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How can a housefly fly at hundreds of miles per hour?

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Exactly the same way the pilot inside the plane can fly at hundreds of miles per hour. read more

The fly flies through air that is moving at the speed of the jet. If your jet were an open cage passing through the air at hundreds of miles an hour (which wouldn't work aerodynamically) the housefly would instantly be crushed against the bars or ripped apart by turbulence. read more

Srivastava, P. N., and Morris Rockstein. "The utilization of trehalose during flight by the housefly, Musca domestica." Journal of insect physiology 15.7 (1969): 1181-1186. wanted to see what kinds of sugars flies were able to use for energy, and how quickly a fly’s body could convert sugar to energy. read more

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