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Winglet facts for kids

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CO-Winglet
A winglet of a Boeing 757.

A winglet is an invention that makes aircraft use less fuel (gas). It does this by reducing induced drag.

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  • Airbus A350-941 F-WWCF MSN002 blended winglet ILA Berlin 2016 08

    The Airbus A350 wingtip

  • Blohm Voss Ha 137 side view

    The Ha 137 prototype aircraft, fitted with vertical wing extensions, c.1935-1937

  • Heinkel He 162 CASM 2012 5 (cropped)

    Heinkel He 162A with Lippisch-Ohren wingtip devices

  • Winglet with attached tufts of an KC-135A

    Winglet on KC-135 Stratotanker with attached tufts showing airflow during NASA tests in 1979–1980

  • N39L (5879108221)

    Rutan VariEze

  • Learjet 28-29

    A Learjet 28/29, the first commercial aircraft with winglets

  • Boeing 737-8 MAX Belyakov

    737 MAX split-tip winglet

  • Schempp-Hirth Ventus 2b glider being launched at Lasham Airfield in UK

    Schempp-Hirth Ventus-2 glider with factory winglets winch-launching

  • PSU-90-125

    PSU-90-125 winglet airfoil profile

  • Spiroid winglet

    A Falcon 50 with a spiroid winglet

  • Tamarack Aerospace - AV.N86LA.RAMP.102315.6.7x5

    Tamarack Aerospace's active wingtip device

  • ILA 2018, Schönefeld (1X7A5334)

    Wingtip device on a NHIndustries NH90

  • Winglet and nav light arp

    Boeing 747-400 canted winglet

  • Lufthansa winglet (14511808755)

    Airbus A320 sharklet

  • Delta Air Lines 767-400ER @LHR

    Boeing 767-400ER with raked wingtips

  • Wing.slat.600pix

    Airbus A310-300 wingtip fence

  • Merlin at RIAT 2009

    "Winged rotor" on AgustaWestland AW101 Merlin helicopter

  • Hercules.propeller.arp

    C-130J Super Hercules showing scimitar propellers with raked tips

  • WindTurbine Rotor Winglet

    Detail view of the wingtip device on a wind turbine rotor-blade

  • Ceiling fan at Chicago O'Hare Airport

    Ceiling fan with wingtip devices

See also

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