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 ...

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 ...

US-based Delta Air Lines, has been retrofitting its fleet of Boeing 737s with upgraded Split Scimitar winglets in recent years, in order to improve the operational efficiency of these aircraft, ...

This proposal is based on a projected block fuel burn improvement of 2.6 percent for a 500 nmi stage and 4.4 percent for a 2,000 nmi stage and could save up to 100,000 gallons of fuel per aircraft per ...

Surprisingly, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner is still the American aviation giant's newest clean-sheet commercial aircraft despite being in service for 14 years. Boeing incorporated cutting-edge technology ...

This chapter reviews the results of previous studies and deployment of wingtip devices on existing commercial and military aircraft. On the commercial side, the experience and decision processes of ...

The first C919 winglets and spoilers developed by Fesher Aviation Components (Zhenjiang) Co., Ltd. (Fesher), a subsidiary of AVIC Cabin, were officially delivered to COMAC. This marks that Fesher has ...