Mark Huber is an aviation industry veteran who has worked in the flight training, aircraft sales, aircraft component, and airport development businesses. He has flight time in more than 50 different and diverse aircraft, including helicopters, aerobatic aircraft, vintage warbirds, jet fighters, business jets and turboprops, and transport-category aircraft. He has jumped out of several of these—on purpose—with a parachute. His defense and aviation journalism has been published in a variety of national and international periodicals.

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Boeing Business Jets gave more details about its line of fuel-efficient and longer-range <a href="http://ainonline.com/aviation-news/nbaa-convention-news/2012-10-29/bbj-goes-max">BBJ Max</a> single-aisle bizliners today at the NBAA Convention. Looking forward, the new BBJ Max 8 and BBJ Max 9 are designed to replace the current BBJ2 and BBJ3, respectively, and feature significant range improvements, thanks mostly to new CFM Leap engines and advanced winglet technology. 
The Max 8 will see a 14.6-percent range improvement and the Max 9 should post a 16.2-percent range jump over current aircraft. The first BBJ Max will be delivered in 2018, and testing is already under way on the “Boeing Advanced Winglet,” a new design being developed by Boeing for the Max. 
Meanwhile, Boeing Business Jets also announced a new “Split Scimitar” winglet retrofit for existing BBJs, in cooperation with Aviation Partners. The new winglets are a modification of existing winglets on BBJs and make use of existing wing structure to add a split-tip and a lower dorsal fin. Aviation Partners president Joe Clark said the Split Scimitar boosts range by 2.5 to 3.0 percent, or approximately 200 nm, and will be priced at $500,000 to $550,000 per set. FAA STC approval is expected next year.

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