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 ...

API has certified its split scimitar winglet on all models of the Boeing 737NG, including the Boeing Business Jet variant. Credit: Aviation Partners, Inc. Anyone who occupies a window seat with a ...

Though you may not have heard of them, an Idaho-based company called Tamarack Aerospace Group has been making some noise in aviation circles for the last few years with startling performance claims ...

When Boeing’s new 777X taxied out for takeoff for its first flight earlier this year, it shared the look of most modern airliners. Its long fuselage was flanked by two massive engines under its long ...

Why does the Boeing 737 MAX wear such distinctive, split-tip winglets compared to earlier generations of the aircraft? At first glance, these sculpted tips are both futuristic and unusual, but the ...

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 ...

Winglets have become one of the most recognizable features of modern commercial aircraft. From narrowbody workhorses to long-haul widebodies, these vertical or angled extensions at the tips of wings ...

“These actively controlled wingtips have the potential to further reduce civil aircraft fuel consumption by about 2.5 percent compared with conventional winglets,” says Walter Stephan, Chairman of ...

U.S. active winglet specialist Tamarack Aerospace Group, which recently announced its commercial aviation debut on the De Havilland Canada Dash 8 Q400, is also planning to offer an active winglet ...