WINGLET TECH
AVIATION PARTNERS, INC., of Seattle and Douglas Aircraft Co. jointly are studying adapting API's blended and spiroid winglet technologies to MD-11 and MD-90 transports. Blended winglets could reduce cruise fuel burn on the MD-11 by 3% and the MD-90 by 6%. Spiroid winglets could reduce the fuel burn...
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