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Re:Andean condor can fly for 100 miles without flapping wings by platypii on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @11:45AM (#23846890)
No you're wrong. Galileo's experiment doesn't apply here. Heavier objects DO fall faster at terminal velocity. A glider in sustained flight is an example of that.

Galileo just showed that objects accelerate at the same rate due to gravity. But they do NOT fall at the same rate unless in a vacuum.

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Re:Andean condor can fly for 100 miles without flapping wings by eloff on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @02:45PM (#23849775)
You're right, I didn't think about the difference in terminal velocity.
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