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Winglet, nº1 en myspace!!
Poco a poco iré poniendo las fotos de la sesión del grupo.
Aquí tenéis su facebook y myspace.
www.facebook.com/pages/Winglet/189113691138491?sk=wall
Winglet, number 1 in myspace!
Little by little I'll show photos of the group session.
Here's their facebook and myspace.
Forming the back-bone to Jet2's operation since day one, the airline uses a fleet of 31 Boeing 737-300's which are part of the Classic family, they not only forming a major part to its passenger services but also for its cargo operations.
Foxtrot Tango is one of 31 Boeing 737-300's in service with Jet2, which was quite a recent acquisition to airline. She was originally delivered new to British Airways in June 1998 leased from Boullioun AirServices. She transferred to GoFly, BA's low-cost airline in May 2002 until July of that year when EasyJet acquired GoFly's business. By July 2005, she passed over to 29141 Statutory Trust until going to Air Sahara in August of the same year, transferring to Indian airline JetLite in September 2007 until becoming a regular sight at East Midlands transferring to BMIBaby in August 2008, leased from ACG. When BMIBaby ceased trading in September 2012, the bird was placed into long-term storage until May 2013 when Jet2 acquired the airframe and with the airline committed to the 737' she was fitted with blended winglets in February 2014. She is powered by 2 CFM International CFM56-3C1 engines.
Boeing 737-36Q(WL) G-GDFT 'Jet2 Murcia' on finals at East Midlands (EMA) on LS686 from Faro (FAO).
A full scale version of the 737 MAX Advanced Technology Winglet is on display at the Farnborough Airshow.
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Fitted with 'Scimitar Winglets' (with the little pointy bit at the top).
Named: "Blafjall".
First flown with the Boeing test registration N1786B, this aircraft was delivered to ILFC International Lease Finance Corporation and leased to Iberia as EC-HDV in Dec-99. It was returned to the lessor in Mar-08 and was due to be leased to Air Baltic.
However the lease was cancelled and it was stored at Madrid, Spain. The aircraft was repainted in full Saudi Arabian Airlines livery at Madrid and leased to AtlasJet International Airways (Turkiye) as TC-ETG in Oct-08. It was immediately wet leased to Saudi Arabian Airlines.
In Dec-09 it returned to AtlasJet and was repainted in their livery by Jan-10. The aircraft was returned to the lessor in Mar-11 and was leased to I-Fly (Russia) as EI-ERF the following month.
It returned to the lessor in Feb-15 and was leased to Icelandair as TF-FIK in Mar-15. It was fitted with blended winglets before it entered service. The aircraft was later re-fitted with Scimitar Winglets (with the pointy bit at the top).
The aircraft was withdrawn from service and stored at Keflavik, Iceland in Mar-20 as a consequence of the COVID-19 Pandemic. It returned to service in Dec-20 but was stored at Lleida, Spain in Feb-21, returning to service in Jun-21.
On 28-Sep-22 it was damaged at London-Heathrow when a taxiing Korean Air Boeing 777-300ER hit the rudder. It was repaired and returned to service on 09-Oct-22.
It was withdrawn from service and parked at Keflavik in early May-26 and ferried to Marana, AZ, USA at the end of that month where it was permanently retired. Updated 02-Sep-26.
Note: This was the fourth Icelandair Boeing 757-200 to carry the registration TF-FIK.
Audi R8 V10 Quattro Plus Coupe (2nd Gen - Type 4S) (2015-on) Engine 5204cc DOHC FS V10 612bhp
RegistrationP 19 NEP (Cherished Number first allocated from Swansea)
AUDI SET
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The second generation Type 4S R8 was launched at the 2015 Geneva Motorshow and is based on the Lamborghini Huracan with which it shares a platform and engine. The V10 engine used in the Huracàn was detuned for the base model while the power output of the engine remained the same as the Huracàn for the V10 plus model. The new R8 has two production variants, the base 5.2 FSI model with a 533 bhp V10 engine nd the more powerful V10 Plus with a 602 bhp.engine. The body is lighter and stiffer, due to the substitution of several large aluminium parts in the shell by carbon fibre. The R8 is available with 19-inch wheels as standard with 20-inch wheels available as an option. Carbon-ceramic brakes are also optional equipment.
The R8 received a mid-cycle facelift in October 2018. Engine power was increased to 570bhp with V10 Plus was renamed V10 Performance Quattro with output raised to 612bhp. Exterior changes included more angular and aggressive styling. The new front bumper of the car has a squared design and winglets on both sides to improve front downforce. The grille was enlarged and now stretched between the headlights.
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oblogaeth y Lloegr honno dros y Mynyddoedd
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Shot 06.05.2018 at Catton Hall Car Show, Catton Hall, Walton on Trent, Derbyshire Ref 133-412
Fitted with standard 'Blended Winglets'.
Named: "Blafjall".
