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by perfmode 4620 days ago
"On the basis of observation, Wilbur concluded that birds changed the angle of the ends of their wings to make their bodies roll right or left.[30] The brothers decided this would also be a good way for a flying machine to turn—to "bank" or "lean" into the turn just like a bird—and just like a person riding a bicycle, an experience with which they were thoroughly familiar."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_brothers

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This doesn't however make airplanes aerodynamically anywhere similar to bird flight. Besides, Wright's method of wing warping was soon discarded as structurally unsound and is seldom used now.