Active Winglet Equipped Cessna Flight from Maine to Florida Claims Speed Record
Tamarack Aerospace has reported that NAA has recognized Nicholas Guida, CEO and Co-Founder of Tamarack Aerospace, and J. Wickham Zimmerman, 30-year pilot, for US National Record Aeroplanes Class C-1.e, Group III Speed Over a Recognized Course record. The elapsed time of the record nonstop January 26 flight was four hours, 35 minutes, and 11 seconds in a Cessna 525 Citation (N44VS). The Active Winglet transformed aircraft travelled 1,386 miles and used a total of 2,610 pounds of fuel. This record flight was part of the “Fly-Off” between Tamarack Active Winglets and a flat wing Cessna (N741CC) from Portland, ME to Palm Beach, FL.