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Wouldn't this technically be gliding rather than flying? I had thought that by definition it was only flight if you could produce enough thrust to maintain velo
by sopooneo 14y ago
Wouldn't this technically be gliding rather than flying? I had thought that by definition it was only flight if you could produce enough thrust to maintain velocity and altitude in still air.
- mythealias 14y agoFlight is general term for "unassisted" motion through air. By unassisted I mean no support structure from surface. So even a ball through up in air is technically in flight. While gliding implies flight with no thrust and is the primary mode for Albatross flight, they still produce trust by flapping their wings.