Performance-boosting winglets find their way to more bizjets
More than 200 Gulfstream II and Hawker 800/800XP business jets now sport blended winglets developed by Aviation Partners (Stand No.

More than 200 Gulfstream II and Hawker 800/800XP business jets now sport blended winglets developed by Aviation Partners (Stand No. 925) to improve performance by reducing time to climb and fuel consumption, or by increasing range.
They also can enhance the perceived value of an aircraft, according to the U.S.
company’s senior vice president of marketing, Dick Friel.

Winglets, which look like extended wingtips that are curved and slanted upright like a yacht’s sail, improve airflow over the wing to cut overall drag and fuel consumption by up to 7 percent, according to Aviation Partners. In other words, if your unmodified business jet’s range is 1,000 miles, with the change it might be able to fly 15 percent farther. “With blended winglets a Hawker 800 will comfortably fly nonstop from Jeddah to Paris,” Friel told MEBA Convention News.