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 ...

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 ...

These include the “Sharklets” on the Airbus A320neo and the “Advanced Technology Winglets” on the Boeing 737 MAX. These ...

A United Airlines Boeing 737-800 aircraft retrofitted with the new Split Scimitar winglet took its maiden flight yesterday in Everett, WA. The next generation winglet improves on the existing winglets ...

Airbus today flew one of its A320 jets with new winglets designed and developed by Seattle company Aviation Partners. The flight in Toulouse, France, is part of an ongoing Airbus evaluation to see if ...

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 ...

UPS has unveiled a new look for its flagship Boeing 767 fleet by adding winglets as a part of its efforts to save fuel and reduce emissions. UPS has unveiled a new look for its flagship Boeing 767 ...

Dubai-based flydubai has announced today the completion of the first Split Scimitar Winglets installation on its fleet of Next-Generation Boeing 737-800 aircraft, becoming the first airline in Middle ...

Idaho-based Tamarack Aerospace is partnering with Ampaire to offer its active winglets across a range of aircraft types being converted to run on hybrid-electric power by the Los Angeles company.

He entered the pitch-dark hangar and stared into its inky emptiness. Suddenly, two brilliant shafts of blue light cut downward through the murk, focused on a pair of vertical blades taller than a ...

The Boeing 777, perhaps one of the most popular widebody aircraft ever built, has a unique feature missing when compared to other aircraft, which is the absence of winglets. The 777 was designed ...