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Old 6th February 2006 | 17:52
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John Farley

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It could be because winglets have disadvantages such as weight, cost, their own drag and increasing wing bending loads. Whether there will be a net benefit by employing them will presumably vary between types as well as the type of sortie they will be used on.
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