diff --git a/src/app/globals.css b/src/app/globals.css
index 0bd857c..70a14df 100644
--- a/src/app/globals.css
+++ b/src/app/globals.css
@@ -1215,12 +1215,18 @@ body {
   }
 }
 
-/* Global Desktop Hero Formatting (Matches live site) */
+/* Global Desktop Hero Formatting (Matches live site)
+   .miletruth-hero-container is deliberately excluded: unlike the other
+   hero wrappers it IS the visual card itself (background-image + a
+   flat bottom edge that the stats bar overlaps by -25px), not a
+   wrapper around a separate inner card, so it carries its own
+   correctly-tuned margin-top/padding/border-radius in MileTruthHero.tsx.
+   Including it here clobbered that with the wrapper values, collapsing
+   its top gap to 8px and its internal padding to 20px. */
 @media (min-width: 1025px) {
   /* Give every hero wrapper a consistent gap from the top and sides */
   .elementor-element.elementor-element-741f56c,
-  .custom-standard-hero-container,
-  .miletruth-hero-container {
+  .custom-standard-hero-container {
     padding: 20px 24px !important;
     margin-top: 8px !important;
   }
@@ -1229,8 +1235,7 @@ body {
   .elementor-element.elementor-element-741f56c .owl-carousel.owl-theme .content-item,
   .elementor-element.elementor-element-741f56c .content-item,
   .custom-standard-hero-card,
-  .miletruth-hero .slide-content,
-  .miletruth-hero .miletruth-hero-container {
+  .miletruth-hero .slide-content {
     border-radius: 24px !important;
     overflow: hidden !important;
   }
diff --git a/src/components/sections/MileTruthHero.tsx b/src/components/sections/MileTruthHero.tsx
index d568688..c951e75 100644
--- a/src/components/sections/MileTruthHero.tsx
+++ b/src/components/sections/MileTruthHero.tsx
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ export default function MileTruthHero() {
           flex-direction: column;
           justify-content: center;
           border-radius: 25px 25px 0 0;
-          margin-top: 20px;
+          margin-top: 28px;
           padding: 100px 0;
         }
         .miletruth-hero-container::before {
diff --git a/src/components/sections/WingsFeatureGrid.tsx b/src/components/sections/WingsFeatureGrid.tsx
index 2bbb972..8500116 100644
--- a/src/components/sections/WingsFeatureGrid.tsx
+++ b/src/components/sections/WingsFeatureGrid.tsx
@@ -142,6 +142,11 @@ export default function WingsFeatureGrid() {
 
         @media (max-width: 600px) {
           .wfg-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
+          /* var(--space-section-lg) floors at a fixed 52px on any phone
+             width (clamp() has no further breakpoint-based step-down), which
+             reads as noticeably heavier than the section rhythm near the
+             footer. Trimmed to a real mobile value here instead. */
+          .wfg-section { padding-top: 44px; padding-bottom: 44px; }
         }
       `,
         }}
diff --git a/src/components/sections/WingsFinalCTA.tsx b/src/components/sections/WingsFinalCTA.tsx
index 6015982..2a66a21 100644
--- a/src/components/sections/WingsFinalCTA.tsx
+++ b/src/components/sections/WingsFinalCTA.tsx
@@ -55,12 +55,28 @@ export default function WingsFinalCTA() {
 
         @media (max-width: 768px) {
           .wfcta-container {
-            margin-top: 40px !important;
-            margin-bottom: 40px !important;
+            /* Raised to dominate the collapsed margin with the previous
+               section (Roadmap's own 24px bottom margin) so the gap above
+               the CTA card reads the same as the gap below it. */
+            margin-top: 14px !important;
+            /* There's ~110px of unexplained extra space rendered between this
+               container and the Footer that follows on mobile (verified with
+               Playwright — no element/padding/margin in the DOM accounts for
+               it, so it isn't coming from either section's own box). Pulling
+               the CTA up with a negative bottom margin closes most of that
+               gap directly instead of chasing the underlying cause, without
+               touching the shared Footer component (used on every page) or
+               either card's internal padding. Tuned so the resulting visible
+               gap below the card matches the ~44px gap above it. */
+            margin-bottom: -96px !important;
             padding: 0 10px !important;
           }
           .wfcta-box {
-            padding: 48px 20px !important;
+            /* Vertical padding cut ~25% (48px -> 36px) to close the excessive
+               gap above the heading and below the button on mobile — the
+               card felt loose relative to the rest of the Wings page.
+               Horizontal padding/border-radius/width untouched. */
+            padding: 36px 20px !important;
             border-radius: 22px !important;
           }
           .wfcta-title {
diff --git a/src/components/sections/WingsFleetStrategy.tsx b/src/components/sections/WingsFleetStrategy.tsx
index 12e15d1..695a49a 100644
--- a/src/components/sections/WingsFleetStrategy.tsx
+++ b/src/components/sections/WingsFleetStrategy.tsx
@@ -49,6 +49,20 @@ const FEATURES: EVFeature[] = [
 export default function WingsFleetStrategy() {
   return (
     <div id="wings-fleet">
+      {/* EVSection is shared across other pages (Workflow1/Workflow2 etc.),
+          so its own .evnd-gap-bottom rule isn't touched — this override is
+          scoped to #wings-fleet only, and reduces just the blank margin
+          immediately before Infrastructure by ~42% (24px -> 14px) on
+          mobile, matching the site's tighter mobile rhythm elsewhere. */}
+      <style
+        dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{
+          __html: `
+        @media (max-width: 767px) {
+          #wings-fleet .evnd-gap-bottom { margin-bottom: 14px !important; }
+        }
+      `,
+        }}
+      />
       <EVSection
         bannerImage="/images/pahse1.png"
         cardNumber="Phase 1"
diff --git a/src/components/sections/WingsHowItWorks.module.css b/src/components/sections/WingsHowItWorks.module.css
index 3ecfd05..1377db0 100644
--- a/src/components/sections/WingsHowItWorks.module.css
+++ b/src/components/sections/WingsHowItWorks.module.css
@@ -241,6 +241,34 @@
 }
 
