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Title Why don't jumbo jets flap their wings? : flying animals, flying machines, and how they are different / David E. Alexander.
Author Alexander, David E., 1955-
Publication Info. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2009.
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  629.13 ALE    Check Shelves
 West Oaks  629.13 ALE    Check Shelves
Description xiv, 278 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-267) and index.
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 tale 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 -- Epilogue : so why don't jumbo jets flap their wings?
Subject Aeronautics -- Popular works.
Animal flight -- Popular works.
Flying-machines -- Popular works.
Airplanes -- Popular works.
Birds -- Flight -- Popular works.
ISBN 9780813544793 (hardcover : alk. paper) : $26.95
0813544793 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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