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Mon Jul 13, 2009 4:21 pmby d3fai13r
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Mon Jul 13, 2009 4:54 pmby AlisterC
Very very cool! Thanks for posting this up! It looks great
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Mon Jul 13, 2009 5:27 pmby ardypilot
From
Stuff.co.nz
An Air New Zealand jet equipped with radical looking wing attachments arrived at Auckland today.
The airline estimates the innovation on a Boeing 767-300 will save more than six million litres of fuel and 16,000 tonnes of carbon emissions annually.
The 3.4 metre high wing tips - named "blended winglets" - make the aircraft's wing more efficient by reducing drag, increasing lift and significantly improving fuel use and reducing emissions.
Air New Zealand's Captain David Morgan said they were part of turning making it the world's most environmentally sustainable airline.
"Air New Zealand has been at the forefront of finding ways to minimise our environmental impact, examining every aspect of our flight operations to reduce carbon emissions by saving fuel. "
The airline is also installing dryers on the planes which reduce moisture trapped in the insulation between the aircraft's outer-skin and the cabin lining.
They will remove around 200kg of water from each aircraft, reducing weight, fuel consumption and most importantly reducing carbon emissions.
Each passenger exhales around 100 grams of water an hour and the cold outside temperatures at altitude generate significant condensation which is retained in the aircraft insulation.
The dryers will save an additional 320,000 litres of fuel and 800 tonnes of carbon emissions annually across the fleet of five 767 aircraft," says Morgan.And also, Colin Hunter from Wings Over Cambridge snapped the first shot of one of these on NZ soil this morning:
http://rnzaf.proboards.com/index.cgi?board...381&page=13
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Mon Jul 13, 2009 6:34 pmby Daniel
I kinda like them however I think it would look better without the koru on them
There was some good footage of it this morning on Breakfast with it flying around Auckland.
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Mon Jul 13, 2009 6:37 pmby benwynn
Yeah, it would look better without the Koru.
Tis really cool! Thanks for posting. It will be good when Level D update the model with winglets.
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Mon Jul 13, 2009 7:18 pmby d3fai13r
Koru probably will be soon removed from internal side
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Mon Jul 13, 2009 7:24 pmby larral1123
It looks Like it has 2 smaller tails on the wing with the koru painted on
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Mon Jul 13, 2009 10:29 pmby privatehell
i actually like the idea of hte koru on the winglets. so much better than just having them plain
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Mon Jul 13, 2009 11:14 pmby NZ255
privatehell wrote:i actually like the idea of hte koru on the winglets. so much better than just having them plain
Leave the colour gradiant just take off the Koru
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Tue Jul 14, 2009 2:09 amby Ian Warren
I ve been very surprised it wasnt done after the success of 74-400s , be interesting to compare one landing on a northwest day in CHCH
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Tue Jul 14, 2009 12:37 pmby Chairman
Regarding the korus on the inside of the winglets - I haven't been paying a lot of attention but it seems that as I've been browsing around airliners and jetphotos and similar sites that it's normally the airline logos on the OUTSIDE of the winglets that get removed.
Logos on the internal sides of the winglets probably get photographed almost every day by keen passengers doing wing shots who then post the pictures on flickr, it's too good a free advertising channel for most airlines to get rid of.
Logos on the outside of the winglets only get photographed by keen plane spotters, very few people see / notice them, and they just duplicate something that's already there in much larger size. Unlike the inside logos there's no justifiable reason to have them there, it's purely an aesthetic thing.
Gary
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Tue Jul 14, 2009 2:59 pmby jastheace
looks cool, might have to build a model of that, i have got some decals on their way to me so i can build the 767-300 in anz colors,
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Tue Jul 14, 2009 5:14 pmby ardypilot
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Regarding the korus on the inside of the winglets - I haven't been paying a lot of attention but it seems that as I've been browsing around airliners and jetphotos and similar sites that it's normally the airline logos on the OUTSIDE of the winglets that get removed.[/quote]
Well in this case, ANZ will be removing the graphic from the inside of the winglets due to reported vertigo symptoms caused when passengers observe the pattern from inside the aircraft traveling at high speed.
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Tue Jul 14, 2009 5:30 pmby d3fai13r
hm.... strange actually... i was flying on Ukraine International(737-300 with winglets) and everyone seems to be ok)))
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Tue Jul 14, 2009 5:31 pmby Anthony
I really like it. I don't mind the koru being on the winglet at all - it reinforces the brand image. If they got rid of the koru then the winglets would match the 747 winglets at least. The vertigo thing is interesting, I wonder why people would experience that? Can't say I've ever heard of it before.
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Tue Jul 14, 2009 6:15 pmby d3fai13r
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Tue Jul 14, 2009 6:17 pmby ardypilot
d3fai13r wrote:hm.... strange actually... i was flying on Ukraine International(737-300 with winglets) and everyone seems to be ok)))
Found an article to back me up:
Air New Zealand's Boeing 767-300 ZK-NCG returned home to Auckland 13Jul direct from Hong Kong as ANZ6042 where it had arrived 08Jun for maintenance with HAECO which saw the aircraft fitted with very destinctive winglets and zonal dryers (effectively dehumidifiers) in the upper fuselage. The addition of the winglets and weight reductions made by the use of the dryers will aid fuel conservation and make these already fantastic workhorses even better!
On arrival in the Auckland area the 767 was greeted by a Helitranz helicopter which undertook aerial photography and then after landing the aircraft was taken directly to the Air NZ maintenance facility for a media briefing and additional maintenance activity before entering service 14Jul.
Although the aircraft currently has the koru on the inside of the winglets, it is understood these will be removed due to perceived vertigo related issues when viewed from inside the cabin.
http://www.mrcaviation.blogspot.com/
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Tue Jul 14, 2009 6:19 pmby d3fai13r
ive read that too... but anyway its strange for me
maybe because im seek on my head)))))))))
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Tue Jul 14, 2009 6:54 pmby Chairman
Maybe because they are so big and look so much like extra tails - especially if there is a clean line rather than a blend between the silver wing and the blue winglet ?
I didn't realise winglets were that big, they look more like outboard vertical stabilisers. And they screw the gorgeous lines of the 767
d3fai13r wrote:hm.... strange actually... i was flying on Ukraine International(737-300 with winglets) and everyone seems to be ok)))
The Ukraine International logo is a circle with a zigzag in it - the ANZ logo is a tilted arrow shape with speed lines. That may have something to do with it ?
edit : in fact it's not even got that - the external side of the winglet has the logo, the internal (according to the only 737 wing shot I can quickly find) just has vertical writing that says "flyuia.com" on it - there's that free advertising channel in action
Gary
