Winglets on the 757?
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A couple of months ago I posted that after the seasonal Europe flying is over, 3 757's are going off the line to the shop. They will be convirted to Oceanic A/C. The 3 ATA 757's will pick up the flying while the 3 are down. When the 3 get back on the line, they will be Oceanic with winglets.
Are you saying that the 3 ETOPS ATA 757's will remain flying while 3 MORE ETOPS(i.e. Hawaiian birds) are converted? Will the interiors be converted to with a true Envoy implementation, or will those 3 ATA ETOPS 757's also get winglets.
N677UW is an A330
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0715635/L/
Would a 330 even fit at the B concourse?
Travelpro72
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I'm pretty sure that the last few factory delivered 757's we have at east are capable of being upgraded to ETOPS a/c. I'm sure this was mentioned at one of the townhall meetings or in some company publication. They are not gonna take any of the a/c used on hawaii. Someone know if its possible to upgrade some of the newer 757's we have? Not that they are new. LOL
BuffaloJoe
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A 767 can fit into about 3 gates at the end, B11, B13 and B15 I saw them there in the past, where they still can fit there or not, I honestly can not say. All I am saying is that a B767 did fit there before, but I don't see why they still wouldn't.
How in the world did you confuse a widebody with a narrowbody, let alone Airbus vs. Boeing!? The only similarity upon a quick glance is the 2L door just ahead of the wing. But I would sooner mistake an A321 with a 757 before an A330. Now that we cleared that up, Bob, we can now see if you need a new eyeglass prescription. 
http://www.phl.org/flashterminalmap.html
B13 is sandwiched between B11 and B13 on the broadside of terminal B's end anchor point. I can't see how an A330 could fit in that space. The 767 does because it's wingspan and length are significantly less than a 330.
http://www.phl.org/flashterminalmap.html
B13 is sandwiched between B11 and B13 on the broadside of terminal B's end anchor point. I can't see how an A330 could fit in that space. The 767 does because it's wingspan and length are significantly less than a 330.
robbedagain
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well today I saw a diverted Continental 757 with blended winglets. it looked unique. wonder how US planes would look like? and how much fuel savings does it save?
robbedagain
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yes it was, as well as a 737300 and an erj. we had an emb 170 for about 15 min due to phl problems
Back in the '80s (early to mid) TWA used the gates at the end of B. I seem to remember L1011s, 767s and an occasional 747 parked wing tip to wing tip. Unless we've changed the spacing between the gates, I'm sure an A330 will fit. I don't think it's the wingspan that's the problem, the fuselage length might stick out to far into the taxiway.
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