Winglet Revolution

There is a good article in the Airway September issue on winglets:

757 range with winglets increased to 200mi
Annual fuel savings of 300,000 gallons

Continental ordered winglets for its fleet of 41 757-200's

The 1000th winglet has been ordered by American

They are testing winglets for the 777

Icelandair has ordered winglets, they should see savings to pay for the winglets in 2 years.

http://www.airwaysmag.com/channels.html ... nnel_id=16

Quote:

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Winglet Revolution
by Haas Mroue

To the untrained eye, winglets look sexy and downright elegant—aircraft without them suddenly seem less modern, a bit dated. On a sunny day early in May, an American Airlines Boeing 757-200 rolled out of AA’s maintenance base in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The pair of winglets that went onto the American 757 happens to be special: it is the 1,000th shipset to be delivered by Aviation Partners Boeing.

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The rumor mill at US is the three ex ATA ETOPS 757's and the three (631,632,633) East 757 that are slated for ETOPS conversion over the winter will be receiving winglits. Perhaps in the future if this does in fact happen, the whole fleet of 757's will be converted !

Cheers

LGA777

now that would be cool, to see a wingeltted US 757!! :D