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Why don't jumbo jets flap their wings? : flying animals, flying machines, and how they are different /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alexander, David E., 1955-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2009]
Subjects:
Birds > Flight > Popular works.
Airplanes > Popular works.
Flying-machines > Popular works.
Animal flight > Popular works.
Aeronautics > Popular works.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Flying animals and flying machines : birds of a feather?
  • Hey buddy, need a lift?
  • Power : the primary push
  • To turn or not to turn
  • A tail of two tails
  • Flight instruments
  • Dispensing with power : soaring
  • Straight up : vertical take-offs and hovering
  • Stoop of the falcon : predation and aerial combat
  • Biology meets technology head-on : ornithopters and human-powered flight.