Boeing 727 with Winglets??

smokejumper · Post by **smokejumper** » 26 Apr 2007, 21:12

A TV news channel aired a report that Stephen Hawking (the British astrophycist) is taking a flight to experience weightlessness. The video showed a Boeing 727 equipped with winglets taking off. I believe that the plane is owned by a company that offers commercial weightless flights. I am not aware of this modification.

Does anyone have knowledge of Boeing 727 winglets? Aviation Partners offer them for the 737, 757, and several buisness jets.

blackhawk · Post by **blackhawk** » 26 Apr 2007, 21:22

727 with winglets: http://www.jormac.com/images/sabercats.jpg

DC3 Fan · Post by **DC3 Fan** » 26 Apr 2007, 21:26

Delta had winglets on some of its 727s for a short time before they were retired. I took a digipic of one at LAX. The winglets were quite large, and appeared to be bigger than in the photo above.

blackhawk · Post by **blackhawk** » 26 Apr 2007, 21:31

DC3 Fan wrote:Delta had winglets on some of its 727s for a short time before they were retired. I took a digipic of one at LAX. The winglets were quite large, and appeared to be bigger than in the photo above.

sorry, in Spanish: http://727.assintel.com.br/proj/wing.htm

Post by **ElcoB** » 26 Apr 2007, 21:35

Aftermarket winglets have also been installed on many 727s as a means of noise reduction as part of so called "Quiet Wing" Kits and for added fuel economy. Kelowna Flightcraft's maintenance division in Canada is noted for having installed winglets on Donald Trump's private 727-100.

Boeing 727

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TexasGuy · Post by **TexasGuy** » 26 Apr 2007, 21:50

US Air installed winglets on its old 727's that it used for the USAir Shuttle, then sold the planes to an airline i think was called TransMeridian, a charter company.

smokejumper · Post by **smokejumper** » 26 Apr 2007, 22:14

Thanks folks.

BelgianBoy · Post by **BelgianBoy** » 04 May 2007, 15:50

Several 727-200 bizzjets flies with winglets since approximayely 10 years.

Willy

MayerFM · Post by **MayerFM** » 05 May 2007, 05:47

The Mexican airline Aviacsa also used to fly 727s with winglets, but they have retired them from the fleet; the last one flew on September 2006.

Here's a picture:

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0856922/L/

Aviacsa operated as much as five 727s with winglets at a time. Currently they are either stored or being broken up.

Best regards.