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

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Alexander, David E

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Rutgers University Press

Pub. Date

[2009]

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English

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[2009]	Rutgers University Press	xiv, 278 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm	English	Available Central - Adult Nonfiction 629.13 ALEXA	More InfoPlace Hold

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9780813544793

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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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Aeronautics -- Popular works
Airplanes -- Popular works
Animal flight -- Popular works
Birds -- Flight -- Popular works
Flying-machines -- Popular works

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