Learning to Fly

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Bret W. Tobalske, a biologist and the director of the University of Montana Flight Laboratory, and Kenneth P. Dial, a biologist who founded the lab in 1988, are obsessed with trying to bridge the gap in flying abilities between humans and birds. Here, Dr. Tobalske corrals a chukar for his flight studies.

Janie Osborne for The New York Times

Learning to Fly

Scientists at the University of Montana Flight Laboratory are obsessed with bridging the gap in flying abilities between birds and human beings.