SEATTLE, WA - Aviation Partners Boeing (APB) i hoʻolaha i kēia lā ua loaʻa iā ia ka Supplemental Type Certification (STC) mai ka FAA no Split Scimitar Winglets e kau ʻia ma Boeing 737-800 mokulele. ʻO ka papahana Split Scimitar Winglet ka hopena o ka hoʻolālā hoʻolālā ʻelima makahiki me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ʻenehana hoʻoikaika wai hoʻohālikelike hou e wehewehe hou i ka aerodynamics o ka Blended Winglet i kahi Split Scimitar Winglet hou loa. ʻO ka hiʻohiʻona kūʻokoʻa o ka Split Scimitar Winglet ʻo ia ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka hale Blended Winglet i kēia manawa, akā hoʻohui i nā spars hou i hoʻoikaika ʻia, nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo aerodynamic scimitar, a me kahi strake ventral nui.

"ʻO ka ʻike kūikawā o ka hui APB i hui pū ʻia me ke kākoʻo mai ka FAA i ʻae i ka hoʻopuka ʻana o STC e hiki mai i nā pule wale nō ma hope o ka pau ʻana o nā hoʻokolohua lele." wahi a Mike Stowell, ʻo Aviation Partners Boeing ka pelekikena hoʻokō a me ka luna ʻenehana nui. "Ua ʻike mākou i ka haki ʻana i nā kauoha pre-certification ma kēia papahana e hōʻike ana i ka hilinaʻi o kā mākou huahana i ulu me ka mākeke. Me kā mākou mea kūʻai hoʻolaha papahana, United Airlines, ka mea i hui pū me APB ma nā papahana hōʻoia kūʻokoʻa ʻelima, manaʻo mākou e ʻike i nā mokulele mokulele e hana ana iā Split Scimitar Winglets i ka lawelawe kālā i loko o nā mahina e hiki mai ana.

E hoʻomohala a hōʻoia ʻo APB i ka hoʻololi Split Scimitar Winglet no nā mokulele Boeing 737-700, 800 a me 900 pū me Boeing Business Jets. Manaʻo ʻo APB e hoʻomaka i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i ka lele ma ka 737-900ER i ka waena o Pepeluali e loaʻa ana ka hōʻoia ma ka hopena o Iulai 2014.

"Ke hoʻomau nei mākou i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka ʻenehana hoʻohaʻahaʻa huki mokulele maikaʻi loa o ka honua ma laila e hōʻemi ai i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wahie a me ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka hopena o ka mokulele," wahi a Bill Ashworth, ka pelekikena a me ka luna hoʻokō nui o Aviation Partners Boeing. "Ua loaʻa i kā mākou ʻōnaehana winglet kahi hopena koʻikoʻi i ka mokulele a me ke kaiapuni i kapa ʻia ʻo APB i ka makahiki 2012 ʻo ia ka mea i loaʻa i ka makana Corporate Award for Balance, na Charles A. a me Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation. Hāʻawi ʻia ka makana no nā hana ʻenehana i loaʻa ka ʻenehana kaulike a me ke ʻano e hoʻomaikaʻi nui ai i ka mokulele a me ka maikaʻi o ke ola.

ʻO ka papahana ʻo Split Scimitar Winglet o APB ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka huahana holomua loa i kāna mōʻaukala. Mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka papahana i ka makahiki i hala, ua lawe ʻo APB i nā kauoha a me nā koho no 1,461 Split Scimitar Winglet system. I nā makahiki he 10 i hala iho nei, ua kūʻai aku ʻo APB ma mua o 7,000 Blended Winglet Systems. ʻO 5,300 Blended Winglet Systems i kēia manawa i ka lawelawe me nā mokulele 200 ma mua o 100 mau ʻāina. Manaʻo ʻo APB ua hoʻopakele ʻo Blended Winglets i nā mokulele ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa he 4.1 biliona galani o ka wahie mokulele a hiki i kēia lā ke hoʻopau ʻia ma luna o 43 miliona mau toni kalapona kalapona.

ʻO Aviation Partners Boeing he hui hui pū ʻia ma Seattle o Aviation Partners, Inc. a me The Boeing Company.

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The Split Scimitar Winglet program is the culmination of a five-year design effort using the latest computational fluid dynamic technology to redefine the aerodynamics of the Blended Winglet into an all-new Split Scimitar Winglet.
“Our winglet systems have had such a profound impact on aviation and the environment that in 2012 APB was named as the recipient of the prestigious Corporate Award for Balance, by the Charles A.
The unique feature of the Split Scimitar Winglet is that it uses the existing Blended Winglet structure, but adds new strengthened spars, aerodynamic scimitar tips, and a large ventral strake.