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The thrusters on the Hornets' wingtips rotated to keep the air-craft steady as the marines unclipped from their hard-points, leapt onto the frost-covered pumice and began to run.

The pilot carefully checked the wingtip before takeoff.

The bird's wingtip brushed against the window as it flew by.

The dancer gracefully extended her arm with a wingtip gesture.

The airplane's wingtip lights blinked in the dark night sky.

He polished his wingtip shoes until they shone.

The bird's wingtip feathers were iridescent in the sunlight.

She adjusted the angle of the wingtip to improve the aircraft's stability.

The vintage airplane had distinctive red stripes on its wingtips.

The seagull soared effortlessly, its wingtips barely touching the water.

The fashion designer added wingtip details to the dress for a whimsical touch.

Lastly, create winglets by folding down the top quarter-inch of the wingtips.

The air flowing over a bird's wings curls upwards behind the wingtips, a phenomenon known as upwash.

The reason for the 777X's folding wingtips  is that they're a space-saving measure.

It is also wider with raked wingtips while retaining its basic structure and sweep.

His wingtip shoes crunch on gravel.

What do you make of the Boeing 777X's folding wingtips?

Their wingtips are black, and their under parts  are a whitish or tan colour with dark bands.

The plane won't automatically extend  the wingtips before take-off, though, with the task falling to the pilots.

If the wingtips didn't fold, the jet would  have a wingspan equivalent to the Boeing 747 and the Airbus A380.

It's 239 feet long, 79 feet tall and 262 feet wingtip to wingtip… orrrrrr, put simply, the length of two blue whales!