Comments on: To save fuel United Airlines is adding additional winglets to the wingtips of their airplanes. https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/to-save-fuel-united-airlines-is-adding-additional-winglets-to-the-wingtips-of-their-airplanes/ Fri, 28 Feb 2014 07:06:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: joe https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/to-save-fuel-united-airlines-is-adding-additional-winglets-to-the-wingtips-of-their-airplanes/#comment-156824 Fri, 28 Feb 2014 07:06:51 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=27547#comment-156824 I wonder what this legacy aircrafts first designs fuel burn and efficiency was compared to the newest design with the scimitar wing tips, the advances in airframe fairings and engine design have been huge, the 737, stands with a short list of aircraft that have enduring time in the skies as well as on the ramp, I believe that there may very well be that there are more 737’s than 172’s out there.

]]> By: Blair Ivey https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/to-save-fuel-united-airlines-is-adding-additional-winglets-to-the-wingtips-of-their-airplanes/#comment-153413 Wed, 26 Feb 2014 23:54:37 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=27547#comment-153413 Any modification to a system that increases efficiency in the 5% range is huge. If the fuel savings are as advertised, the cost recovery time for United’s 737 fleet would be just over two years; likely less as fuel cost rise. That’s the kind of time frame CFO’s dream about.

And what pilot wouldn’t want to fly a plane with ‘scimitar’ written on the nose?

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