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• Over 250 Falcons now flying with Blended Winglets • More than 130 Hawkers now flying with Blended Winglets • API to Exhibit at the 10th Annual LABACE Convention São Paulo, Brazil. August 13, 2013 – Aviation Partners, Inc. (API) announced today that its Blended Winglets are now flying on more than 250 Falcon 2000,… Read more »

• Over 230 Falcons now flying with Blended Winglets • Steep Approach Approved for Falcon 900 with Blended Winglets • EASA STC for Falcon 50 Blended Winglets nears • Falcon Blended Winglet Retrofits Available in Europe Geneva, Switzerland. May 20, 2013 – Aviation Partners, Inc. (API) announced today that its Blended Winglets are now flying… Read more »

Orlando, USA. October 29, 2012 – Seattle-based Aviation Partners, Inc. (API) announced that it recently test flew its futuristic Split Scimitar Blended Winglet, and the results were fantastic. The Split Scimitar Blended Winglet is a follow-on design of API’s proven technology. The Split Winglet features the addition of a Blended ventral fin to the existing… Read more »

API Blended Winglets Certified for Falcon 50 Series Orlando, USA. October 29, 2012 – Aviation Partners, Inc. (API) confirmed today that U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) approval for its High Mach Blended Winglets on Falcon 50 series aircraft was received on September 18, 2012. Certification of the Winglets represents the culmination… Read more »

First Flight of Innovative New Winglet Design Orlando, USA. October 29, 2012 – Seattle-based Aviation Partners, Inc. (API) announced that it recently test flew its futuristic Split Scimitar Blended Winglet, and the results were fantastic. The Split Scimitar Blended Winglet is a follow-on design of API’s proven technology. The Split Winglet features the addition of… Read more »

Seattle, USA. September 18, 2012 – Aviation Partners, Inc. (API) announced today that the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) granted Supplemental Type Certificate approval for its High Mach Blended Winglets on the Falcon 50 series aircraft. European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) approval is expected to follow shortly. Certification of the Winglets represents the culmination of… Read more »

(Geneva, Switzerland – May 12, 2012) – Aviation Partners, Inc. (API) announced that the first Falcon 50 equipped with Blended Winglets has arrived in Geneva and will be on static display at the 12th annual EBACE convention. The aircraft is taking a break from Winglet certification flight testing, which started just a few weeks ago,… Read more »

(Seattle – April 18, 2012) – Joe Clark, Founder and CEO of Aviation Partners, Inc. (API) announced today the promotion of Gary Dunn to Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Dunn joined API in the mid-1990s to support the Gulfstream II Blended Winglet program, and moved to the sales team in 2001. Dunn has over… Read more »

(Seattle – March 12, 2012) – Aviation Partners, Inc. (API) announced that the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) granted Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) approval for its High Mach Blended Winglets on Falcon 900 Series aircraft on March 8, 2012. The initial FAA STC was issued on September 2, 2011. Certification of the Winglets represents the… Read more »

Seattle, Washington, USA. January 16, 2012 – Aviation Partners, Inc. (API) announced that as of 2:56 pm PST on Sunday, January 15, 2012 its unique patented* Blended Winglet Technology has saved the worlds commercial and business aircraft operators an estimated three billion gallons of jet fuel. This represents a global reduction in CO2 emissions of… Read more »