Alexander, David E.,  1955- <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-267) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780813544793 (hardcover : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008035425 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Aeronautics--Popular works.<br/>Animal flight--Popular works.<br/>Flying-machines--Popular works.<br/>Airplanes--Popular works.<br/>Birds--Flight--Popular works.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TL546.7  / .A44 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>629.13