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800SP and 800XP2 Fleets to Double over Next 12 Months Price Increase January 1, 2007 to $438,000. SEATTLE WA, November 27, 2006 – Six Blended Winglet Shipset sales were finalized during NBAA 2006 – 3 800SPs and 3 800XP2s – bringing total Hawker program sales to over 65 shipsets. By year-end, 58 Hawker 800s and 800XPs… Read more »

50 Hawker 800s and 800XPs have been Performance Enhanced with Aviation Partners Inc. Blended Winglet Technology   *** 800SPs and 800XP2s now Operating on 3 Continents *** October 12, 2006 Seattle WA – With close to 60 shipsets now sold – a roughly even mix between 800SPs and 800XP2s – Aviation Partners Blended Winglet program… Read more »

Democrats and Republicans Work Together to Performance Enhance Presidential Fleet   *** Andrews Air Force Based C-32s will fly farther, and more efficiently, with “Blended Winglets” *** October 16, 2006, Seattle WA. – The Department of Defense spending bill recently signed into law by President George W. Bush included $5 million to outfit the Air… Read more »

“The most reliable way to predict the future is to invent it,” says CEO Joe Clark. October 16, 2006, Seattle WA. – Aviation Partners — the world’s leading design, organization for wingtip devices – has developed a new “Hi-Mach” Super Critical winglet optimized for maximum efficiency for high speed cruise. Designed for cruise at Mach… Read more »

New wingtip technology that “will raise eyebrows” is being developed by Aviation Partners and may be revealed at the EBACE show this week. Declining to reveal details ahead of time, chief executive Joe Clark told EBACE Convention News a few weeks ago that satisfactory completion of flight testing could permit him to announce the novel… Read more »

Over 35 800SPs and 800XP2s Now Flying with Aviation Partners Inc. Blended Winglets EASA certification achieved in Europe — move is on to Performance Upgrade in 2006! April 24, 2006 Seattle WA – Two European-based Raytheon Hawker 800XPs have been transformed to Performance Enhanced 800XP2’s with Aviation Partners, Inc. patented* Blended Winglet Technology. And, with European… Read more »

* First Sports Team to Purchase Blended Winglets * First Blended Winglet Equipped 757-200 Available for Worldwide Charter The owner of the Dallas Mavericks Boeing 757-200 and Aviation Partners Inc. jointly announced, during NBAA, the team owner’s purchase of 1-shipset of Aviation Partners Inc. patented* Blended Winglets. Performance Enhancing Blended Winglets will be installed on… Read more »

“Aviation Partners Blended Winglets give us the ability to provide a high level of service at a much lower cost,” says AirMed Founder & CEO Jeff Tolbert. “The ability to fly 30 minutes farther, or 18 kts faster, make our 800SPs much more valuable and capable aircraft for international patient transport. For us, Blended Winglet Technology is an… Read more »

“Blended Winglets™ are the Single Most Significant Aerodynamic Improvement Ever Developed for Commercial or Business Aviation,” says Clay Lacy Aviation Founder & CEO Aviation Partners Inc.® Plans to Performance Enhance 80% of Existing Hawker 800s and 800XPs Clay Lacy has been flying business jets ever since Bill Lear introduced the Learjet 23 back in the… Read more »

At 250,000 Gallons Saved Per Day, Blended Winglets Will Reduce Global Fuel Consumption by 770,000 Gallons Over 3 Days of NBAA 2005   Over 210 Million Gallons Already Saved by Corporate and Commercial Aviation With 900 commercial and business aircraft currently flying with Aviation Partners patented* Blended Winglets, and 550 additional shipsets to be installed… Read more »