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An odd new bird dips in salute over Capitol. Latest autogyro amazes experts on first exhibition flight in America.
Gliding, sailing and beating flight are presented as the basic types of bird flight. In animated sequences, lift and propulsion are explained. Pecularities of hovering, take-off and landing are shown for...
A description of a dissection to show the use and structure of flight muscles, etc.
Shows the hummingbird ‘Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus’ hovering and changing direction in flight. The bird dives forwards, flies upwards forwards, flies upwards backwards and carries out turns. The feeding...
Looks at pioneering work into flapping flight of birds. In Bristol University for the first time accurate measurements are being made of lift and thrust of a bird in flight. In an experiment at Cranfield...
Age-old ambition revived by daring flight. Clem Sohn dons wing-suit and leaps from ‘plane.
Sensational pictures of Clem Sohn’s death dive. Parachute failure ends "Birdman’s" spectacular career.
Animals have evolved many different methods for obtaining oxygen from their environment. This programme explores the respiratory challenges of two organisms: the water-breathing crab and the air-breathing...
NoS synopsis: birds in flight, two ornithologists observe whilst drinking
Slade catalogue entry: Lost in the Atlantic? The White Bird with Captain Nungesser and his companion Captain Coli leaving Le Bourget for their great adventure. Since their departure nothing has been heard of...
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