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Airbus to offer "Sharklets" on A320 from 2012
God knows why they called them "Sharklets". Does anybody know why?
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http://www.flightglobal.com/articles...burn-from.html |
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Nick you only need to look at a picture to see why they are called what they are called! Looks a bit like those destined for the 7late7 though.
http://blog.seattlepi.com/aerospace/archives/185193.asp |
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Mmm - where have I seen them before?
They're looking more and more like Boeing's winglets. Soon they'll admit that Boeing got it right with the upswept wing tip compared to the Airbus shark's fin
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Surely you mean McDonald Douglas got it right as the upswept/blended wingtip was their design not Boeings.
Also what was the first commercial jet to have wing tips? Hmmm A310 if I am not mistaken, a similar design then ended up on the A320. |
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Ash, the proposed winglets on the new A320's look almost identical to Boeing. Hence why I asked why they would call them sharklets. Looks like they basically just copied the Boeing design.
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PS if you and Phil wanted to pick me up on a technicality over the wingtip reference, when clearly I was talking about winglets/fences what ever you want to call them, I would have thought my use of the name McDonald Douglas would have got you going when clearly it is McDonnell Douglas! |
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And Ash, from what I know, all aircraft have wing tips
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D'oh
Nick just beat me to it -> the first commercial jet to have wing tips was the first commercial jet!
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