I do appreciate those old -900s. Especially no winglets, real time warp! It's cool the cabin/insulation makes it sound much louder than the newer -900ERs, nice treat once in awhile. Good stuff! Just wish those phone/tablet holders will make it to the rest of the fleet ASAP!
Could you explain why anyone would care whether an airplane has winglet or not? Like I just wanted to have an engine that works and pilots they're competent why would anyone care about whether or not it has a feature at the end of the wing?
Because some people are aviation enthusiasts and take an interest in that sort of thing. This aircraft is interesting in that its lack of winglets symbolize its history being a prototype aircraft, Very rare. I'm sure you have interests that people would have the same attitude towards as you do with this.
@@aviationgio Performance... That's the big kicker. A normal landing speed in a 900ER is around 145 kts (weight dependent), in the straight wing 900, you're potentially around 160 kts, with flaps 30 degrees. In gusty conditions, we must increase the landing speed... as such, we might meet our flap limit and have to land with flaps 15 to avoid "blow back"...
I do appreciate those old -900s. Especially no winglets, real time warp! It's cool the cabin/insulation makes it sound much louder than the newer -900ERs, nice treat once in awhile. Good stuff! Just wish those phone/tablet holders will make it to the rest of the fleet ASAP!
Flew on N305AS last July from KDFW TO KSEA.
I have never flown, but hope to one day.
Flew on a max from PAE to PHX and a 900 back. Talk about a difference
Why 737-900 has no wingtips
Could you explain why anyone would care whether an airplane has winglet or not? Like I just wanted to have an engine that works and pilots they're competent why would anyone care about whether or not it has a feature at the end of the wing?
Because some people are aviation enthusiasts and take an interest in that sort of thing. This aircraft is interesting in that its lack of winglets symbolize its history being a prototype aircraft, Very rare. I'm sure you have interests that people would have the same attitude towards as you do with this.
Performance wise, I HATE flying the straight wing -900s. Alaska always sends them on these mid-con flights. As pilots, LOL, we hate them.
What's different? Really curious now.
@@aviationgio Performance... That's the big kicker. A normal landing speed in a 900ER is around 145 kts (weight dependent), in the straight wing 900, you're potentially around 160 kts, with flaps 30 degrees. In gusty conditions, we must increase the landing speed... as such, we might meet our flap limit and have to land with flaps 15 to avoid "blow back"...
@@erauprcwa That is quite interesting, thank you for the information I never knew the performance would be affected that much!