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Five small parrots flew into a tunnel…

Cosmos Magazine - Mon 25 Nov 19

…and appear to have changed our thinking on how they did it.

Drag can lift birds to new heights, researchers find

TechXplore - Mon 25 Nov 19

Future aerial design may owe a nod of thanks to five parrotlets flapping around in an instrumented flight chamber at Stanford University. They revealed that counter to conventional understanding ...

Drag can lift birds to new heights, Stanford researchers find

Eurekalert - Mon 25 Nov 19

Recordings of birds taking off and landing have revealed that conventional ideas about the role of lift and drag during flight might need revisiting. The work could influence the design of aerial ...