B747 winglet missing ....
 

I'm not sure if this should even be posted here, and I'm not sure of the AW implications - clearly it must have been considered OK at the time:

JetPhotos.Net Photo » VH-OJI (CN: 24887) Qantas Boeing 747-438 by Andre Giam

(Mods: Please move this elsewhere or delete altogether if inappropriate ....)

It is an CDL item, IIRC one may be removed with a trivial fuel burn adjustment.

Already covered here.

http://www.pprune.org/dg-p-reporting...winglet-2.html

Fdr

It is CDLable if you can say that. I was told the reason you cannot fly around with 2 missing is not because of any aerodynamic reason but because you have too many static wick aerials missing. Sounds plausible I guess.

BBK

Thanks, curiosity is satisfied; apologies for the duplication :O