Why don't jumbo jets flap their wings? : flying animals, flying machines, and how they are different / / David E. Alexander.
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Alexander, David E., 1955- Why don't jumbo jets flap their wings? [electronic resource] : flying animals, flying machines, and how they are different / David E. Alexander. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2009. xiv, 278 p. : ill. 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. Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. Aeronautics Popular works. Animal flight Popular works. Flying-machines Popular works. Airplanes Popular works. Birds Flight Popular works. Electronic books. ProQuest (Firm) https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/oeawat/detail.action?docID=896114 Click to View |
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xiv, 278 p. : ill. |
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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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