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  2. Bird flight - Wikipedia

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    Bird flight is the primary mode of locomotion used by most bird species in which birds take off and fly. Flight assists birds with feeding, breeding , avoiding predators , and migrating . Bird flight includes multiple types of motion, including hovering, taking off, and landing, involving many complex movements.

  3. Flying and gliding animals - Wikipedia

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    The heaviest living flying animals are the kori bustard and the great bustard with males reaching 21 kilograms (46 lb). The wandering albatross has the greatest wingspan of any living flying animal at 3.63 metres (11.9 ft). Among living animals which fly over land, the Andean condor and the marabou stork have the largest wingspan at 3.2 metres ...

  4. Codex on the Flight of Birds - Wikipedia

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    Folio 6 contains multiple diagrams of birds flying and their bone structure, and all of the commentary is on flight and how birds fly the way that they do. [9] Leonardo starts off by describing how a bird ascends or descends in different wind conditions. Here is a summary.

  5. V formation - Wikipedia

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    Eurasian cranes in a V formation (video) Birds flying in V formation. A V formation is a symmetric V- or chevron-shaped flight formation.In nature, it occurs among geese, swans, ducks, and other migratory birds, improving their energy efficiency, while in human aviation, it is used mostly in military aviation, air shows, and occasionally commercial aviation.

  6. Bird (mathematical artwork) - Wikipedia

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    The 500 line segments defined above together form a shape in the Cartesian plane that resembles a bird with open wings. Looking at the line segments on the wings of the bird causes an optical illusion and may trick the viewer into thinking that the segments are curved lines. Therefore, the shape can also be considered as an optical artwork.

  7. How common are plane engine fires and bird collisions? An ...

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    Officials aren't referring to this as an "engine fire," but photos and video of the incident show what appear to be flames coming out of the plane. ... "The rate of bird strikes in the U.S. was 2. ...

  8. Experts question bird strike as cause of South Korea plane crash

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    Birds hitting the plane alone were unlikely to explain the scale of the disaster, said Italian aviation expert Alegi. "Of course there might have been a bird strike," he said. "But the ...

  9. Flight - Wikipedia

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    The largest birds, the ostrich and the emu, are earthbound flightless birds, as were the now-extinct dodos and the Phorusrhacids, which were the dominant predators of South America in the Cenozoic era. The non-flying penguins have wings adapted for use under water and use the same wing movements for swimming that most other birds use for flight.