1173 - I Know Dino Crossover
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The Benefits of Flying Straight and Level
The current record is the MIT Daedalus 88 which traveled 180 115 kilometers it's 72 miles from Crete to Santorri in 1988 and then a human powered ornithopter that's an aircraft with flapping wings has successfully flown straight and level for the first time. The snowbird had a wingspan of 32 meters, 105 feet eight feet less than a 737 long skinny wings to allow for more efficient flight but they're less maneuverable. It got a toe to take off but maintain flight for 19.3 seconds and 145 meters that's 476 feet works out to 25.6 kilometers per hour 15.9 miles per hour.
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