Why Fly Like Birds are Sexy and Scarier
By: Regia Marinho
Tags: Utopia, Humans, Birds, Flying

“When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.” — Leonardo DaVinci

Why Humans Can’t Fly Like Birds.

Why Fly Like Birds are Sexy.

Why Fly Like Birds are Scarier than Clowns.

“You could hypothetically fly if you become half human half plane.”

This may upset quite some people but…

Scientists have said that it is mathematically impossible for humans to fly like birds.

Why?

Differences such as air sacs connected to their lungs make them lighter and a lightweight skeleton with hollow bones.

Birds can fly because their wingspan and wing muscle strength are in balance with their body size.

It’s all about strength to size ratio.

Humans grow and weight increases faster than the strength.

This means that in order to have a chance of flying, an adult male would need to have a wingspan of at least 6.7 m and are weightless.

Imagine the difficulty of a simple task like walking, with your giant arm wings dragging behind you. Hahahah

Birds can Fly without trying.

Bird flight is the primary mode of locomotion used by most bird species in which birds take off and fly.

Flight is needed to birds… help them with feeding, breeding, avoiding predators, and migrating.

The ruby-throated hummingbird can beat its wings 52 times a second.

The ruby-throated hummingbird can beat its wings 52 times a second.

Male ruby-throated hummingbird perched on a branch, displaying its tongue, East Texas.

Male ruby-throated hummingbird perched on a branch, displaying its tongue, East Texas.

A plane.

Photo by William Hook on Unsplash

Lift is what holds the plane in the sky regardless of its weight. Engines move a plane forward, wings move it up.

Birds Wing shapes

Wing shapes. Wikipedia.

The shape of the wing is important in determining the flight capabilities of a bird.

Different shapes correspond to different trade-offs between advantages such as speed, low energy use, and maneuverability.

Two important parameters are the aspect ratio and wing loading. Aspect ratio is the ratio of wingspan to the mean of its chord (or the square of the wingspan divided by wing area).

Wing loading is the ratio of weight to wing area.

The skeleton of a bird’s wing.

The skeleton of a bird’s wing.

Most kinds of bird wing can be grouped into four types, with some falling between two of these types.

The types of wings are:

1 — elliptical wings,

2 — high speed wings,

3 — high aspect ratio wings

4 — soaring wings with slots.

Trying to fly…

Many people try to fly like birds and fish and other animals…but without too much luck.

Charlotte D’ Amboise as Peter Pan performing “I’m Flying” above (L-R) Donna DiMeo, Linda Talcott and Steve Ochoa in a scene from the musical “Peter Pan”.

Broadway production of the musical “Jerome Robbins’ Broadway”.

Charlotte D’ Amboise as Peter Pan.

(L-R) Scott Wise, Michael Kubala and Robert La Fosse flying while performing “Ya Got Me” from the musical “On The Town”.

Broadway production of the musical “Jerome Robbins’ Broadway”.

Flying while performing “Ya Got Me” from the musical “On The Town”.

Comic Jerry Lewis mugging while flying in a promo shot for the pre-Broadway tour of the musical revue “Hellzapoppin”.

Jerry Lewis.

Gregg Burge © in a scene from the Broadway production of the musical “Sophisticated Ladies” New York.

Gregg Burge.

Cathy Rigby flying in a scene from the Broadway revival of the musical “Peter Pan”.

Cathy Rigby.

Henson’s aerial steam carriage. Project to fly.

Henson’s aerial steam carriage.

Flying Fish

Pigs?

Flying pigs

Flying pigs by RegiaArt.

Who else can fly or are trying to fly out?

“I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things.”

– Antoine de Saint-Exupery

So, Fly with me.

Fly with me.

Thank you Petronio!

And thank you all and stay safe.

_ Regia Marinho

November 19, 2020