Information on a form of soaring flight employed by brown pelicans on east coast of Florida. It is concluded from analysis of conditions that a well-built aeroplane could exactly reproduce this form of flight, provided that waves of proportionate size existed.


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    Title :

    Wave soaring


    Additional title:

    Aerial Age


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Aerial Age ; 11 , n 18


    Publication date :

    1920


    Size :

    2 pages


    Remarks:

    7 Figs.


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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