Sometimes winglets look right and sometimes they don't. On the 767-300, it turns out, they look just about perfect. Great pix here courtesy of my colleague Jon Ostrower and Aviation Partners Boeing. If only they made sense on the -200 - could've solved all Boeing's problems.
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Sometimes winglets look right and sometimes they don't. On the 767-300, it turns out, they look just about perfect. Great pix here courtesy of my colleague Jon Ostrower and Aviation Partners Boeing. If only they made sense on the -200 - could've solved all Boeing's problems.
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on July 26, 2008 4:15 PM | Reply
the KC-767AT uses the 767-300 wing, so why couldn't the KC-767AT sport these same winglets?
One would have to wonder what the winglets do to the air turbulence behind the aircraft. The KC-767AT has it's underwing refueling pods very close to the wingtip, so it may adversly affect the hose and drogue refueling from those stations.
Or it could smooth out the airflow behind the aircraft and actually enhance the refueling capability. I would think it is an easy thing to check on computer or wind tunnel.
For that matter, the KC-30 could include the A340 winglets (because the KC-30 uses the A340 wing,) but currently they do not. I wonder why not? Perhaps winglets do induce adverse turbulence?
on December 4, 2008 9:31 AM | Reply
WEhen Boeing initially design their aircraft why are winglets not fitted ?
Why are they fitted as an "afterthought" ?