Aviation Partners, has received European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) approval for its high mach blended winglets on Falcon 900 Series aircraft.
The FAA STC was issued in September last year. The certification represents a culmination of a two-year development programme and exhaustive flight testing, and comes on the heels of a similar certification for Falcon 2000 series aircraft in April 2009. API is now working on a similar winglet certification for the Falcon 50 family.
“In the short time since FAA STC was received we already have more than a dozen Falcon 900 series aircraft in-service with blended winglets, and have several more currently undergoing installation,” Said Gary Dunn, vice president of sales.
The Falcon 900’s “ high mach” blended winglets brings higher cruise by providing a drag reduction, this leads to a corresponding range increase, of 5% at Mach .80 and more than 7% at long range cruise.
In addition, retrofit winglets for the Falcon 900 series (the same API-designed winglets as those installed by Dassault on the factory 900LX and 2000LX models) will reduce operating costs and carbon emissions, and provide a dramatic visual enhancement, Dunn said.
Article Source : Arabian Aerospace
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