Bat-Like (not bird-like): Bats inspire 'micro air vehicle' designs
...The researchers are modeling "micro air vehicle" designs on the flapping motion of fruit bat wings. "Typically, bats are very agile and can change their flight path...Senate legislation would expand medical exemption-- up to 6,000lbs & 6 seats !!!
...om the third-class medical certification process. With legislation to expand the FAA's third class med...momentum in the House, Sens. John Boozman, R-Ark., Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Jerry Moran, R-Kan., today in...Flap artists: Birds sync wing beats in V formation - Do you formation guys at YFT feel this?
The next time you see birds flying in a V, consider this: A new study says they choreograph the flapping of their wings with exquisite precision to help them on their way. Cool article and video HEREwhy do birds fly so easily and so well and common myths or truths to the aerodynamics of bird flight
i have had a lot of thought on this over the years from a sparrow to a albatross and i do believe that the common accepted ideas do not add up to modern calculations. birds fly so well simply because they have hollow bones. birds fly so well because the have enormous wing muscles.