Why don't jumbo jets flap their wings? : flying animals, flying machines, and how they are different / David E. Alexander.
Publication details: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2009.Description: xiv, 278 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780813544793 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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- TL546.7 .A44 2009
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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.
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