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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Duncan Aviation (Booth 3126) and Winglet Technology are collaborating on certification testing for elliptical winglets for the Cessna Citation Sovereign. STC approval is anticipated at year-end, with deliveries slated to start early next year. Duncan is already authorized to install Winglet Technology's elliptical winglets on the Citation X.
The $395,000 Sovereign winglets are anticipated to deliver an 8-percent reduction in fuel consumption at high-speed cruise, an increase of 475 pounds of useful load at mtow, a speed increase of 26 knots at FL450 at 27,000 pounds and 32 knots at FL470 at 25,000 pounds. In addition, the winglets reduce time to climb to FL450 from 73 minutes to 25 minutes.
"The Citation Sovereign is a solid aircraft with known reliability,” said Nick Husky, Citation service sales representation for Duncan. "Performance gains that come with the winglet upgrade are impressive. The increased speed and range absolutely speak for themselves and, of course, there is that ramp presence that is certain to turn heads.”

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