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This 4 page paper compares and contrasts the flight of birds with the flight of airplanes. Some historical information about human flight is relayed. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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is possible only under certain conditions. The alignment of flight of the bird and of man is something that has been noted for centuries. This is true even though the
airplane has been around for a relatively short time. Leonardo Da Vinci studied birds and how they fly to try to come up with a way for man to do
the same (Wegener, 1997). Indeed, flight is something that men have dreamed of for some time and they witnesses the flight of birds early in order to determine how they
could create machines to mimic this phenomenon. Early on, birds were observed to do different things. For example, in 1907, five distinct types of flight were observed as rowing, gliding,
soaring, sailing and circling ("Wright Again," 2002). Most people are familiar with the long glide, the incredible way birds soar and the interesting aspect of circling that comes forth.
It seems that each of these types of flight have been equated with a certain type of scientific phenomenon. Some would involve the flapping of wings where others would be
something for which the bird had to make little effort. Sailing flight for example is something where the wind would elevate the bird to a certain height, and keep it
at that level for quite awhile ("Wright Again," 2002). Flight of course does involve a dance with the natural elements of wind and weather. Flying occurs in a place
that is subject to constant change. Still, the principles of flight stay the same and flight for living and nonliving objects rely on some of the same things. In part,
flight depends on the design of the flier. The wings of birds, for example, are curved and this may be compared with airfoils on an air craft ("NASA Quest," 2006).
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