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Plane Talking

Even Hillary Clinton has winglets

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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has just touched down in Geneva for a series of intergovernmental talks. As she disembarked outside our office window, I was impressed to see her aircraft – a Boeing 757 – fitted out with huge winglets that will help save a lot of fuel. These have been available on the Boeing 737 for quite some time and a lot of airlines are taking advantage of their ability to reduce fuel use (and therefore reduce emissions). Now, as you can see, 757‘s are being equipped and Aviation Partners have launched winglets for the 767 and recently the Airbus 320 aircraft.

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Comment from Sarah
Time March 6, 2009 at 4:05 pm

I am not surprised Hillary has winglets. That woman has it all.

Comment from Things to Do in Washington DC
Time August 5, 2009 at 6:01 pm

That’s her consolation prize for losing the primaries. Air Force One does NOT have winglets!