Active Winglets Certified for Cessna Citation Jets

SANDPOINT, Idaho, Jan. 21, 2016 /PRNewswire/ TamarackAerospace Group, Inc.announced today that theEuropean Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) granted a Supplemental TypeCertificate (STC) for itsATLAS brand Active Winglet system to be installed on the Cessna (model CE525) CitationJet and itsvariants; the CJ; CJ1; CJ1+. EASA certification for the Cessna M2 will follow inMarch, 2016. UScertification by the FAA for all four variants is expected by this summer.

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Nick Guida, inventor and founder of Tamarack Aerospace, explains, "Thistechnology is truly gamechanging, Active Winglets set a new standard as they are two to three timesmore efficient than previousdesigns. We are very excited to have certified our product on the CessnaCitation and we are alreadyplanning modifications to larger aircraft for which we have predicted similarimprovements in fueleconomy."

Winglets the small upturned sections at the end of an airplane's wings holdthe key to increasingaircraft fuel efficiency. The downside of all traditional (passive) winglets;include compromised wingletsize; a payload penalty related to the addition of strengthening structure; andnot least, the additionalcosts and downtime required to open the wings for the installation oftheadded structure.

Tamarack's ATLAS brand Active Winglettechnology incorporates a loadalleviation device. As a result,the ATLAS system allows winglets to be designed to maximize fuel savings andare not at allcompromised in size or shape for reasons of wing loads and added structure.No additionalstrengthening structure is needed and without the need to open the wings foradded structure, thedowntime and costs of installing Active Winglets is greatly reduced.

Certification of Tamarack Aerospace's Active Winglet technology culminates a three year effort thatincluded more than 300 hours of test flights on its testbed aircraft N86LA, a'straight CJ' C525-0012, builtin 1992. During that time the jet has consistently flown at Max Takeoff Weight to its ceiling limit of FL410 in around 30 minutes or less. At max continuous thrust the block fuel burn onthese flights averaged anamazing 96 gallons per hour. Tamarack's ATLAS equipped CJ set anUnofficial World Record flying1,853nm non-stop while landing with required fuel reserves, after a 6 hour 16 minute flight with only a26kt tail wind. The ATLAS Active Winglet system increases aircraft stability and smooths out thebumps of inflight turbulence.The ATLAS system will also allow an increase in max zero fuel weight as well as provide better high/hot take performance.

Deposits are now being taken for all US and European registered aircraft. Installations will be handledexclusively at Textron Aviation Service Centers. For more information about ATLAS brand Active Winglets, go to www.tamarackaero.com.

For more information contact:
Brian Cox
Chief Operating Officer
+1 360.870.7333
brianc@tamarackaero.com
www.tamarackaero.com

SOURCE Tamarack Aerospace Group, Inc.