 @media (max-width: 600px) {
+  /* The clamp() on .section floors at a fixed 56px/80px on any phone width
+     (no further breakpoint-based step-down), noticeably heavier than the
+     rhythm every other Wings section settles into on mobile — normalized to
+     the same 44px/44px here.
+
+     .section's own margin-left/right also stays fixed at 24px below 1024px
+     (set at the top of this file, for the card's inset from the viewport
+     edge). Stacked with .sectionShell's padding that put the card's content
+     34px from the screen edge on phones — noticeably narrower than the
+     Footer's real 10px edge gutter (--dm-mobile-gutter, see globals.css's
+     .dm-section-container). Moving the full 10px gutter onto .section's
+     margin reproduces that same 10px screen-to-card edge, so the card sits
+     flush with its neighbors. .sectionShell then gets its own small 10px
+     breathing-room padding (independent of the outer gutter) so the eyebrow,
+     heading, progress indicator, and step content aren't flush against the
+     card's inner edge. */
+  .section {
+    padding-top: 44px;
+    padding-bottom: 44px;
+    margin-left: var(--dm-mobile-gutter, 10px);
+    margin-right: var(--dm-mobile-gutter, 10px);
+  }
+
+  .sectionShell {
+    padding-left: 10px;
+    padding-right: 10px;
+  }
+
   .flow {
     display: flex;
     flex-direction: column;
diff --git a/src/components/sections/WingsIndustries.tsx b/src/components/sections/WingsIndustries.tsx
index 64d988b..b8d6685 100644
--- a/src/components/sections/WingsIndustries.tsx
+++ b/src/components/sections/WingsIndustries.tsx
@@ -181,6 +181,11 @@ export default function WingsIndustries() {
         @media (max-width: 600px) {
           .wind-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
           .wind-card { aspect-ratio: 3 / 4; }
+          /* var(--space-section-lg) floors at a fixed 52px on any phone
+             width; bottom is already trimmed to 20px, so only the top needs
+             a real mobile reduction to match the section rhythm near the
+             footer. */
+          .wind-section { padding-top: 44px; }
         }
       `,
         }}
diff --git a/src/components/sections/WingsInfrastructure.module.css b/src/components/sections/WingsInfrastructure.module.css
index df94ef8..83ad857 100644
--- a/src/components/sections/WingsInfrastructure.module.css
+++ b/src/components/sections/WingsInfrastructure.module.css
@@ -194,6 +194,36 @@
 }
 
 @media (max-width: 600px) {
+  /* var(--space-section) floors at a fixed 40px on any phone width (no
+     further breakpoint-based step-down), and .sectionShell's horizontal
+     padding otherwise stays fixed at 24px below 1024px — both read as
+     inconsistent with the rhythm every other Wings section settles into on
+     mobile. Normalized to match: 44px/44px vertical, and the shared
+     --dm-mobile-gutter (10px) horizontal.
+
+     .section's own margin-left/right also stays fixed at 24px below 1024px
+     (set at the top of this file, for the card's inset from the viewport
+     edge). Stacked with .sectionShell's padding that put the card's content
+     34px from the screen edge on phones — noticeably narrower than the
+     Footer's real 10px edge gutter (--dm-mobile-gutter, see globals.css's
+     .dm-section-container). Moving the full 10px gutter onto .section's
+     margin reproduces that same 10px screen-to-card edge, so the card sits
+     flush with its neighbors. .sectionShell then gets its own small 10px
+     breathing-room padding (independent of the outer gutter) so the eyebrow,
+     heading, icons, card titles/descriptions, and dividers (which span
+     .card's full width) aren't flush against the card's inner edge. */
+  .section {
+    padding-top: 44px;
+    padding-bottom: 44px;
+    margin-left: var(--dm-mobile-gutter, 10px);
+    margin-right: var(--dm-mobile-gutter, 10px);
+  }
+
+  .sectionShell {
+    padding-left: 10px;
+    padding-right: 10px;
+  }
+
   .grid {
     display: flex;
     flex-direction: column;
diff --git a/src/components/sections/WingsMileTruth.tsx b/src/components/sections/WingsMileTruth.tsx
index bc304a8..8f014e3 100644
--- a/src/components/sections/WingsMileTruth.tsx
+++ b/src/components/sections/WingsMileTruth.tsx
@@ -347,6 +347,11 @@ export default function WingsMileTruth() {
         @media (max-width: 600px) {
           .wmt-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
           .wmt-callout { flex-direction: column; align-items: flex-start; }
+          /* The vertical clamp() floors at a fixed 64px on any phone width;
+             trimmed to a real mobile value to match the section rhythm near
+             the footer. Horizontal padding is left untouched (its own
+             clamp already resolves small on phones). */
+          .wmt-section { padding-top: 48px; padding-bottom: 48px; }
         }
       `,
         }}
diff --git a/src/components/sections/WingsRoadmap.tsx b/src/components/sections/WingsRoadmap.tsx
index 3aa230d..c562205 100644
--- a/src/components/sections/WingsRoadmap.tsx
+++ b/src/components/sections/WingsRoadmap.tsx
@@ -203,6 +203,16 @@ export default function WingsRoadmap() {
         }
 
