The A350's winglets are much larger than the A330neo's, an aircraft that partially followed the A350's winglet design.

What caught your eye the last time you looked out of your airplane window? It might have been the winglet, a now ubiquitous appendage at the end of each wing, often used by airlines to display their ...

API has certified its split scimitar winglet on all models of the Boeing 737NG, including the Boeing Business Jet variant. Credit: Aviation Partners, Inc. Anyone who occupies a window seat with a ...

In one of the most famous "Twilight Zone" stories, an airline passenger looks out the window of a commercial plane and is horrified to see a monstrous gremlin on the wing. If you were to do the same ...

The Andean condor’s drag-reducing aerodynamic wings have inspired the creation of a winglet, which, when added to a wind turbine blade, boosted energy production by an average of 10%, according to a ...

Millions of consumers trust airlines with their lives each day, but few passengers understand how these massive flying tubes stay airborne and why they look the way they do. I don't remember jets ...

Why does the Boeing 737 MAX wear such distinctive, split-tip winglets compared to earlier generations of the aircraft? At first glance, these sculpted tips are both futuristic and unusual, but the ...

“These actively controlled wingtips have the potential to further reduce civil aircraft fuel consumption by about 2.5 percent compared with conventional winglets,” says Walter Stephan, Chairman of ...

U.S. active winglet specialist Tamarack Aerospace Group, which recently announced its commercial aviation debut on the De Havilland Canada Dash 8 Q400, is also planning to offer an active winglet ...