First flown with the Boeing test registration N1786B, this aircraft was delivered to ILFC International Lease Finance Corporation and leased to Iberia as EC-HDV in Dec-99. It was returned to the lessor in Mar-08 and was due to be leased to Air Baltic.
However the lease was cancelled and it was stored at Madrid, Spain. The aircraft was repainted in full Saudi Arabian Airlines livery at Madrid and leased to AtlasJet International Airways (Turkiye) as TC-ETG in Oct-08. It was immediately wet leased to Saudi Arabian Airlines.
In Dec-09 it returned to AtlasJet and was repainted in their livery by Jan-10. The aircraft was returned to the lessor in Mar-11 and was leased to I-Fly (Russia) as EI-ERF the following month.
It returned to the lessor in Feb-15 and was leased to Icelandair as TF-FIK in Mar-15. It was fitted with blended winglets before it entered service. The aircraft was later re-fitted with Scimitar Winglets (with the pointy bit at the top).
The aircraft was withdrawn from service and stored at Keflavik, Iceland in Mar-20 as a consequence of the COVID-19 Pandemic. It returned to service in Dec-20 but was stored at Lleida, Spain in Feb-21, returning to service in Jun-21.
On 28-Sep-22 it was damaged at London-Heathrow when a taxiing Korean Air Boeing 777-300ER hit the rudder. It was repaired and returned to service on 09-Oct-22.
It was withdrawn from service and parked at Keflavik in early May-26 and ferried to Marana, AZ, USA at the end of that month where it was permanently retired. Updated 02-Sep-26.
Note: This was the fourth Icelandair Boeing 757-200 to carry the registration TF-FIK.
Take me to your liter (of Coke with an In-n-Out Burger).
The winglets on Spirit Airways have "Howdy" printed on them. As we were flying over Arizona, I thought the scene made for a conversation piece.
Many of us who fly regularly have most probably seen a so-called winglet or wingtip device at the end of the wing of an airliner at least once. It is showing up more and more often on more and more types of aircraft, thus we felt it’s time to give an overview to our readers about these sometimes funny, sometimes cool and stylish looking aircraft parts.
History, Reason and Benefits
The initial theoretical concept goes back to times before even the Wright Brothers first took to the skies in 1905, but it was picked up and developed by Richard T. Whitcomb of NASA after the 1973 oil crisis – in order to reduce fuel consumption. The first tests were carried out in 1979/80 in cooperation with the U.S. Air Force. At almost the same time, but independent of any U.S. military organization, a private jet producer, LearJet exhibited a prototype in 1977: the LearJet 28 that featured the first winglets on a jet and a production aircraft. Flight tests made with and without winglets showed that the winglets increased range by about 6.5 percent and also improved directional stability for the LearJet- these two factors are the major reasons behind using this facility at any fixed wing aircraft ever since. A winglet is a (near) vertical extension of the wing tips. The upward angle of the winglet, its inward angle as well as its size and shape are critical for correct performance – this is why they can look quite different. Air rotating around the wing strikes the surface of the winglet that directs it in another direction – thus creating an extra force, basically converting otherwise wasted energy to thrust. This is a small contribution but can save a lot for an operator in an aircraft’s lifetime. Another potential benefit of winglets is that they reduce the strength of wingtip vortices, which trail behind the plane. When other aircraft pass through these vortices, the turbulent air can cause loss of control, possibly resulting in an accident.
Winglet Types
In general any wingtips that not end the wing simply horizontally are considered as some kind of a winglet. Even though in strictly technical terms Wingtip Fences are not real extensions of the wing, and Raked Wingtips do not have a vertical part, they are still widely considered as winglet variants.
WINGTIP FENCES are a special variant of winglets, that extend both upward and downward from the tip of the wing. Preferred by European plane-maker Airbus, it is featured on their full product range (except the A330/340 family and the future A350). The Airbus A300 was actually the first jet airliner to feature this kind of solution by default, but it was a very small version of the tool. Provided that most of the Airbus planes (including all A320 family jets) feature such wingtip fences, this may be the most seen and most produced winglet type. Even the new Airbus A380 double-decker features wingtip fences.
BLENDED WINGLETS (the real “Winglets”) are the most popular winglet type, leveraged by Airbus, Boeing, Embraer, Bombardier but also by Russian Tupolev and Iljushin. Blended winglets were first introduced on the McDonnel Douglas MD-11 aircraft in 1990 with launch customer Finnair (it also features a smaller winglet at the bottom side of the wing). In contrast to Airbus who applies the wingtip fences by default on most of their aircraft (and the winglets on the A330/340 family), blended winglets are considered by Boeing for example as an optional extra feature on their products, except for the Boeing 747-400. For some of the older Boeing jets (737 and 757) such blended winglets have been offered as an aftermarket retrofit, these are the newer, tall designs and do not connect to the tip of the wing with a sharp angle, but with a curve instead. These winglets are popular among airlines that fly these aircraft on medium/long haul routes as most of the real fuel savings materialize while cruising. Longer flights mean longer cruising, thus larger fuel savings. And they also server as marketing surface for airline logos or web addresses usually.
