Ever look out the window of a plane or watch as it pulls up to the gate? Have you ever wondered why some planes have pointy bits at the ends of the wings? What you see are "winglets," and they have ...

Ever look out the window of a plane or watch as it pulls up to the gate? Have you ever wondered why some planes have pointy bits at the ends of the wings? What you see are "winglets," and they have ...

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 ...

The world’s largest airliner is struggling to stay aloft. Financially, that is. Airlines, it turns out, prefer the fuel efficiency of smaller planes like the Boeing 777 to the pack-em-in capacity of ...

A United Airlines Boeing 737-800 is equipped with a new, split scimitar winglet that adds a downward foil to the vertical one. Winglets cut drag and add to fuel savings. McClatchy-Tribune Boeing calls ...

We've already seen Aviation Partners Boeing winglets becomes a "must-have" on the next generation 737s, and the 757s aren't far behind. Now that a 767 winglet has been developed, it seems to be ...

Every year I attend the Annual Meeting and Convention of the National Business Aviation Association. The last time that it was held in Atlanta, GA, I had the pleasure of spending a day at the ...

Two Cessna Citation light business jets engaged in a "flyoff" from Portland, Maine to Palm Beach, Florida on January 26 to demonstrate the advantages of Tamarack Aerospace active winglets. Earlier ...

In an industry where bikes seem to be getting faster, pricier, and capable of everything except paying rent, we consider the necessity of the winglet. Today’s bit of diagnosis doesn’t come from ...

Boeing calls the odd-looking upturned wingtips on aircraft “blended winglets,” Airbus calls them “sharklets” and Southwest Airlines, in ads, simply calls them “little doo-hickeys.” Whatever the name, ...