The results, reported this week in Nature1, show how swifts can adjust the shape of their wings to increase the efficiency of their glide or to make faster turns. Although some of these general principles of flight have been known for some time, Lentink's team were able to quantify the efficiencies; and at least one of their conclusions runs contrary to previous assumptions about the swift's flight.
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