The Physics Behind Winglets And Where The Idea Came From But how do these winglets work? The physics behind them is simple.

With newer technology, Boeing took the chance to design the AT winglets for the MAX to make it more efficient and offer better economics.

We might all be familiar with the efficiency benefits that winglets can provide, but our ideas of what they’re supposed to look like are quickly changing. Boeing on Wednesday revealed the design for ...

Winglets have been growing in popularity as an add-on to fuel hungry airplanes around the planet. Attached at the extremity of each wing, they act to manage the flow of air passing the craft, reducing ...

Seattle-based Aviation Partners Inc.(API) is testing a futuristic-looking split scimitar blended winglet design. The split scimitar blended winglet is a follow-on design from API’s blended winglet ...

Boeing gave a new twist Wednesday to its design for the forthcoming 737 MAX jet: a raked, “dual feather” winglet it says will provide an extra 1.5 percent gain in fuel efficiency. That’s on top of the ...

A Wichita winglet design firm plans to set a transcontinental speed record this week in a modified Cessna Citation X, the world’s speediest business jet in operation. The plane is retrofitted with ...

New winglet design concept for the 737 MAX. Courtesy, Boeing Boeing is incorporating a new winglet technology into the 737 MAX design that will further improve the aircraft’s fuel efficiency. Boeing ...

(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 ...

Study for blended design revealed on eve of launch for similar product for 767-300ER Aviation Partners Boeing is studying a blended winglet design for the 777-200ER variant as it approaches the launch ...