         @media (max-width: 767px) {
+          /* Both the outer margin-top and the internal vertical padding
+             clamp()s floor at fixed, sizeable values (56px + 64px = ~120px
+             combined) on any phone width — noticeably heavier than the
+             section rhythm near the footer. Horizontal padding is left
+             untouched (its own clamp already resolves small on phones). */
+          .wrm-section {
+            margin-top: 40px;
+            padding-top: 48px;
+            padding-bottom: 48px;
+          }
           .wrm-track-wrap { display: none; }
           .wrm-grid {
             grid-template-columns: 1fr;
diff --git a/src/components/sections/WingsSpeedAdvantage.tsx b/src/components/sections/WingsSpeedAdvantage.tsx
index 8a6f2c4..ddfbef7 100644
--- a/src/components/sections/WingsSpeedAdvantage.tsx
+++ b/src/components/sections/WingsSpeedAdvantage.tsx
@@ -162,7 +162,17 @@ export default function WingsSpeedAdvantage() {
 
         @media (max-width: 767px) {
           .wsa-face-off { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 40px; }
-          .wsa-vs { position: static; transform: none; margin: -20px auto; }
+          /* Effective visible gap above/below the VS circle is (grid gap +
+             this margin), i.e. 40px - 28px = 12px on each side — an equal,
+             ~40% reduction from the previous 20px/20px so the circle reads
+             as bridging the two cards instead of floating in a large empty
+             gap. margin: auto keeps it horizontally centered; the shorthand
+             applies identically to top and bottom so both stay equal. */
+          .wsa-vs { position: static; transform: none; margin: -28px auto; }
+          /* var(--space-section-lg) floors at a fixed 52px on any phone
+             width; trimmed to a real mobile value to match the section
+             rhythm near the footer. */
+          .wsa-section { padding-top: 44px; padding-bottom: 44px; }
         }
       `,
         }}
diff --git a/src/components/sections/WingsWhyGrid.tsx b/src/components/sections/WingsWhyGrid.tsx
index 53b09e8..ce1499b 100644
--- a/src/components/sections/WingsWhyGrid.tsx
+++ b/src/components/sections/WingsWhyGrid.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,31 @@
+"use client";
+
+import { useEffect, useRef } from "react";
+import gsap from "gsap";
+import { ScrollTrigger } from "gsap/ScrollTrigger";
+import { MotionPathPlugin } from "gsap/MotionPathPlugin";
+import { DrawSVGPlugin } from "gsap/DrawSVGPlugin";
 import { ScrollReveal, StaggerChildren } from "@/animations/Reveal";
 
+let hasDrawSVG = false;
+if (typeof window !== "undefined") {
+  gsap.registerPlugin(ScrollTrigger, MotionPathPlugin);
+  try {
+    // DrawSVGPlugin ships free with gsap 3.13+. Registration (not the import
+    // itself) is guarded so the draw step can fall back to plain
+    // stroke-dasharray if it's ever unavailable, without touching timing.
+    gsap.registerPlugin(DrawSVGPlugin);
+    hasDrawSVG = true;
+  } catch {
+    hasDrawSVG = false;
+  }
+}
+
+const MOBILE_BQ = 600;
+const AIRCRAFT_ROTATION_OFFSET = 90; // glyph's rest pose points "up"
+const WAVE_AMPLITUDE_MIN = 20;
+const WAVE_AMPLITUDE_MAX = 38;
+
 const FEATURES = [
   {
     title: "Same-Day Air Logistics",
@@ -48,7 +74,415 @@ const FEATURES = [
   },
 ];
 
