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  2. Flying and gliding animals - Wikipedia

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    Most maneuverable glider. Many gliding animals have some ability to turn, but which is the most maneuverable is difficult to assess. Even paradise tree snakes, Chinese gliding frogs, and gliding ants have been observed as having considerable capacity to turn in the air. [30] [31] [32]

  3. Lift (soaring) - Wikipedia

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    Lift is a meteorological phenomenon used as an energy source by soaring aircraft and soaring birds. The most common human application of lift is in sport and recreation. The three air sports that use soaring flight are: gliding, hang gliding and paragliding. Energy can be gained by using rising air from four sources: Thermals (where air rises ...

  4. Cameron Mitchell Restaurants - Wikipedia

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    Cameron Mitchell is president and founder of Cameron Mitchell Restaurants. He gained notoriety in the restaurant industry in 2008, when two of the company's concepts: Mitchell's/Columbus Fish Market and Mitchell's/Cameron's Steakhouse—a total of 22 units—sold to Ruth's Hospitality Group for $92 million.

  5. Gliding flight - Wikipedia

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    Examples of soaring flight by birds are the use of: Thermals and convergences by raptors such as vultures; Ridge lift by gulls near cliffs; Wave lift by migrating birds [33] Dynamic effects near the surface of the sea by albatrosses; For humans, soaring is the basis for three air sports: gliding, hang gliding and paragliding.

  6. List of soaring birds - Wikipedia

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    The red kite soaring. This is a list of soaring birds, which are birds that can maintain flight without wing flapping, using rising air currents. Many gliding birds are able to "lock" their extended wings by means of a specialized tendon. [1] Bird of prey. Buzzards; Condors; Eagles; Falcons; Harriers; Hawks; Kites; Osprey; Secretary bird ...

  7. Dynamic soaring - Wikipedia

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    Dynamic soaring is a flying technique used to gain energy by repeatedly crossing the boundary between air masses of different velocity.Such zones of wind gradient are generally found close to obstacles and close to the surface, so the technique is mainly of use to birds and operators of radio-controlled gliders, but glider pilots are sometimes able to soar dynamically in meteorological wind ...

  8. Kahiki Supper Club - Wikipedia

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    The Kahiki Supper Club was a Polynesian-themed restaurant in Columbus, Ohio.The supper club was one of the largest tiki-themed restaurants in the United States, and for a time, the only one in Ohio.

  9. Budd Dairy Food Hall - Wikipedia

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    Budd Dairy Food Hall is a food hall in the Italian Village neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio. The Cameron Mitchell Restaurants-run hall holds ten foodservice locations, three bars, and indoor, patio, and rooftop seating. It is situated in the historic Budd Dairy Company building, a former milk processing and distribution facility. The space was ...