Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Sharklets have arrived


 I've known these were coming for a while now, and now we've seen them at LAX:  The new, more fuel-efficient winglets for the Airbus A320-series. Airbus calls these "Sharklets", and they are available on new production aircraft as well as available for retrofit. Reportedly, they offer a 3.5 percent reduction in fuel consumption on long-haul flights as compared to the standard Airbus wingtip fences seen on the 320-series aircraft.





And, is it just me, or does the paint on Virgin America's Sharklets bear a striking resemblance to American's new tail paint?



3 comments:

  1. How do they work to reduce fuel consumption?

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  2. Sharklets, OO AH AH!

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  3. The paint job on the sharklets is spiffier than the AA tails.

    I was listening to the tower yesterday while I was working in the house and I heard the convo between the PD choppers and the tower. I turned to Channel 5 and watched that chase with the van through south LA. Those PD guys fly low and fast, like Army attack choppers. That chase was a mess.

    It's 1250 and it sounds like you've got a lot of work there.

    PS some of those Asian cockpit people don't seem to have a great command of the English language. Like reading back directions. That is scary.

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