What is this "bird like" plane?
So, I'm sat at London Heathrow's Terminal 5, looking out the window while waiting for a flight, and a plane that looks to me to most intents and purposes like a bird just rolled past...
(Hopefully you can make it out, despite the photo being taken into the sun)
I'm guessing that someone wouldn't just paint their plane in gold bird feathers for fun, and there's a reason behind it. Anyone know what the plane is, and what the story is behind the gold bird feathers paint job?
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The bird-like conceptual airline design features multiple propellors, a rudder branded with the Union Jack, and something called \u201cfeathered wings\u201d which I can't seem to unsee. The body of the plane is bronze-colored and looks more fish-like than anything else.Is it a bird is it a plane biomimicry in airplanes?
Airplanes began to use biomimicry as a concept. Engineers looked at birds and mimicked their wings, shape and mode of flying. After some time, men were able to form airplane wings and bodies that looked almost like a bird. The shape of birds helped to solve a problem that had existed in the world.Which bird can fly like an Aeroplane?
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