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Old October 11th 06, 09:54 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe
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Default Winglet sliced off?

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737-800 spiraled out of control after the collision, which I could
envision happening if the lift/drag of the main wings had a large
amount of asymmetry due to the loss of a winglet.


Winglets are good, but not that good.


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