Meet Jarno Smeets, the Man who Flies Like a Bird
Who says humans can’t fly like a bird? Like a modern day Icarus, Dutch
engineer Jarno Smeets modeled his wings after the albatross, and flapped
his arms wildly to fly like a bird (yes, with a little help from motors).
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Virgin’s Enterprise Makes First Feathering Flight
Virgin Galactic’s experimental SpaceShipTwo, dubbed the VSS Enterprise, recently performed its first flight using “feathering”. That means that the rear of the craft bent far backwards to slow it down during re-entry. Popular Science’s Clay Dillow explained its significance:
“Feathering,” as it is known, is probably the biggest innovation integrated into SpaceShipTwo’s design. In the feathered [...]
Flying Fish | Fact | Pictures | Videos
Exocoetidae, is a family of marine fish in the order Beloniformes of class Actinopterygii. Fishes of this family are known as flying fish. There are about 64 species grouped in seven to nine genera.
Flying fish live in all of the oceans, particularly in warm tropical and subtropical waters. Their most striking feature is their pectoral [...]
