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Tulsa mechanics develop fuel-saving tip for airline

 
BY D.R. STEWART - Tulsa World    Comment on this article Leave a comment
Published: March 10, 2009
photo - An American Airlines aircraft prepares to land at Dallas Fort Worth International airport in Grapevine, Texas, in October.AP PHOTO
An American Airlines aircraft prepares to land at Dallas Fort Worth International airport in Grapevine, Texas, in October.AP PHOTO

American Airlines Flight No. 78 landed at London Heathrow Airport at 10:26 a.m. Monday, the first of the airline’s 58 Boeing 767-300 aircraft that will be retrofitted with fuel-saving winglets over the next two years.

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The 767-300 winglet installation work will be performed in cooperation with Seattle-based Aviation Partners Boeing at American’s Maintenance & Engineering Center in Tulsa and at its Kansas City maintenance base, which have shared American’s previous winglet work, officials said.

With 204 passengers aboard, Flight No. 78 departed Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport at 8:35 p.m. Sunday and arrived in London ahead of schedule and at a considerable cost savings, airline executives said.

In the last few years, American aircraft mechanics in Tulsa installed winglets on 77 Boeing 737-800s and shared the retrofit work with Kansas City mechanics on 124 Boeing 757-200s.

APB began the flight test certification program on the 767-300 winglets in February 2008 with a leased American Airlines 767-300.

The winglets, an 11-foot high 90-degree upward curve of the wing tips, enhance the lift of the wing without an increase in engine power, and they increase fuel efficiency. Each aircraft equipped with the winglets is expected to save up to 500,000 gallons of fuel annually, executives at the company said.

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