ISRAIR Airbust A330-223, 4X-ABE, in hybrid scheme (fuselage & winglets) of Eurofly. Seen here at JFK, in New York, USA. July, 2008. Copyright Tom Turner.

Reloaded on the flight - so this was a "advance" shot with the M2 and the 50f1.5 M-Nokton.

Those winglets look huge on the ground. Also interesting to note how the wing flexes up, most likely empty of fuel after the trip across the Atlantic.

Pilatus PC-12 LX-SKY

Shoreham Airport

21st December 2012

B-737

Viva Las Vegas! Dave, one of our Operations Coordinators, took this cool Winglet Wednesday photo over Vegas on his way to Edmonton. Can you beat it?

Figured a silhouette of the blended winglet seemed right. This FZ40 is one powerful camera.

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From the plaque below the blended winglet exhibit:

The Future Is On The Wing

This Blended Winglet was test flown on a Boeing 747-200 in 2000 to prove the viability of Blended Winglets for big transport aircraft.

Blended Winglets are gracefully curved wingtip extensions that measurably enhances the aerodynamic efficiencies, flight characteristics and environmental benefits of corporate and commercial aircraft.

Aviation Partners of Seattle introduced the patented Blended Winglets in 1991. They are now flying on airliners and corporate jets worldwide saving fuel and protecting the environment.

The Museum of Flight is grateful to Aviation Partners, Inc. and Aviation Partners Boeing for their enormous contribution to the world of flight and aerospace.

Flight MDW-MCI Boeing 737-7H4 Seat 3F N454WN

Winglet of a NWA Airbus A330 at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Behind that a Northwest Airlines hangar.

American Eagle (Republic Airlines) Embraer 175 at Ronald Reagan-Washington National Airport

Winglets de todos los tamaños

PHL - January 10, 2015

Winglets, developed at NASA Langley, save fuel by reducing drag-inducing wingtip vortices

Captured through the last row of B774 enroute BKK-ARN. Nice winglet as cruising at FL390, Russian Airspace, with a very clear blue sky in the background.

The winglet of the Embraer 145XR against the pretty North Dakota sky in Dickinson.

Winglet

KLM Winglet

Airbus A350XWB MSN005 (F-WWYB) at T1, Perth Airport, Sunday August 10 2014.

Another view of the Robert Esnault-Pelterie (R.E.P.) monoplane, obviously with again modifications at the tail. It seems now a very large elevator (fixed and moveable part) with the rudder also with a very large fixed part.

Robert Esnault-Pelterie was constantly modifying his original R.E.P. 2 design, likely to improve stability and ease of contrrol.

Mark that there is a small winglet just behind the engine section on the side of the fuselage.

Mauirce Guffroy (1868 - 1911) was an early French balloonist who later turned to heavier-than-air aeroplanes like the R.E.P. He never acquired a pilot licence.

Thanks to Ted, one of our Tech Ops planners, for sharing this great photo, taken on his flight home from San Francisco! If you have a great photo for Winglet Wednesday, we'd love to see it, so feel free to add it to the group!

03/10/2014, first Air to Air shot with Cessna C152 and Tecnam P2008.

Nice and sunny above the clouds.

Winglets: not just for commercial airliners anymore!

Boeing 737-300 cockpit. The pilot let me get in the cockpit after we landed and everyone got off.

We dedicate this Winglet Wednesday photo to all our guests who joined us onboard a WestJet flight in 2010. On Feb 9, 2011 we announced our year-end results and we thank you for your ongoing support. For all the numbers people out there, this is for you: bit.ly/WJ2010

Gorgeous colors as the sun starts to set. Takeoff roll down runway 2 Left.

KORF (Norfolk International Airport) - 19 MAR 2023

"American 1829" from Charlotte Douglas International Airport (KCLT) taxiing to the gate after landing on RWY 5.

Note the red stripe on the tip of the winglet. Some ground workers at AA were accidentally colliding with the winglets, so AA added the red tip with hope that it would stand out and perhaps reduce incidents of winglet strikes by ground equipment. Over time, the addition of the red stripe on the tip of the winglet proved not to have much of a reduction in incidents and its widespread application to their winglets was abandoned. The winglets that have the red stripe remain until they will be replaced with AA logos on the winglets.

Production Site: Renton (RNT)

First Flight: 20 JUL 2012

Delivery to American Airlines: 07 AUG 2012 as N898NN

Ferried BFI-DFW on 07 AUG 2012 on delivery

Leased from International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC)

Hex Code: AC6445

Fleet Number: 3JH

Configuration: C16W30Y126

Engines: 2x CFMI CFM56-7B24E

Leased from AerCap since MAY 2014

Iraqi Airways | YI_ASE | Boeing 737-800NG | VABB / BOM Bay V6L | 02-04-2015.

Winglet View, we just arrived.

Winglets fitted 2008

Well, simple pic out of the window. Nothing about it, just had some time to spare... same as probably the other 400 guests on board. At least we were flying and coming closer to Perth.

This week's Winglet Wednesday photo could be over any part of North America or the Caribbean. If you could be sitting in this seat right now, where would you be flying, and why?

Here's the winglet of the Embraer 145XR. As there seems to be with every window the smudge is from some junk on the outside of the window.

taken with apple iphone 4s, no editing (apart from cropping)

Sara from Montreal took this Winglet Wednesday pic on her flight to Barbados. What would you give to be in her seat right now?

Day 37/365 - Winglet

Gulfstream IV winglet

The first AAL 763 with winglets (actually the only one in the world!) arriving Chicago O'Hare on 3/17/09, about one week after entering revenue service. I think the winglets make the 767 look even better...

Star Alliance logo jet wing and winglet

Frontier

(2015) Airbus A321-211 (SL)

PHL - November 18-19, 2017

Air Niugini 757 witj winglets