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 ...

The Delta Air Lines fleet currently has more than 200 Boeing 737 family aircraft, including the 737-800 and 737-900ER, with an additional 100 737 MAX 10s on order, expected to begin delivery by 2027, ...

AVIATION PARTNERS BOEING has Delta order to supply Split Scimitar Winglets for its 737-800 fleet and for a number of recently acquired 737-900ERs. Delta also recently agreed to purchase Scimitar ...

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, ...

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. Boeing calls the odd-looking ...

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 ...

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 ...