In Greek mythology, Icarus was the son of the master craftsman Daedalus, the creator of the Labyrinth. Icarus and Daedalus attempt to escape from Crete by means of wings that Daedalus constructed from feathers and wax. Daedalus warns Icarus first of complacency and then of hubris, instructing him to fly neither too low nor too high, lest the sea's dampness clog his wings or the sun's heat melt them. Icarus ignores Daedalus’s instructions not to fly too close to the sun, causing the wax in his wings to melt. He falls out of the sky, plunges into the sea, and drowns. The myth gave rise to the idiom "don't fly too close to the sun".
Airplane wings are shaped to make air move faster over the top of
the wing. When air moves faster, the pressure of the air decreases. So the
pressure on the top of the wing is less than the pressure on the bottom of the
wing. The difference in pressure creates a force on the wing that lifts the
wing up into the air.
Living things without wings cannot fly !! - If one does not understand Science but has will and determination – nothing is impossible, including flying !! is what this little squirrel taught this morning !
25.8.2022
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