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

Title: Why don't jumbo jets flap their wings? [electronic resource] : flying animals, flying machines, and how they are different / David E. Alexander.
Author: Alexander, David E., 1955-
Publication: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2009.

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1 online resource (xiv, 278 p.) : ill.

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Why don't jumbo jets flap their wings? (Online)

Alternative Title

Why don't jumbo jets flap their wings? (Online)

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-267) and index.

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Contents

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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