Winglets reduce wingtip vortices, the twin tornados formed by the difference between the pressure on the upper surface of an airplane's wing and that on the lower surface. High pressure on the lower ...

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 ...

When Boeing’s new 777X taxied out for takeoff for its first flight earlier this year, it shared the look of most modern airliners. Its long fuselage was flanked by two massive engines under its long ...

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 ...

Reports from at least one major airline indicate that blended winglets installed on large commercial aircraft are being damaged or destroyed by lightning strikes as well as by ground incidents, but ...

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 ...