Why don't jumbo jets flap their wings? : flying animals, flying machines, and how they are different /
Alexander, David E., 1955-
Why don't jumbo jets flap their wings? : flying animals, flying machines, and how they are different / David E. Alexander. - New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2009. - xiv, 278 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-267) and index.
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.
9780813544793 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2008035425
Aeronautics--Popular works.
Animal flight--Popular works.
Flying-machines--Popular works.
Airplanes--Popular works.
Birds--Flight--Popular works.
TL546.7 / .A44 2009
629.13
Why don't jumbo jets flap their wings? : flying animals, flying machines, and how they are different / David E. Alexander. - New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2009. - xiv, 278 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-267) and index.
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.
9780813544793 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2008035425
Aeronautics--Popular works.
Animal flight--Popular works.
Flying-machines--Popular works.
Airplanes--Popular works.
Birds--Flight--Popular works.
TL546.7 / .A44 2009
629.13