How long can a bird remain in flight?
Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2018 7:14 am
Think about it. A bird has to stop to rest and eat, right? How long can it stay up in the air?
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How long can a bird remain in flight?
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Re: How long can a bird remain in flight?
Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2018 7:49 am
Is that an African or European swallow?
Re: How long can a bird remain in flight?
Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2018 4:36 pm
Re: How long can a bird remain in flight?
Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2018 10:57 pm
Laden or unladen?
Re: How long can a bird remain in flight?
Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2018 11:40 pm
Depends how high the building is you throw her off.
Re: How long can a bird remain in flight?
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2018 12:33 am
That doesn't mean the bird is in flight.
I'm surprised no one did an internet search because the answer is there. Who wants me to give the answer?
PhilXRe: How long can a bird remain in flight?
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2018 1:09 am
10 months.Philosophy Explorer wrote: ↑Tue Aug 21, 2018 12:33 amThat doesn't mean the bird is in flight.
I'm surprised no one did an internet search because the answer is there. Who wants me to give the answer?
Re: How long can a bird remain in flight?
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2018 1:49 am
Doc, you do me proud although I read 200 days or six months. You go to the head of the class.thedoc wrote: ↑Tue Aug 21, 2018 1:09 am10 months.Philosophy Explorer wrote: ↑Tue Aug 21, 2018 12:33 amThat doesn't mean the bird is in flight.
I'm surprised no one did an internet search because the answer is there. Who wants me to give the answer?
PhilXRe: How long can a bird remain in flight?
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2018 4:19 am
I seem to recall that an albatross would circle ships without landing for some time. Always amazed me, especially since I'm such a lazy person. I wonder how they adjust, sleep-wise? Micro-naps?
Re: How long can a bird remain in flight?
Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2018 8:35 am
25.5674 minutes. given optimal thermal updraft.Philosophy Explorer wrote: ↑Mon Aug 20, 2018 7:14 am Think about it. A bird has to stop to rest and eat, right? How long can it stay up in the air?
Re: How long can a bird remain in flight?
Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2018 8:39 am
probably so. part dolphin?Dalek Prime wrote: ↑Tue Aug 21, 2018 4:19 am I seem to recall that an albatross would circle ships without landing for some time. Always amazed me, especially since I'm such a lazy person. I wonder how they adjust, sleep-wise? Micro-naps?
the two have the same dilemma.
Re: How long can a bird remain in flight?
Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2018 10:58 am
"Overhead the Albatross hangs motionless upon the air / While deep beneath the ocean waves are labyrinths of coral caves / The echos of the distant times come billowing across the sand / and everything is green in submarine." They need to move no muscles.Dalek Prime wrote: ↑Tue Aug 21, 2018 4:19 am I seem to recall that an albatross would circle ships without landing for some time. Always amazed me, especially since I'm such a lazy person. I wonder how they adjust, sleep-wise? Micro-naps?
How long can you stand in one spot? or better still, how long can you sit, or lie in one spot?
The Albatross has a "locking" mechanism for hanging in the air with minimal exertion. Much like you and I depend on our skeleton to relax when in repose, the Albatross depends on its massive chest muscles to do the work of allowing it to relax or even to sleep. Humans need to at least sit. But cows and horses can sleep standing up. They do have muscle control in their sleep. If a horse has no muscle control, its legs buckle in and collapse under it.
Re: How long can a bird remain in flight?
Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2018 11:03 am
Re: How long can a bird remain in flight?
Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2018 4:45 pm
Still, I wouldn't think of napping whilst flying a glider, even for a short period. (Speaking of which, my late uncle won a DFC for a 24hr flight behind enemy lines in Burma.)-1- wrote: ↑Sat Aug 25, 2018 10:58 am"Overhead the Albatross hangs motionless upon the air / While deep beneath the ocean waves are labyrinths of coral caves / The echos of the distant times come billowing across the sand / and everything is green in submarine." They need to move no muscles.Dalek Prime wrote: ↑Tue Aug 21, 2018 4:19 am I seem to recall that an albatross would circle ships without landing for some time. Always amazed me, especially since I'm such a lazy person. I wonder how they adjust, sleep-wise? Micro-naps?
How long can you stand in one spot? or better still, how long can you sit, or lie in one spot?
The Albatross has a "locking" mechanism for hanging in the air with minimal exertion. Much like you and I depend on our skeleton to relax when in repose, the Albatross depends on its massive chest muscles to do the work of allowing it to relax or even to sleep. Humans need to at least sit. But cows and horses can sleep standing up. They do have muscle control in their sleep. If a horse has no muscle control, its legs buckle in and collapse under it.
Re: How long can a bird remain in flight?
Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 12:30 am
What can happen? The albatross falls, the water cushions his fall, and he wakes up in a cold sweat.Dalek Prime wrote: ↑Sat Aug 25, 2018 4:45 pm Still, I wouldn't think of napping whilst flying a glider, even for a short period.
(Speaking of which, my late uncle won a DFC for a 24hr flight behind enemy lines in Burma.)
They gave your uncle, may he rest in peace, a DFC for being 24 hours late?