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Formerly belonging to a Boeing 747-400, which is one of my favourite commercial aircraft of all time.
Bombardier Aerospace 'Global 5000' (BD-700-1A11)
MSN 9340
N340GF
J T Aviation Corp
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Delta Air Lines
B752 w/ Winglets
Onward/Upward Livery
Nee-Trans World Airlines
Delivered October 25, 1999
Just minutes from touchdown on runway 31C at Chicago Midway. Downtown Chicago can be seen just forward of the winglet
Close up view of B744's winglet while climbing to FL350. This is United 838 enroute Bangkok-Tokyo. Beautiful morning sun touched the blue winglet at approx. 20,000 ft. above Central Thailand.
A closeup of the Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 winglet, minutes after takeoff from Kansas City International Airport (flying over Jefferson County, Kansas), heading to Denver and our Colorado summer vacation.
Thursday morning 13 August 2009.
Those winglets look huge on the ground. Also interesting to note how the wing flexes up, most likely empty of fuel after the trip across the Atlantic.
Figured a silhouette of the blended winglet seemed right. This FZ40 is one powerful camera.
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From the plaque below the blended winglet exhibit:
The Future Is On The Wing
This Blended Winglet was test flown on a Boeing 747-200 in 2000 to prove the viability of Blended Winglets for big transport aircraft.
Blended Winglets are gracefully curved wingtip extensions that measurably enhances the aerodynamic efficiencies, flight characteristics and environmental benefits of corporate and commercial aircraft.
Aviation Partners of Seattle introduced the patented Blended Winglets in 1991. They are now flying on airliners and corporate jets worldwide saving fuel and protecting the environment.
The Museum of Flight is grateful to Aviation Partners, Inc. and Aviation Partners Boeing for their enormous contribution to the world of flight and aerospace.
Winglet of a NWA Airbus A330 at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Behind that a Northwest Airlines hangar.