Just recently the Boeing 767-300ER has received 3.4 m high (!) winglets produced by Aviation Partners Inc. with American Airlines as the launch-customer with Air New Zealand and Hawaiian Airlines following with orders of 5 and 8 aircrafts respectively. 141 shipsets have been pre-sold already as the forecasted fuel savings range around 4%-6% for medium/long-range flights. Airbus earlier tested similar blended winglets designed by Winglet Technology for the A320 series, but determined that their benefits did not warrant further development and they stayed with the wingtip fences instead. Aviation Partners Boeing claims that winglets on 737s and 757s have saved a collective 1.2 billion gal. of fuel since they were introduced and 11.5 million tonnes of CO2 while reducing those types’ noise footprint by 6.5%. It has sold winglets to 140 airlines and 95% of all 737NGs are fitted with them. It is working on four winglet concepts for the 777 and hopes to finalize a design for that aircraft type by December, 2008.
G-TCCB - 40067F - Thomas Cook Airlines - Boeing 767-31K (28865)
I'm a sucker for winglets. Always have been and always will be.
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G-JZHO Jet2 Winglet Inflight London Stansted to Skiathos
Flight: London Stansted - Skiathos
Seat: 23A
Terminal 2 Juanda International Airport is in full swing that morning - serving Singapores' and Indonesian domestics'
The B737MAX8 winglet. Even as a pilot I didn't realize how different the winglets on the MAX were from the winglets on the NG
Winglets in 1983 !
The Learjet 55 was one of the first aircraft to adopt winglets which had been pioneered by NASA. Its then unusual look gained it the nick name Longhorn.
Delivered new to the US register as N5574 on 20.12.82.
To N74GL in 03.88.
To N151PJ in 04.05.
To N701DB on 01.10.99.
To N155LR on 02.01.01.
To N905RL on 04.12.06.
To N755CL on 28.01.13.
To Alliance Air Parts on 28.10.16 and WFU.
Registration still current in 2021.
Frontier
(2018) Airbus A320-251neo
PHL - December 17-19, 2018
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Paul Kanagie
HISTORY UPDATED - Stored at Roswell, NM, USA.
Now fitted with 'Scimitar' winglets (as opposed to 'Split Scimitar' winglets like the B737NG... these are just the top half), note the pointed tip.
Named: "Grabrok".
First flown with the Boeing test registration N1795B, this aircraft was delivered to Iberia as EC-GZY in Apr-99. It was sold on delivery to Babcock & Brown Aircraft Management and leased back to Iberia. It was returned to BBAM in Jul-04 and entered short-term storage at Madrid, Spain until it was leased to VARIG Brasil as PP-VTQ in Sep-04. The aircraft was returned to BBAM in Jul-06 and was stored at Miami, FL, usa. It was sold to ILFC International Lease Finance Corporation as N241LF the following month. In Nov-06 it was transferred to ILFC Ireland Ltd as EI-DUA and was leased to Air Union/Kras Air (Russia) in Dec-06. It was returned to ILFC Ireland in Mar-09 and stored at Miami in May-09. The aircraft was leased to I-Fly (Russia) in Dec-09 and returned to ILFC in Sep-15. It was leased to Icelandair in Oct-15 and was fitted with blended winglets in Nov-15 prior to service entry. It was recently fitted (Nov-16) with new 'Scimitar' winglets as noted above. The aircraft was stored at Roswell, NM, USA (via Kelowna, BC, Canada and Denver) in Nov-20, possibly for lease return. Stored, updated (Nov-20).
D-ATUD, TUIfly, Boeing 737-8K5(WL) - cn 34685."HaribAIR" [Split Scimitar winglet)
@ [HER/LGIR] 25th May 2014.
A narrowbody aircraft far away from home.
UA78 is about to complete the first leg of its journey from Ho Chi Minh City/SGN, here on approach to runway 25R.
The flight would continue later the day to Tokyo/NRT on the same aircraft, and then further on to Newark/EWR on a Boeing 777 - all under the same flight number.
Jet2 737-330 G-CELH, Manchester, 5 Jan 2015. This 737 is 28 years old, having originally been delivered to Lufthansa as D-ABXD in 1986, and apparently still going strong. Also the first time I've seen a 737-300 with winglets and with the eyebrow windows plugged.
These are newly designed winglets that are being applied to the Boeing 737 NG and future 737 MAX aircraft. They are basically split winglets similar to but more advanced in design than those on the MD-11, A300/310 and A320 family. The goal of winglets is to reduce aircraft drag and make the plane more fuel efficient.
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Boeing 737-800
Photo: Scimitar Winglets