+interface Point {
+  x: number;
+  y: number;
+}
+
+function buildPathD(points: Point[]): string {
+  if (points.length < 2) return "";
+  let d = `M ${points[0].x} ${points[0].y}`;
+  for (let i = 0; i < points.length - 1; i++) {
+    const p0 = points[i];
+    const p1 = points[i + 1];
+    const dx = (p1.x - p0.x) / 2;
+    d += ` C ${p0.x + dx} ${p0.y}, ${p1.x - dx} ${p1.y}, ${p1.x} ${p1.y}`;
+  }
+  return d;
+}
+
+// Inserts one raised "crest" point between every consecutive pair of card
+// anchors, turning the mostly-straight spline into an alternating
+// trough-crest-trough wave: each card position stays a trough (so the pulse
+// still arrives level with its icon, unchanged), while the gap between cards
+// arcs upward. buildPathD's per-segment horizontal-tangent control points
+// already keep every trough/crest transition smooth (no sharp bends) without
+// needing a fancier spline — only the input point list changes.
+//
+// Each crest's height and horizontal position are nudged by a small,
+// index-derived (not random) offset, so consecutive humps are never
+// identical — reading as a real, slightly irregular air route rather than a
+// generated sine wave — while staying perfectly stable across re-measures
+// (resize, etc.) since the offsets depend only on segment index, not chance.
+// Each offset sums two sine terms at unrelated frequencies/phases rather
+// than one, so the sequence of crest heights doesn't itself read as a
+// single obvious repeating rhythm.
+function buildWavePoints(points: Point[], amplitude: number): Point[] {
+  if (points.length < 2 || amplitude <= 0) return points;
+  const waved: Point[] = [points[0]];
+  for (let i = 0; i < points.length - 1; i++) {
+    const p0 = points[i];
+    const p1 = points[i + 1];
+    const ampFactor =
+      1 + 0.28 * Math.sin(i * 2.9 + 0.4) + 0.15 * Math.sin(i * 5.3 + 2.1);
+    const xJitter =
+      (p1.x - p0.x) * (0.08 * Math.sin(i * 1.7 + 1.3) + 0.06 * Math.sin(i * 3.6 + 0.2));
+    waved.push({
+      x: (p0.x + p1.x) / 2 + xJitter,
+      y: Math.min(p0.y, p1.y) - amplitude * ampFactor,
+    });
+    waved.push(p1);
+  }
+  return waved;
+}
+
 export default function WingsWhyGrid() {
+  const wrapRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
+  const svgRef = useRef<SVGSVGElement>(null);
+  const pathRef = useRef<SVGPathElement>(null);
+  // A second copy of the same "d", drawn brighter/thicker/blurred. A moving
+  // dasharray window (kept in sync with the pulse's own progress, see
+  // onUpdate below) makes a soft, feathered segment of the route glow right
+  // under the pulse and fade back to the resting line just behind it — the
+  // route being "energized" as the pulse passes, not just a static line.
+  const illumRef = useRef<SVGPathElement>(null);
+  // The traveler is the primary visual: a bright optical pulse riding the
+  // route. It's the outer group MotionPathPlugin translates. The aircraft is
+  // nested inside it as a small, secondary glyph — never its own focal point.
+  const travelerRef = useRef<SVGGElement>(null);
+  // Only this inner group rotates to face the direction of travel (the
+  // halo). Kept separate from travelerRef with an explicit 0,0 transform
+  // origin so rotation never pivots around a fill-box-derived point.
+  const directionalRef = useRef<SVGGElement>(null);
+  // The aircraft's own rotation wrapper, painted as a sibling *after* the
+  // core circle (see JSX) so its silhouette stays readable on top of the
+  // bright core instead of being buried under it. Mirrors directionalRef's
+  // rotation exactly (set alongside it in onUpdate) so both halves of the
+  // traveler always face the same way despite being separate DOM branches.
+  const aircraftDirectionalRef = useRef<SVGGElement>(null);
+  const cardRefs = useRef<(HTMLDivElement | null)[]>([]);
+  const iconRefs = useRef<(HTMLDivElement | null)[]>([]);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const wrap = wrapRef.current;
+    const svg = svgRef.current;
+    const path = pathRef.current;
+    const illum = illumRef.current;
+    const traveler = travelerRef.current;
+    const directional = directionalRef.current;
+    const aircraftDirectional = aircraftDirectionalRef.current;
+    if (!wrap || !svg || !path || !illum || !traveler || !directional || !aircraftDirectional) return;
+
+    // Declared here (not inside the gsap.context callback below) so the
+    // cleanup function — which must run on every unmount, including ones
+    // gsap.context() itself doesn't know about, like these plain rAF/
+    // ResizeObserver handles — can always reach them.
+    let resizeRaf = 0;
+    let initialRaf = 0;
+    let rafIn = 0;
+    let ro: ResizeObserver | undefined;
+    let loadHandler: (() => void) | undefined;
+    // Also assigned (not re-declared) inside the gsap.context callback below,
+    // for the same reason: cleanup needs to reach them even though
+    // ctx.revert() already kills anything the context tracked, since the
+    // ScrollTrigger is created synchronously (tracked) but the flight
+    // timeline is only created later, asynchronously, once onEnter actually
+    // fires (not reliably tracked by the context in that case).
+    let st: ScrollTrigger | null = null;
+    let playedTimeline: gsap.core.Timeline | null = null;
+
+    // Everything GSAP-related (ScrollTrigger, timelines, gsap.set calls) is
+    // created inside this context so a single ctx.revert() on unmount kills
+    // all of it — this is what makes the whole setup safe to re-run on every
+    // mount (initial load, client-side route navigation, back/forward, hot
+    // reload) instead of only working after a hard refresh, where a prior
+    // mount's leftover ScrollTrigger/timeline could otherwise linger or hold
+    // a stale measurement.
+    const ctx = gsap.context(() => {
+    const reduced = window.matchMedia("(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)").matches;
+    let played = false;
+
+    const isMobileLayout = () => window.matchMedia(`(max-width: ${MOBILE_BQ}px)`).matches;
+
+    const measure = (): { points: Point[]; isMobile: boolean } => {
+      const wrapRect = wrap.getBoundingClientRect();
+      const isMobile = isMobileLayout();
+
+      const points = cardRefs.current
+        .map((card, i) => {
+          const icon = iconRefs.current[i];
+          if (!card || !icon) return null;
+          const cardRect = card.getBoundingClientRect();
+          const iconRect = icon.getBoundingClientRect();
+          if (isMobile) {
+            return {
+              x: 12,
+              y: iconRect.top + iconRect.height / 2 - wrapRect.top,
+            };
+          }
+          return {
+            x: iconRect.left + iconRect.width / 2 - wrapRect.left,
+            y: cardRect.top - wrapRect.top - 14,
+          };
+        })
+        .filter((p): p is Point => p !== null);
+
+      svg.setAttribute("width", String(wrapRect.width));
+      svg.setAttribute("height", String(wrapRect.height));
+      svg.setAttribute("viewBox", `0 0 ${wrapRect.width} ${wrapRect.height}`);
+
+      // Wave only applies to the horizontal (non-mobile) layout — mobile
+      // keeps its existing straight vertical line unchanged. Amplitude
+      // scales with the section's width so it stays "gentle" (never a
+      // straight line, never overly aggressive) at any breakpoint.
+      const amplitude = isMobile
+        ? 0
+        : Math.max(WAVE_AMPLITUDE_MIN, Math.min(WAVE_AMPLITUDE_MAX, wrapRect.width / 20));
+      const routePoints = isMobile ? points : buildWavePoints(points, amplitude);
+      const d = buildPathD(routePoints);
+      path.setAttribute("d", d);
+      illum.setAttribute("d", d);
+
+      return { points, isMobile };
+    };
+
+    // Keep the (static, or already-settled) line in sync with layout reflow.
+    // Only ever updates geometry — never restarts or replays the animation.
+    ro = new ResizeObserver(() => {
+      cancelAnimationFrame(resizeRaf);
+      resizeRaf = requestAnimationFrame(measure);
+    });
+    ro.observe(wrap);
+
+    // Initial synchronous measurement so `path` has real geometry before any
+    // gsap.set/timeline touches it (ResizeObserver's first callback is async).
+    // Followed by one deferred re-measure: StaggerChildren's own mount effect
+    // (a sibling/child effect) can still have cards translated by their
+    // pre-reveal yOffset at this exact tick, so the very first synchronous
+    // read can be transiently stale — a post-paint rAF corrects it.
+    measure();
+    initialRaf = requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+      measure();
+      // Recalculates every ScrollTrigger's start/end position against the
+      // now-settled layout. Without this, a trigger created a moment before
+      // web fonts/images finish shifting the page can end up with a stale
+      // "top 85%" position that a normal scroll never actually crosses —
+      // the classic reason a GSAP ScrollTrigger works after a hard refresh
+      // (cache-warm, layout already stable) but not after a fresh client-side
+      // navigation.
+      ScrollTrigger.refresh();
+    });
+
+    // Extra safety net: images loading in after this point can still shift
+    // layout. One more refresh once the whole page (including images) has
+    // finished loading catches that — a no-op if `load` already fired.
+    if (document.readyState !== "complete") {
+      loadHandler = () => ScrollTrigger.refresh();
+      window.addEventListener("load", loadHandler, { once: true });
+    }
+
+    const activateCard = (i: number) => {
+      const card = cardRefs.current[i];
+      const icon = iconRefs.current[i];
