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 ...

Winglets have become one of the most recognizable features of modern commercial aircraft. From narrowbody workhorses to ...

Winglets allow small gains to compound into huge savings on long-haul routes.

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 ...

(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 ...

Simplicity meets power on the world's largest 'big wing' jets.

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 ...

If you think that you've been seeing some funny-looking airliners in the past couple of months, you're not imagining things. On February 18th, a United Airlines Boeing 737-800 made the world's first ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...