Manufacturing Industry

BLENDED WINGLET TECHNOLOGY PAYS OFF FOR INTERNATIONAL OPERATORS; THE ULTIMATE WINGLET -- A SUCCESS STORY FOR OPERATORS WORLDWIDE.

Advanced Materials & Composites News, March, 2002

Over the past 10 years, Aviation Partners Inc. (API) and Aviation Partners Boeing (APB) have made Blended Winglet Technology a part of aviation history.

Today, more than 106 Gulfstream II business jets, more than 60 Boeing BBJs and more than 80 Next Generation Boeing 737s are equipped with distinctive, wind-sail-like, Blended Winglet Systems.

"When we developed Blended Winglet Technology for the Gulfstream II, back in the early 90s, we were able to achieve a 7% drag reduction, over 200 nm additional range, higher initial cruise altitudes and improved handling characteristics through all phases of flight," says Aviation Partners Boeing CEO Joe Clark. "We soon realized that this technology would be equally effective when fitted to any business or...

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