Are the Ansett and SAA Boeing 747s in the cutaway article the 300 model as opposed to the 400? Both of them have the “old style” wing and not the wing with the winglet.
Also, a silly question, does anyone know anything about the identity of the Boeing 737 on the picture of the strike-hit Aer Lingus fleet? It has a white nose and a blue tail and I was just curious about it.
By: KabirT - 14th July 2002 at 12:13
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[updated:LAST EDITED ON 14-07-02 AT 12:14 PM (GMT)]GD1….Flaps is a monthly newsletter which we take out and is purely commercial aviation. The team consists of myself, Adrian(Saab 2000), Andrew(andrewm), Ja(Ja Worsley) and Michael Kinghorn (T5). You can get it buy sending a blank mail to:
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By: greekdude1 - 14th July 2002 at 08:48
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I hate to sound like a moron here: Is flaps a magazine that some of you guys publish? If so, is it only commerical aviation or does it include military, and how can I get it?
GD1
By: editor - 12th July 2002 at 08:31
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Well spotted guys. Actually, as we mention in the text, the -400 was a derivative of the -300 (and called the -300A at one stage), we thought that we would slip in a ciouple of colourful images of the -300.
TD
Editor
By: Ja Worsley - 11th July 2002 at 16:29
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Since it is in my area of responcibility for FLAPS (Are you on the mailing list yet?) I can conferm that Anestt’s B747’s were of the 360 class and South African Airways B747 are of the 320 class.
Hope this helps!
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By: KabirT - 11th July 2002 at 15:58
RE: Latest Issue
the B744D was the one with options of winglets, they switched to the winglets as a standard accessorie soon after that.
By: EGNM - 11th July 2002 at 14:07
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for the EI 737 – Either it has just come bak from lease with Ryan International or it is a Futura (Spain) a/c as EI do have a large ownership in the company
By: greekdude1 - 11th July 2002 at 13:25
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I was under the impression that they would, indeed, add winglets to a 747-400D if in fact, they converted it to a standard model. Those can be retro-fitted, just like they are doing to all the 737NG’s.
GD1
By: rdc1000 - 11th July 2002 at 13:09
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I haven’t yet looked at this copy, but if there are no winglets then the two 747s are indeed 300s.
The only 400s without winglets are the 400Ds as used by All Nippon and JAL for high density domestic services. On sectors like theirs the winglets are considered too much weight for any benefit. Neither airline has sold any of these into the general market place yet and so the two jumbos you mention are indeed 300s.
The 400Ds can be upgraded for long haul flights after a certain number of landings so as to increase their life, but even then they will not have winglets added.
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