+      if (!card) return;
+      // Arrival: border gently strengthens, ambient glow grows, icon
+      // brightens, card lifts a touch (CSS-driven, eased over ~0.5s — see
+      // .wwg-card / .wwg-card-glow transition durations below — so it grows
+      // and settles rather than snapping on).
+      card.classList.add("wwg-card-flown", "wwg-card-pulse");
+      // Icon's own gentle scale pulse starts a beat after the arrival
+      // begins, so the sequence reads as "arrives, then responds" rather
+      // than everything happening at once.
+      if (icon) {
+        gsap.timeline({ delay: 0.28 })
+          .to(icon, { scale: 1.02, duration: 0.32, ease: "expo.out" })
+          .to(icon, { scale: 1, duration: 0.32, ease: "sine.inOut" });
+      }
+      // Hold the arrival state, then ease into the subtler, persistent
+      // "flown" resting state.
+      gsap.delayedCall(0.95, () => card.classList.remove("wwg-card-pulse"));
+    };
+
+    const runSequence = () => {
+      if (played) return;
+      played = true;
+
+      const { points, isMobile } = measure();
+      if (points.length < 2) return;
+
+      const restOpacity = isMobile ? 0.15 : 0.18;
+      const total = path.getTotalLength();
+      // The illuminated window trailing the pulse: roughly a fifth of the
+      // route's length, so it reads as a genuine glowing trail rather than
+      // a small blip or the entire line at once.
+      const trailLen = total * 0.22;
+      const illumDashGap = total + 200;
+      illum.setAttribute("stroke-dasharray", `${trailLen} ${illumDashGap}`);
+      const fractions = points.map((pt) => {
+        let best = 0;
+        let bestDist = Infinity;
+        const step = Math.max(2, total / 400);
+        for (let l = 0; l <= total; l += step) {
+          const p = path.getPointAtLength(l);
+          const dist = (p.x - pt.x) ** 2 + (p.y - pt.y) ** 2;
+          if (dist < bestDist) {
+            bestDist = dist;
+            best = l;
+          }
+        }
+        return best / total;
+      });
+      const fired = fractions.map(() => false);
+
+      let currentAngle = 0;
+      let angleInit = false;
+
+      const tl = gsap.timeline();
+      playedTimeline = tl;
+
+      // The energy pulse's own journey — calm and deliberate, ~4.8-5.5s so
+      // it glides rather than rushes from the first card to the last.
+      const FLIGHT_DURATION = 5.2;
+      // The route draws slightly faster than the pulse travels, both
+      // starting together at t=0 — so the drawn extent always leads the
+      // pulse's position (never the other way round) and the whole route
+      // is guaranteed fully illuminated well before the pulse's own journey
+      // ends, while both still read as one continuous, synchronized motion.
+      const DRAW_DURATION = FLIGHT_DURATION * 0.9;
+
+      if (hasDrawSVG) {
+        tl.to(path, { drawSVG: "100%", duration: DRAW_DURATION, ease: "power2.inOut" }, 0);
+      } else {
+        gsap.set(path, { strokeDasharray: total, strokeDashoffset: total });
+        tl.to(path, { strokeDashoffset: 0, duration: DRAW_DURATION, ease: "power2.inOut" }, 0);
+      }
+      // The base route ramps straight to its final resting opacity as it
+      // draws — never to an elevated "traveling" brightness — so there is
+      // only ever one illuminated layer on screen: the bright illum trail
+      // riding with the pulse (below). Without this, the whole drawn route
+      // would sit at a visibly elevated opacity for the entire flight,
+      // reading as a second, competing "lit" route behind the pulse.
+      tl.to(path, { opacity: restOpacity, duration: 0.9, ease: "sine.out" }, 0);
+
+      // GSAP computes its own rotation pivot for SVG elements from the
+      // target's bounding box (stamped as a data-svg-origin attribute) and
+      // ignores plain CSS transform-origin for that purpose — so without
+      // this, both directional groups were actually rotating around their
+      // bbox corner instead of (0,0), visibly orbiting off the path's
+      // centerline as they turned. svgOrigin is GSAP's own equivalent,
+      // stated in the element's literal SVG coordinates (not bbox-relative
+      // percentages), and only needs setting once — the per-frame
+      // rotation-only gsap.set calls below then reuse it automatically.
+      gsap.set([directional, aircraftDirectional], { svgOrigin: "0 0" });
+
+      // A soft fade-in rather than an instant pop, so the pulse's arrival
+      // reads as one continuous gesture from the very first frame.
+      tl.to(traveler, { opacity: 1, duration: 0.3, ease: "sine.out" }, 0);
+      tl.to(illum, { opacity: 1, duration: 0.4, ease: "sine.out" }, 0);
+      tl.to(traveler, {
+        // alignOrigin locks the traveler's own center (not a default
+        // corner/bbox reference) to the path, matching the explicit
+        // transform-origin: 50% 50% above — keeps the pulse/aircraft
+        // precisely on the route's centerline with no vertical drift.
+        motionPath: { path, autoRotate: false, alignOrigin: [0.5, 0.5] },
+        duration: FLIGHT_DURATION,
+        ease: "power2.inOut",
+        onUpdate: function () {
+          const p = this.progress();
+          const l = p * total;
+          const eps = Math.max(1, total * 0.01);
+          const a = path.getPointAtLength(Math.max(0, l - eps));
+          const b = path.getPointAtLength(Math.min(total, l + eps));
+          const target = (Math.atan2(b.y - a.y, b.x - a.x) * 180) / Math.PI + AIRCRAFT_ROTATION_OFFSET;
+
+          if (!angleInit) {
+            currentAngle = target;
+            angleInit = true;
+          } else {
+            let delta = target - currentAngle;
+            // shortest angular path so the lerp never spins the long way round
+            delta = ((delta + 180) % 360 + 360) % 360 - 180;
+            currentAngle += delta * 0.12;
+          }
+          // Only the two directional groups (trail + halo, and the aircraft)
+          // rotate — the core stays a perfectly round point of light on the
+          // path. Both are set to the same angle every frame so they always
+          // face the same way despite being separate DOM branches (see
+          // aircraftDirectionalRef for why they're split).
+          gsap.set(directional, { rotation: currentAngle });
+          gsap.set(aircraftDirectional, { rotation: currentAngle });
+
+          // Slide the illuminated window's trailing edge to l - trailLen and
+          // its leading edge to l (i.e. right under the pulse) by shifting
+          // the dash pattern's phase — the CSS blur on .wwg-illum-trail turns
+          // those two hard edges into a soft glow that fades into the resting
+          // route, rather than a sharp on/off cut.
+          illum.setAttribute("stroke-dashoffset", String(trailLen - l));
+
+          fractions.forEach((f, i) => {
+            if (!fired[i] && p >= f) {
+              fired[i] = true;
+              activateCard(i);
+            }
+          });
+        },
+      }, 0);
+
+      // Only once the pulse's own journey is complete does it fade out —
+      // the route itself is already at its resting opacity by this point
+      // (see above), so nothing further happens to it here.
+      tl.to(traveler, { opacity: 0, duration: 0.6, ease: "sine.out" }, FLIGHT_DURATION);
+      tl.to(illum, { opacity: 0, duration: 0.6, ease: "sine.out" }, FLIGHT_DURATION);
+    };
+
+    if (reduced) {
+      const { isMobile } = measure();
+      gsap.set(path, { opacity: isMobile ? 0.15 : 0.18 });
+      if (hasDrawSVG) {
+        gsap.set(path, { drawSVG: "100%" });
+      } else {
+        gsap.set(path, { strokeDasharray: "none", strokeDashoffset: 0 });
+      }
+      gsap.set(traveler, { opacity: 0 });
+      gsap.set(illum, { opacity: 0 });
+    } else {
+      gsap.set(path, { opacity: 0 });
+      if (hasDrawSVG) {
+        gsap.set(path, { drawSVG: "0%" });
+      }
+      gsap.set(traveler, { opacity: 0 });
+      gsap.set(illum, { opacity: 0 });
+
+      // Starts as soon as the section is mostly in view (matches the cards'
+      // own "top 85%" stagger-reveal trigger) rather than waiting for it to
+      // be ~centered — the ~6s draw+flight sequence needs that extra lead
+      // time to actually be seen during a normal scroll pass, not just
+      // triggered and then scrolled straight past.
+      st = ScrollTrigger.create({
+        trigger: wrap,
+        start: "top 85%",
+        once: true,
+        onEnter: runSequence,
+      });
+
+      rafIn = requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+        const r = wrap.getBoundingClientRect();
+        const vh = window.innerHeight || document.documentElement.clientHeight;
+        if (r.top < vh * 0.85 && r.bottom > 0) {
+          runSequence();
+          st?.kill();
+        }
+      });
+    }
+    }, wrap);
+
+    return () => {
+      ro?.disconnect();
+      cancelAnimationFrame(resizeRaf);
+      cancelAnimationFrame(initialRaf);
+      cancelAnimationFrame(rafIn);
+      if (loadHandler) window.removeEventListener("load", loadHandler);
+      st?.kill();
+      playedTimeline?.kill();
+      // Reverts/kills everything gsap.context tracked (ScrollTrigger.create,
+      // gsap.set calls, etc.) as a safety net beyond the explicit kills
+      // above, which exist specifically because the flight timeline is
+      // created asynchronously (inside onEnter) and so isn't guaranteed to
+      // be tracked by the context itself.
+      ctx.revert();
+    };
+  }, []);
+
   return (
     <>
       <style
@@ -89,6 +523,100 @@ export default function WingsWhyGrid() {
           margin: 0 auto;
         }
 
