Frightful, a six-year-old peregrine falcon, is just being herself, loudly cacking and occasionally opening her wings to their full ... Frightful and other fast-flying birds applied to mechanized ...

The F-16 Fighting Falcon is the world's most common fixed-wing aircraft in military service. The United States Air Force is chockful of warplanes that bear both an official moniker and an ...

The idea was not unprecedented; the German aerospace engineer Hugo Junkers had patented a flying-wing design in 1910. The concept is that an airplane’s fuselage and tail, while they provide ...

In the wild, the gyr can surpass 60 miles an hour flying straight ahead ... from checkups to broken wings. Veterinarians insert an endoscope into a falcon’s mouth to inspect its insides as ...

which is better for long-distance flying. Winglets on the wings are intended to improve aircraft efficiency by reducing drag and improving fuel efficiency. The Dassault Falcon 7X has the Honeywell ...

A flying robot that resembles a peregrine falcon can be used to scare away flocks of birds in fields, performing better at this task than a standard drone. RobotFalcon resembles a peregrine falcon ...