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Would planes be better if they were more like birds?

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Copied from the HBA Hanger Flying - Off Topic section on the Topic of "Thread Drift" item #38:

From The University of Bristol web page titled "Would planes be better if they were more like birds? Eagle-inspired engineering "

Speaking of thread drift and eagles and owls:

https://stories.rvc.ac.uk/eagle-inspired-engineering/
Would planes be better if they were more like birds? Eagle-inspired engineering
 
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