BLR Aerospace’s latest product, winglets for the Hawker Beechcraft King Air 90 series twin turboprop, received certification in March by authorities in the U.S., Europe and Brazil. The new winglets are currently available for all King Air C90A, C90GT and C90GTi models. BLR expects to receive certification shortly for a winglet package designed to fit earlier King Air C90 and C90E models as well. The company is showing its King Air winglet system in Booth No. 1470.
Since the system was certified more than four years ago, BLR has installed its King Air 200 winglets on 210 King Airs, which is roughly 10 percent of the King Air 200 fleet, according to Dave Marone, v-p of sales and marketing. Hawker Beechcraft (formerly Raytheon/Beech Aircraft) has manufactured nearly 2,000 King Air 90s, and about 1,700 of those qualify for the BLR winglet kit, he said, adding that it’s likely that BLR will at least match the rate of capture of the King Air 200. But more King Air 90s are owner-flown, and owner-pilots tend to opt for modifications like winglets to a greater degree than owners of professionally flown or commercially operated airplanes. “There’s more pride of ownership when it’s your own airplane,” he told AIN.
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