Watch the Jet Get Built and Painted

[oldsman496]

Re: Watch the Jet Get Built and Painted

i heard them thar planes got better gas mileage with them winglet thingys....maybe NHTSA should mandate them on cars?

[SuperBuickGuy]

Re: Watch the Jet Get Built and Painted

the winglets (at least one small planes) promote low-speed stability - not sure on the larger planes.

it is cool seeing those plane bodies travelling down to Renton... the wings go by semi from Everett - not sure why they don't just hang them off the side of the train car.

Also fun to watch them take off from Renton. The runway at renton goes north over lake washington (literally the end of the runway strip is a seawall) - apparently there are several airplanes at the bottom of Lake Washington that didn't make their first flight.