Bret Tobalske
bret.tobalske@mso.umt.edu
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University of Montana Flight Laboratory
Located at Fort Missoula, at the confluence of the Bitterroot Clark Fork Rivers, the UM Flight Lab sheds light on one of nature’s most profound phenomena: flight.
Featured Content
Great Transformations in Vertebrate Evolution
This new book features chapters by many of the world's most accomplished evolutionary biologists looking at some of the great transformations in the 500-million-year history of vertebrate life. Edited by our own Ken Dial as well as Neil Shubin and Elizabeth Brainerd in honor of a leader in the...
"Turning on a Dime - Asymmetric Vortex Formation in Hummingbird Maneuvering Flight"
Flight lab video wins competition for "Best Video on Fluid Dynamics" at the annual meeting of the American Physical Society.
Kinematics and Aerodynamics of Avian Upstrokes During Slow Flight
Slow flight is extremely energetically costly per unit time, yet highly important for takeoff and survival. Kristen Crandell and Bret Tobalske investigated the kinematics and aerodynamics of upstrokes during slow flight. Check out their new paper here (and the image that made the cover of the...
Flight Lab Director
Contact Information
- Flight Laboratory
- 32 Campus Dr.
- Missoula, MT 59812
- Phone: (406) 243-6631
- Fax: (406) 243-4184
