Bio-inspired Wing Design To Revolutionize Aircraft ... (common swift), a bird whose wing-morphing ability makes it an especially versatile flyer and ... "The shape morphing truss structure ...

Common Swift: This Bird Can Remain Airborne For 10 Months Straight : The Two-Way These birds fly from Europe to sub-Saharan Africa, but they don't touch down on the continent. Researchers say new ...

The common swift stays constantly airborne for up to ten months at a time, new research reveals.. The bird, ubiquitous in the UK and Europe, conserves energy by riding currents of hot air and ...

The common swift is the fastest bird recorded in level flight. It's able to reach speeds of 69.3mph (111.6km/h) when flying horizontally and upwards.

The uncommon Common Swift. ... It turns out that the young do a sort of press-up, over and over, as if straining for flight, strengthening their wings for a life in the air.

A common swift , in its lifetime, flies about two million kilometres; enough to fly to the moon and back twice over, and then once more to the moon. Weighing less than a hen’s egg, with wings like a ...

Lentink c.s. found the swift is such an able flyer because it continuously adjusts (‘morphs’) its wings to the prevailing flight conditions to fly more efficient and more maneuverable.