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

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

The story of the Boeing 757 and its winglets isn’t about fixing a mistake. It’s about how a strong design adapted as the world changed. Boeing didn’t add blended winglets at first because, for its ...

From Ducati’s early experiments to the new aero rules coming in 2027, winglets have revolutionised MotoGP and changed the way ...

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 ...

(CNN) — 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 ...

In what will be its first widespread commercial use, Split Scimitar Winglets have officially been giving the go-ahead to grace United Boeing 737-800s all across the country. While winglets themselves ...

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 ...

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 ...