757 Winglets
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Almost lost a winglet the first night we saw one at the hangar. Nobody mentioned to the guys on the floor about the 12 feet or so of extra wing from the winglet. Just doesn't fit on the old 757 docking lines, unless of course you want 3 feet of it buried in the wall. :down:
PlayTheOdds
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Impressive, I do miss structure work. How far back did you guys have to go into the original wing planks to make the tie-in?
kirkpatrick
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Which brings up the question, what do they intend to do with these aircraft? Just save a little fuel flying from DFW to FLL, or do they actually have plans to expand on long, thin routes to Europe and South America?
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From what I have heard they winglet equiped 757's will be used on routes to Hawaii and Europe.
There are four aircraft with the winglet modification in service. In order of completion:
5FD
5FB
5FC
5DJ
Aircraft 5EV presently in work.
They are far enough ahead of the dock schedule that the parts from APB for 5EV are behind. So Dock 6A-West head count will be cut by eight, naturally...
5FD
5FB
5FC
5DJ
Aircraft 5EV presently in work.
They are far enough ahead of the dock schedule that the parts from APB for 5EV are behind. So Dock 6A-West head count will be cut by eight, naturally...
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Obviously the dock plan was a little too conservative if they've done almost five aircraft in the time alloted for three. But this was uncharted ground, since only a few carriers have opted for the retrofit kits (most others either already had the attachment structure in place or came with winglets on delivery).
