Dynamic Soaring Dissected

by Colin Taylor

Dynamic Soaring Dissected

Albatrosses fly over the oceans in swooping, curving flight gliding thousands of kilometres in search of food, mostly without flapping their wings. This is known as dynamic soaring, which is the use of the energy of the horizontal wind to sustain speed and height. It is different from the soaring flight of most other birds and gliders which use the vertical motion of the air to maintain or gain...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1803812362
• ISBN13: 9781803812366
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Grosvenor House Publishing Limited
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.5" x 11.0"