By: Pakistani - 21st November 2002 at 11:23
RE: Pic Of The Day-A B747-300/400
Damn
You guys are right! It IS missing!
By: frankvw - 21st November 2002 at 10:45
RE: Pic Of The Day-A B747-300/400
Look at the link for the big picture, the winglet is indeed missing…
By: KabirT - 21st November 2002 at 09:28
RE: Pic Of The Day-A B747-300/400
Hmm i dont think its there Pakistani because i guess you can see the parts of the wing where the winglets are attatched. Anyway the 744 can be flown without both the winglets…so can the new B737NGs.
By: wysiwyg - 20th November 2002 at 22:33
RE: Pic Of The Day-A B747-300/400
Don’t know the actual facts about the Boeing but our company A330’s can operate with one wingtip missing but not both!!!
I can only imagine that this is the situation in the picture above but the same logic applies to the Boeing. i only discovered this after a MYT A330 hit a wingtip on a lighting pole in Paphos a few months ago and had to operate back with a tip missing.
By: Dazza - 20th November 2002 at 18:47
RE: Pic Of The Day-A B747-300/400
Cool pic!, How come an aircraft is allowed to fly with an aerodynamic surface missing, since the winglets are designed to reduce drag won’t this wing will now generate slightly more drag than the other one, surely assymetric handling issues would arise from having a missing winglet?. Maybe Wysiwyg can clarify.
Regards, Dazza.
By: Pakistani - 20th November 2002 at 16:32
RE: Pic Of The Day-A B747-300/400
Hand87
It happens, KabirT is acrtually an alright knid of guy! Wish more Indians and Pakistanis can be like him!
KabirT
If you look at the pic VERY closely you will see the second winglet is still there, the only reason why it is not easily seen is that it is in fact painted in very dark colours and is against a dark background.
By: KabirT - 20th November 2002 at 15:47
RE: Pic Of The Day-A B747-300/400
Winglets are easily ditatchable….even if they fly with one on…wont matter much.
By: EGNM - 20th November 2002 at 15:34
RE: Pic Of The Day-A B747-300/400
What’s happened there- just damaged the winglet? – i presume it’s not part of the Minimum operation requirements to have an intact airframe!!
By: Hand87_5 - 20th November 2002 at 13:12
RE: Pic Of The Day-A B747-300/400
You know what ? I like to have an Indian and a Pakistanese chatting in Peace on this Forum . Thanks gentlemen….
By: Pakistani - 20th November 2002 at 13:08
RE: Pic Of The Day-A B747-300/400
300/400’s, ladyboys…………must be a Thai thing! 🙂
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