When Boeing’s ... the advantages of winglets is that they effectively increase wingspan without increasing the horizontal length of the wing. That’s an issue for the 777X which, as the largest ...

Airbus and Boeing ... today's winglets, which are fixed in place, and it would mean a big boost in fuel efficiency. The two aerospace giants are investigating different morphing wing tip ...

Boeing’s game-changing folding wing tips top winglets. The approval of this unique Boeing 777X innovation may not be the final feather for the A380, but it is a peck in the beak.

That is because aircraft makers Boeing ... moveable winglets – the fins at the end of a wing – in a bid to build greener, quieter planes. The US military has been exploring morphing wings ...

At the heart of Boeing's 777X ... (CFRP) wing. The potential baseline wing has a 71.1m (233ft 5in) span and raked wingtip, and while the other two are 65m and 68.6m wings with blended winglets.

It's unique, but not a new design, and will allow the aircraft to serve both Category E and Category F airports.

Commercial planes have gotten bigger and bigger over the past few decades, but the size of the gate at most airports have stayed the same. To circumvent this little infrastructural disconnect ...