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Author:

Alexander, David E., 1955-

Title:

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

Publisher:

Rutgers University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

xiv, 278 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Aeronautics--Popular works.
Animal flight--Popular works.
Flying-machines--Popular works.
Airplanes--Popular works.
Birds--Flight--Popular works.
Aerodynamics--Popular works.
Flight--Popular works.
Airplanes--Wings--Popular works.
Lift (Aerodynamics)
Vertically rising aircraft--Aerodynamics--Popular works.

Notes:

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 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.

ISBN:

0813544793 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780813544793 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)243845412

LCCN:

2008035425

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)