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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.
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(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).
Boeing 737-8K5 winglets c/n 34688/1909 Hapagfly
Hannover-Langenhagen (D) 2006-08-05
© Berend de Vries
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
Split Scimitar Winglet
Las Vegas - McCarran International Airport (LAS / KLAS)
USA - Nevada January 28, 2015
Photo: Tomás Del Coro
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(2016) Airbus A320-214
PHL - August 1-3, 2019
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Paul Kanagie
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Boeing 737-36N(WL)
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Glasgow Airport (EGPF)
15.03.2014
Seen here at Glasgow wearing the recently retrofitted winglets.
A Delta Boeing 757-200 (sports charter and without winglets) taking off at LAX. 757s are now installed with winglets so this is pretty rare! January 24, 2025
Had to do another one...
Auroraville, WI, 9/29/16
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Cruising.. staring at this distinctive winglet... there's a bit of a zen experience in doing this.. all is well in the universe.
Ryanair continue with their programme to replace the standard winglets with 'Split Scimitar' winglets on some of their older B737-800's.
This aircraft was delivered to Ryanair as EI-DWF in Oct-07. It was retro-fitted with 'Split Scimitar' winglets in Mar-24. Current.
Thought I'd do some selective desaturation for all but the winglet as the 737-900ER landing for maximum artistic effect. Hope I did good...
You can see more photos from my 2016-02-18 Alaska Airlines Flight 423 (AS423) flight at flic.kr/s/aHskPpU6gw . Awesome flight!
PHOTO CREDIT: Joe A. Kunzler Photo, AvgeekJoe Productions, growlernoise-AT-gmail-DOT-com