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Winged Migration (French: Le Peuple Migrateur, also known as The Travelling Birds in some UK releases, or The Travelling Birds: An Adventure in Flight in Australia) is a 2001 documentary film directed by Jacques Cluzaud, Michel Debats and Jacques Perrin, who was also one of the writers and narrators, showcasing the immense journeys routinely made by birds during their migrations.
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.
This category is for accidents or incidents which have occurred on commercial airliners throughout history involving bird strikes. See also Category:Whale collisions with ships Pages in category "Airliner accidents and incidents involving bird strikes"
By taking advantage of wake updraft like migrating birds , Airbus believes an aircraft can save 5–10% of fuel by flying 1.5–2 nmi (2.8–3.7 km) behind the preceding one. After Airbus A380s tests showing 12% savings, it launched its 'fello'fly' project in November 2019 for test flights in 2020 with two A350s , before transatlantic flight ...
Bird Image Species Family Maximum height Details Rüppell's vulture: Gyps rueppellii: Accipitridae: 11,300 metres (37,100 feet). [1] [2] Vultures use their excellent eyesight to scan the landscape below from a relatively static aerial position. Instead of flying over a larger distance, they use elevation to expand their field of vision. [3]
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. ...
Though the pilot’s identity is not listed in the data associated with the flight, the plane’s tail number (N59906) shows that it was a Piper Navajo twin-piston (PA31) that is registered to ...
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.