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> Although planes don't have wings I take your point that planes don't fly by flapping like birds, but obviously they do actually have wings.
by tempestn 8y ago
> Although planes don't have wings
I take your point that planes don't fly by flapping like birds, but obviously they do actually have wings.
- wadkar 8y agoDepends on what you mean by wings. The word wings here has multiple meanings, with commonality that they both are involved in flying. However, they differ in their operation, i.e. one thing flaps the other doesn't.
- teddyh 8y agoA more concise way of putting it would be to say that airplanes are not ornithopters.
- Angostura 8y agoYou'll be claiming that tables don't have legs next.
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- okmokmz 8y ago>Depends on what you mean by wings. No it doesn't. I have arms. Certain machinery has arms. They may mean different things but they both have arms, just as both birds and planes have wings
- mannykannot 8y agoFurthermore, the mechanics of flapping flight is complex, of little relevance to airplane design, and not well understood until well after airplanes were invented. What aviation owes to ornithology is mostly from the observation of gliding birds.