+        .wwg-grid-wrap {
+          position: relative;
+          overflow: visible;
+        }
+
+        .wwg-flightpath {
+          position: absolute;
+          inset: 0;
+          pointer-events: none;
+          overflow: visible;
+          z-index: 5;
+        }
+
+        .wwg-flightpath-line {
+          fill: none;
+          stroke: #c8102e;
+          stroke-width: 2;
+          stroke-linecap: round;
+          stroke-linejoin: round;
+          opacity: 0;
+        }
+
+        /* A brighter, blurred copy of the same route, painted *behind* the
+           crisp foreground line (see JSX order). Its dasharray is driven
+           per-frame (see onUpdate) to keep a soft window of it trailing
+           directly beneath the pulse; because it sits behind rather than on
+           top, its blur reads as a glow radiating from under the route
+           instead of visually thickening the route's own edges. Stroke
+           width intentionally matches the base route so it never peeks out
+           wider than the crisp line drawn on top of it. */
+        .wwg-illum-trail {
+          fill: none;
+          stroke: #ff3d5a;
+          stroke-width: 2;
+          stroke-linecap: round;
+          filter: blur(5px);
+          opacity: 0;
+        }
+
+        /* The traveler is the primary visual: a single centered optical
+           pulse riding the route, with a small secondary aircraft glyph
+           carried inside it. Position (translate) lives on .wwg-traveler;
+           only the inner .wwg-traveler-directional group rotates to face
+           the direction of travel — the round pulse core stays outside it
+           so it never rotates, always reading as a clean point of light. */
+        .wwg-traveler {
+          opacity: 0;
+          pointer-events: none;
+          will-change: transform;
+          /* Explicit center alignment (paired with alignOrigin: [0.5, 0.5]
+             on the motionPath tween) so the traveler's own center — not a
+             corner/default reference point — is what MotionPathPlugin locks
+             to the route, keeping it precisely on the path's centerline
+             with no vertical drift. */
+          transform-origin: 50% 50%;
+        }
+
+        .wwg-traveler-directional {
+          transform-origin: 0px 0px;
+          will-change: transform;
+        }
+
+        /* Large, radially-symmetric ambient glow — the true hero of the
+           traveler. Centered on the pulse with no directional offset, so
+           there is never a brighter patch leading ahead of the aircraft.
+           Non-directional, so it lives outside the rotating
+           .wwg-traveler-directional group. */
+        .wwg-pulse-bloom {
+          fill: #c8102e;
+          opacity: 0.2;
+          filter: blur(18px);
+        }
+
+        .wwg-pulse-halo {
+          fill: #c8102e;
+          opacity: 0.52;
+          filter: blur(7px);
+        }
+
+        .wwg-pulse-core {
+          fill: #ffffff;
+          filter: drop-shadow(0 0 4px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.98)) drop-shadow(0 0 9px rgba(200, 16, 46, 0.85))
+            drop-shadow(0 0 15px rgba(200, 16, 46, 0.5));
+        }
+
+        /* Deliberately no drop-shadow of its own — the bloom/halo/trail
+           above supply all the glow. Sized to be clearly recognizable as an
+           aircraft without becoming the focal point: the pulse is still the
+           brightest, largest element on screen at every moment. */
+        .wwg-aircraft {
+          color: #c8102e;
+          opacity: 0.65;
+        }
+
         .wwg-grid {
           display: grid;
           grid-template-columns: repeat(4, minmax(0, 1fr));
@@ -96,12 +624,23 @@ export default function WingsWhyGrid() {
         }
 
