Winglets also add time and money to the designing phase and construction ... on a commercial aircraft, which allows the newer Boeing 777X to have larger, more fuel-efficient wings in the air ...

Real airplanes would have fuselages and engine ... a solution that simplified wing construction but might have cost a smidgen of speed or climb rate. The inverted gull wing of the Vought F4U ...

The wings aren't structurally held together by tape. But, with several high-profile plane crashes causing ... in a variety of industries, including construction, aerospace, and metalworking.

and could provide a significant boost in aircraft production, flight, and maintenance efficiency, the researchers say. The new approach to wing construction could afford greater flexibility in the ...

The airline will help startup JetZero design and test its blended-wing-body demonstrator ... s engineers in the design and construction of a BWB demonstrator aircraft, with the aim to test it ...