The report says up to one billion birds die each year from flying into objects like power lines, windows and tall buildings.

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Unless you are, like me, flying Delta Air Lines.

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The project started with attempts to charge by simply flying near power lines, but when that method yielded only micro-watts of juice, focus shifted to actually landing on the lines.

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I'm not convinced by the flying-V character lines on the car's fuselage.

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