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Blended Winglets. They Don’t Just Look Cool!

sheaser
Frequent Flyer B
One of the dedicated Red Belly Radio listeners actually took me up on my suggestion and sent a show idea. And just to prove I actually read those emails I thought I’d try to get an answer. John Arvin wanted to know more about the winglets on our aircraft and I think I found an answer.

No one would know better than the folks in our Maintenance Operation Center so I sat down with Shawn to try to get some answers.

If you don’t know, winglets or blended winglets are those swooshy extensions that stick up at the tip of the wings. It seems that they do more than just look cool. Listen to this episode of Red Belly Radio to learn about the status of the addition of winglets to our fleet and how they help save fuel.
8 Comments
Brian6
Explorer C
where is the link to listen?
blusk
Aviator C
Brian The Red Belly Radio podcast of which Steve was writing can be found in the Red Belly Radio box down at the bottom left of the home page. Brian
arvin
Explorer A
Awesome Steve! Thanks for the plug. I can't wait to hear next weeks RedBellyRadio cast - John
sheaser
Frequent Flyer B
I hope that was two different Brians? Also--sorry, I usually provide a link to the podcast page. In addition to finding it at the bottom right corner, the URL www.redbellyradio.com will also take you to the archive page of Red Belly Radio.
blusk
Aviator C
Brian, meet Brian. Yes, as far as I know, I didn't write the question and I can confrim that I did answer it though. Brian (Blog Boy)
southwest125
Explorer C
The winglets are nice. They help add fuel efficancy. Why doesnt the 737-300 aircraft have them?
blusk
Aviator C
As a matter of fact, "Southwest 125," about 60 of our 737-300s have been fitted with winglets.
southwestfreak
Explorer A
a couple of years ago i was probably 8 at the time so about 8 years ago i got a model of air force 1 with winglets and i thought they looked horrible so i broke them off. about 2 years ago in march and april of 07 when i went to tampa i had 737-700's with winglets and now i think they are the neatest things! i think you should fix the other 30 or so other 737 300's with them and also the 25 500's. Anyways good job southwest, i think the new boston location is awesome too even though im still gonna fly out of manchester because 15 gates over all makes it less crowded. and if your wondering im only 15 1/2 and i am obsessed with this airline!