Seattle-based Aviation Partners Inc.(API) is testing a futuristic-looking split scimitar blended winglet design. The split scimitar blended winglet is a follow-on design from API’s blended winglet ...

Toyota is taking to the public sidewalks of Japan with the Winglet, its two-wheeled personal mobility robot that looks like a miniature Segway. The trial, designed to test the Winglet's safety and ...

Airbus is preparing to flight-test winglets for its A320 family to determine whether it will offer winglets for its single-aisle range. Two different types of winglet will be flight-tested on Airbus's ...

Airbus will begin flight-testing winglets for the A320 family next month to evaluate various designs under development with US carrier JetBlue Airways. Airbus says it will flight-test two different ...

Airbus on Wednesday 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 Airbus evaluation to see if ...

Winglets are devices installed at the end of an aircraft's wings. They have become a popular addition for most modern commercial aircraft as they greatly increase an aircraft's efficiency. By reducing ...

Sukhoi's civil aircraft division has wrapped up flight-testing of its winglet-equipped version of the Superjet 100. Sukhoi's civil aircraft division has wrapped up flight-testing of its ...

Like the way birds curl their wingtip feathers upward, airplanes can fly more efficiently with these winglets. This saves fuel and reduces CO2. Forty-four years ago this July, NASA began testing a ...