Does anybody out there have a subscription to the Wall Street Journal? 

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 02/22/2017 at 17:02 • Filed to: None

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I need to know what this article says about the legal dustup over the terms “winglets” and “sharklets” for an aviation history article I’m writing for Friday about the A320. For your time, here’s an A319 with sharklets. Don’t you dare call them winglets, or you’ll hear from somebody’s lawyer.

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Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna > ttyymmnn 02/22/2017 at 17:08

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Oh my gosh I’ve been living a lie. This entire time I just thought those tiny triangles were Airbus’ sharklets. I didn’t know they had such Boeing looking winglets.

HammerheadFistpunch > ttyymmnn 02/22/2017 at 17:08

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Boeing should call them Wingtip Airflow Normalizing GuideS and trademark it.

just to stick it to Airbus.

EDIT: Looks like I had it backwards.

MonkeePuzzle > HammerheadFistpunch 02/22/2017 at 17:10

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ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > ttyymmnn 02/22/2017 at 17:15

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Let’s be honest; we all know they are ducks, so let’s call them Ducklets.

ttyymmnn > Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna 02/22/2017 at 17:21

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The tiny triangles are actually called wingtip fences. The winglets, or sharklets, are technically “blended winglets”.

MrDakka > ttyymmnn 02/22/2017 at 17:28

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First time I’ve heard the term Sharklet. My profs always referred to them as winglets

ttyymmnn > MrDakka 02/22/2017 at 17:45

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They are both blended winglets. I think there is some sort of trademark issue with the term “winglet”, which is why Airbus used their own term.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > ttyymmnn 02/22/2017 at 18:11

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I have been told that simply Google-searching the title of an article with some “restricted views” news providers will get you the article even if your x views/month are spent. Something about how the search engine tracking gets you to an article vs. just clicking through the normal way.

Might be worth a shot.

ttyymmnn > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/22/2017 at 18:40

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I’ll give it i’ll give it a try. Thanks.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > ttyymmnn 02/22/2017 at 19:18

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Sharklet

ttyymmnn > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 02/22/2017 at 19:42

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Awesome. Thanks.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > ttyymmnn 02/22/2017 at 19:45

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