Study for blended design revealed on eve of launch for similar product for 767-300ER Aviation Partners Boeing is studying a blended winglet design for the 777-200ER variant as it approaches the ...

In some instances winglets aren't necessary, because there are no constraints on space. For example, Boeing's hot-selling 777 wide-body airliner does not have winglets. According to Gregg ...

Aviation Partners Boeing said it hopes to launch a blended winglets program for the Boeing 777-200ER later this year, with certification anticipated by December 2010. By 2014, it estimates that ...

The Boeing 777, 767 and the Airbus A330, three of the most-used, two-engine widebody jets flying around out there look very similar to the untrained eye. But there are differences that help make ...

Boeing plans to use the 777-200ER to test some 30 new technologies ... leading to introduction of the 737 Max’s improved-efficiency winglets, iPads capable of providing pilots with current ...

As a result, models such as the Boeing 787 and 777 don’t have winglets, but rather raked wingtips, or wingtips that have more backward sweep compared to the rest of the wing – a design that is ...

When Boeing’s new 777X taxied out for takeoff ... Clark told Popular Mechanics. "If you put winglets on the 777, you’d have the same or better performance for the wingspan and you wouldn ...

Boeing is studying winglets for possible retrofit to 777-200, 200ER and -300 versions as part of a series of planned performance upgrades, the first elements of which are now in development.

Winglets are used by airlines for a good reason ... planes and why you won't find them on large aircraft like the Boeing 777. Newer models, like the 777F, use raked wingtips rather than ...