airport (NIC Project): Official Launch of the NIC Platform." A press release issued Tuesday by the Cyprus Institute says that during the summer 2021, a team from The Cyprus Institute composed ofA virtual walk at the old Nicosia Airport is now possible thanks to a ...

  10. Virtual walk at defunct Nicosia Airport now possible

    2. A virtual walk at the old Nicosia Airport is now possible thanks to a project titled Recapturing the Spirit of the Old Nicosia Airport by the Cyprus Institute. The institute on Tuesday said ...

  11. Virtual walk of old airport in the UN Buffer Zone of Nicosia now

    The Cyprus Institute has made it possible to undertake a virtual walkthrough of the old Nicosia Airport located in the United Nations buffer zone in Cyprus. According to Cyprus Mail, the Institute and its team of researchers have completed the full digitisation of the former Nicosia International Airport with the support of the UN Peacekeeping ...

  12. Recapturing the Spirit of the Old Nicosia Airport (NIC Project

    Flight CY317 was operated by Cyprus Airways with a Hawker Siddeley HS-121 Trident 1E plane, registration 5B-DAE. It was the last flight which landed in Nicosia departing from London via Rome on 19 July 1974. Drone Footage from the Old Nicosia Airport is available here. Figure 1. NIC Platform Homepage . Figure 2. NIC Project Logo

  13. How to visit Nicosia Airport, Cyprus

    When it comes to an official Nicosia Airport tour, we have to disappoint you. Unfortunately, it doesn't exist. There is no option for a guided tour or an otherwise guided visit. At least not in person. For anyone who is interested there is actually a virtual tour available. Thanks to modern technology we can now provide such amazing experiences.

  14. Recapturing the Spirit of the Old Nicosia Airport

    The NIC Project (named after the airport's IATA code) focuses on an interdisciplinary 3D modelling and visualisation process developed to create interactive applications for virtual tours, since access to the airport terminal building is nowadays deemed unsafe due to years of abandonment and lack of maintenance.

  15. Is it possible to visit the abandoned Nicosia Airport?

    There is a virtual tour available: Nicosia International Airport Virtual Tour. It is created to digitally preserve this historic site: The World Heritage Convention, drawn up by various international bodies in 1972, was designed to protect cultural or natural places of outstanding universal value so that future generations may be able to enjoy ...

  16. Nicosia International Airport

    Nicosia International Airport (Greek: Διεθνές Αεροδρόμιο Λευκωσίας, Turkish: Lefkoşa Uluslararası Havaalanı) is a largely disused airport located 8.2 km (5.1 mi) west of the Cypriot capital city of Nicosia in the Lakatamia suburb. It was originally the main airport for the island, but commercial activity ceased following the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974.

  17. Researchers recapture spirit of old Nicosia airport

    The NIC Project (named after the airport's IATA code) focuses on an interdisciplinary 3D modelling and visualisation process developed to create interactive applications for virtual tours, since ...

  18. Photos: Inside Abandoned Cyprus Airport Untouched for 50 Years

    MARIO GOLDMAN/AFP/Getty Images. Nicosia International Airport was abandoned in 1974 due to conflict in Cyprus. It was once the Mediterranean island's main airport, but it's been untouched for ...

  19. The NIC Project

    The NIC Project - Virtual tour of the Nicosia Airport. Home About Back ... Panoramic Virtual Tour. Due to restrictions and hazards currently in place, a panoramic virtual tour was completed inside and outside the airport premises. The viewers will be able to interact with their surroundings and get a 360-degree view of the environment, without ...

  20. The NIC Project

    Flight CY317, Trident 1E, 5B-DAE, was the last flight which landed in Nicosia via Rome. On command of the airplane was Captain Adamos Marneros. Due to heavy shelling of the airport premises, 5B-DAE was destroyed after it safely land at 03.55 am local time of the 20 of July 1974. The NIC logo is inspired by the baggage tags used by airline ...