Originally Posted by
PPRuNe Towers
In mixed fleets it's alway important to know if a 700 is referred to as a hard wing or soft wing. Slang but effective differential especially for emergency descents. Learned that flying BBJ's where all airframes were wingletted.
Rob
IIRC, all the purpose built 737-700 BBJs had the 737-800 wing (for higher gross weight/more fuel for longer range). I suspect that's what would be the 'hard wing'. If someone converted a regular 737-700 into a BBJ, then it would still have the normal -700 wing.