flight, n.Trivia

A golf ball is dimpled because that produces less drag and flies farther than if it were smooth

Spiders can use Earth Electric Field to fly hundreds of miles; They've been found 2.5 miles up in the air, and 1,000 miles out in the sea.

Airplanes are built so well these days that losing an engine won't effect the plane's ability to take off, fly, or land

The Common Swift can stay in the air for up to 10 months without landing. They can even sleep and mate while flying.

Albatross can sleep while flying

Bats are the only mammals that fly

Dragonflies are expert at flying; They can go straight up and down, hover like a helicopter and can even mate mid-air.

Flights can be crazy short - the shortest is even less than a minute. It's a 1.7-mile flight in Scotland.

Any person born on a plane over the United States can claim U.S. citizenship, even if their parents are foreign.

Albatross' can fly over 600 miles without once flapping its wings.

Dragonflies were some of the first winged insects to evolve, some 300 million years ago.