Winglets on Boeings

[ILStoMinimums]

Just found a pic of the first CAL B757 with winglets:

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/792265/L/ and http://www.airliners.net/open.file/792264/L/ .

Does anybody know if the 767 and 777 are getting them? I guess that just leaves the 717 w/out any, for now.

 

[Pedro]

No, only 75s and 73s

 

[ILStoMinimums]

The 757 kinda looks like the Russian Tu-204 (I think it is) with winglets.

 

[Tina Fey's Scar]

EXPERIMENTAL

 

[BigShotXJTdrvr]

I guess someone thought 757 wake turbulence wasn't quite bad enough.

 

[Propsfullfwd]

the 767-400 has winglets... they are swept back and up do a search on the 767 on airliners.net and you can see them. they are not as vertical.

props

 

[ILStoMinimums]

I guess someone thought 757 wake turbulence wasn't quite bad enough.

Yeah, no kidding.

 

[JetSpeed219]

The 767-400 has raked wingtips, not winglets.............

 

[Smacktard]

I guess someone thought 757 wake turbulence wasn't quite bad enough.

It's the other way around.

http://www.b737.org.uk/winglets.htm

 

[Le Pilote]

I guess someone thought 757 wake turbulence wasn't quite bad enough.

You do not have an understanding of the winglet technology. It actually helps reduce wake turbulence, while increasing fuel efficiency. Too bad the things have made a beautiful airplane look, well, goofy.

A plus,

Le Pilote

 

[furloughfodder]

The 777's wing was designed by computer, thus it is one of the most effiecient wings ever produced...winglets won't help it at all, so you will never see them on the 777.

Same for the A380, Airbus has finally upgraded their computers to Pentium 4's so they got it figured out now too.

 

[cathal]

Scary that some of us don't know what causes wake turbulence. And you're a captain...