UA to Install Scimitar Winglets on 737s

[Furloughed80]

Looks pretty cool...

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[ImbracableCrunk]

How far do those hang down, and how much will they cost to fix once Menzies knocks it off?

 

[HighSpeedClimb]

Looks like a fish

 

[Ops check good]

now thats different looking. 45,000 lbs of fuel savings per A/C per year sounds like a fairly good idea to me.

 

[Old School 737]

now thats different looking. 45,000 lbs of fuel savings per A/C per year sounds like a fairly good idea to me.

But how much do they cost????... and downtime Etc....??? If you keep plane long enough they will pay off I guess...

 

[flythere]

don't dip that wing too low during a stiff x-wind landing!

looks like something scarebus would do!

 

[flygirlqt]

now thats different looking. 45,000 lbs of fuel savings per A/C per year sounds like a fairly good idea to me.

Article states...45,000 gallons.

 

[BentOver]

But how much do they cost????... and downtime Etc....??? If you keep plane long enough they will pay off I guess...

Willing to take a guess that someone looked into that before they would purchase/install them.... Just a guess

 

[ImbracableCrunk]

don't dip that wing too low during a stiff x-wind landing!

looks like something scarebus would do!

Wow, didn't even think of that.

 

[eaglesview]

don't dip that wing too low during a stiff x-wind landing!

looks like something scarebus would do!

Looks like it took airbus to figure it out so Boeing could copy.