Maintenance and Modifications
Atlas-equipped CitationJet Wins in Head-to-head Fly-off
A fly-off between a Cessna CitationJet equipped with Tamarack Aerospace’s Atlas Active Winglet system and a stock CJ yielded some interesting results.
In a head-to-head competition between CitationJets, one equipped with Tamarack Aerospace's Active Winglet system and one without, the former proved more efficient, able to cover the eastern seaboard flight without requiring a fuel stop.
In a head-to-head competition between CitationJets, one equipped with Tamarack Aerospace's Active Winglet system and one without, the former proved more efficient, able to cover the eastern seaboard flight without requiring a fuel stop.

A fly-off on Tuesday afternoon between a 2002 Cessna Citation CJ1 (N44VS) equipped with Tamarack Aerospace’s Atlas active winglets and a stock 1997 CJ1 (N741CC) resulted in the retrofitted model outpacing its older competitor. The event, sponsored by Tamarack and monitored by AOPA and the National Aeronautic Association, had the two aircraft fly a nearly 1,200-nm course from Portland, Maine, to West Palm Beach, Florida. According to Textron Aviation, a stock CJ1 has an NBAA IFR range (four passengers) of 1,127 nm.