         .wwg-card {
+          position: relative;
           min-width: 0;
           padding: 30px 24px;
           border: 1px solid rgba(17, 17, 17, 0.08);
           border-radius: 18px;
           background: #fafafa;
-          transition: border-color 0.3s ease, box-shadow 0.3s ease, transform 0.3s ease;
+          /* Staggered delays so activation reads as a cascade — glow moves
+             first (see .wwg-card-glow below, no delay), then border/shape,
+             then the background tint settles last — rather than every
+             property snapping at once. The "expo-out" curve (rather than
+             plain ease) is what gives it a soft, premium settle instead of a
+             mechanical linear-ish snap. */
+          transition:
+            border-color 0.75s cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1) 0.08s,
+            box-shadow 0.75s cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1) 0.08s,
+            transform 0.75s cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1) 0.08s,
+            background-color 0.75s cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1) 0.22s;
         }
 
         .wwg-card:hover {
@@ -110,6 +649,37 @@ export default function WingsWhyGrid() {
           transform: translateY(-4px);
         }
 
+        .wwg-card-glow {
+          position: absolute;
+          inset: -12px;
+          border-radius: 22px;
+          background: radial-gradient(circle, rgba(200, 16, 46, 0.45) 0%, rgba(200, 16, 46, 0) 70%);
+          opacity: 0;
+          z-index: -1;
+          pointer-events: none;
+          filter: blur(6px);
+          transition: opacity 0.75s cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1);
+        }
+
+        .wwg-card-flown {
+          border-color: rgba(200, 16, 46, 0.25);
+          background-color: #fdf7f8;
+        }
+
+        .wwg-card-flown .wwg-card-glow {
+          opacity: 0.32;
+        }
+
+        .wwg-card-pulse {
+          border-color: rgba(200, 16, 46, 0.5);
+          box-shadow: 0 16px 34px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.07);
+          transform: translateY(-3px);
+        }
+
+        .wwg-card-pulse .wwg-card-glow {
+          opacity: 0.85;
+        }
+
         .wwg-icon {
           width: 52px;
           height: 52px;
@@ -120,6 +690,18 @@ export default function WingsWhyGrid() {
           background: rgba(200, 16, 46, 0.06);
           color: #c8102e;
           margin-bottom: 20px;
+          transition:
+            background-color 0.7s cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1) 0.16s,
+            filter 0.7s cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1) 0.16s;
+        }
+
+        .wwg-card-flown .wwg-icon {
+          background: rgba(200, 16, 46, 0.1);
+        }
+
+        .wwg-card-pulse .wwg-icon {
+          background: rgba(200, 16, 46, 0.14);
+          filter: brightness(1.12);
         }
 
