East Lundie Moss, Stirling

Efficient aerodynamics

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Only relatively recently have airliner designers begun to equip their machines with winglets to increase lift and reduce induced drag, but the red kite, as seen here, has been deploying its wingtip feathers for this purpose since time immemorial.

Uploaded to Geograph by James Allan on 18 April 2012

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