Originally Posted by
MaydayMark
Many (most?) of the used 757's we purchased had winglets and we took them off. At many of our out-stations the 757s were going to have to park in the same 727 parking spots and there was concern about wing tip clearance ...
Totally false. All our 75s were sans winglets when purchased. One of the reasons we have stopped buying 75s, besides the less than stellar reliability of some of the older airframes, is that we have purchased almost every plane available, that has not been modded with winglets.
While there is an STC to add the winglets, there is currently no approved STC to remove them, as the mod makes extensive changes to the outer wing.