         .wwg-card-title {
@@ -143,7 +725,18 @@ export default function WingsWhyGrid() {
         }
 
         @media (max-width: 600px) {
-          .wwg-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
+          .wwg-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; padding-left: 28px; }
+          /* var(--space-section-lg) floors at a fixed 52px on any phone
+             width; trimmed to a real mobile value to match the section
+             rhythm near the footer. Matches this file's own MOBILE_BQ
+             breakpoint used by the flight-path animation logic. */
+          .wwg-section { padding-top: 44px; padding-bottom: 44px; }
+        }
+
+        @media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
+          .wwg-card, .wwg-card-glow, .wwg-icon {
+            transition: none;
+          }
         }
       `,
         }}
@@ -157,15 +750,74 @@ export default function WingsWhyGrid() {
               <h2 className="wwg-title">Built for the speed of the Gen-Z economy</h2>
             </ScrollReveal>
 
-            <StaggerChildren stagger={0.1} duration={0.7} yOffset={30} className="wwg-grid">
-              {FEATURES.map((f) => (
-                <div key={f.title} className="wwg-card">
-                  <div className="wwg-icon" aria-hidden="true">{f.icon}</div>
-                  <h3 className="wwg-card-title">{f.title}</h3>
-                  <p className="wwg-card-desc">{f.desc}</p>
-                </div>
-              ))}
-            </StaggerChildren>
+            <div className="wwg-grid-wrap" ref={wrapRef}>
+              <svg ref={svgRef} className="wwg-flightpath" aria-hidden="true" focusable="false">
+                {/* Rendered first (behind) so its blur/extra width reads as a
+                    soft glow sitting under the route rather than visually
+                    thickening it — the crisp .wwg-flightpath-line painted
+                    after it always defines the route's actual edges. */}
+                <path ref={illumRef} className="wwg-illum-trail" d="" />
+                <path ref={pathRef} className="wwg-flightpath-line" d="" />
+                <g ref={travelerRef} className="wwg-traveler">
+                  {/* Large feathered bloom: the true hero of the traveler, an
+                      ambient glow with no direction of its own. */}
+                  <circle className="wwg-pulse-bloom" cx="0" cy="0" r="26" />
+                  <g ref={directionalRef} className="wwg-traveler-directional">
+                    <ellipse className="wwg-pulse-halo" cx="0" cy="0" rx="11" ry="6" />
+                  </g>
+                  <circle className="wwg-pulse-core" cx="0" cy="0" r="2.6" />
+                  {/* Painted after (on top of) the core so the aircraft's
+                      silhouette stays readable instead of being buried under
+                      the bright core dot. Rotation mirrors directionalRef
+                      exactly (see onUpdate) despite living in its own group. */}
+                  <g ref={aircraftDirectionalRef} className="wwg-traveler-directional">
+                    {/* The stock glyph's original 24x24 viewBox had ~3.5
+                        units of dead padding on every side around the actual
+                        ink (true silhouette bbox was only 17x20) — scaling
+                        from the nominal 24-unit box would have kept baking
+                        that padding in and rendering smaller than intended.
+                        These coordinates instead start from the silhouette's
+                        own tight bbox (no padding), centered on (0,0), then
+                        scaled 1.3x — giving a true rendered size of ~22x26px,
+                        clearing 22px on both axes. Deliberately no
+                        scale()/translate() transform: baked directly into
+                        the path data so it renders at full native
+                        resolution rather than through a transform stacked on
+                        top of this group's own rotation transform. */}
+                    <path
+                      className="wwg-aircraft"
+                      d="M0,-13 C-0.78,-13 -1.3,-12.22 -1.3,-11.31 L-1.3,-3.9 L-11.05,1.3 L-11.05,3.9 L-1.3,0.91 L-1.3,9.1 L-4.55,11.44 L-4.55,13 L0,11.7 L4.55,13 L4.55,11.44 L1.3,9.1 L1.3,0.91 L11.05,3.9 L11.05,1.3 L1.3,-3.9 L1.3,-11.31 C1.3,-12.22 0.78,-13 0,-13 Z"
+                      fill="currentColor"
+                    />
+                  </g>
+                </g>
+              </svg>
+
+              <StaggerChildren stagger={0.1} duration={0.7} yOffset={30} className="wwg-grid">
+                {FEATURES.map((f, i) => (
+                  <div
+                    key={f.title}
+                    className="wwg-card"
+                    ref={(el) => {
+                      cardRefs.current[i] = el;
+                    }}
+                  >
+                    <span className="wwg-card-glow" aria-hidden="true" />
+                    <div
+                      className="wwg-icon"
+                      aria-hidden="true"
+                      ref={(el) => {
+                        iconRefs.current[i] = el;
+                      }}
+                    >
+                      {f.icon}
+                    </div>
+                    <h3 className="wwg-card-title">{f.title}</h3>
+                    <p className="wwg-card-desc">{f.desc}</p>
+                  </div>
+                ))}
+              </StaggerChildren>
+            </div>
           </div>
         </div>
       </section>