Editing Flying fish (section)

=== Flight measurements ===
In May 2008, a Japanese television crew ([[NHK]]) filmed a flying fish (dubbed "Icarfish") off the coast of [[Yakushima Island]], Japan. The fish spent 45 seconds in flight.<ref name=aa>{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7410421.stm |title=Fast flying fish glides by ferry |date=May 20, 2008 |access-date=May 20, 2008 |work=[[BBC News]]}}</ref> The previous record was 42 seconds.<ref name=aa/>

The flights of flying fish are typically around {{cvt|50|m|ft}},<ref name="Piper 2034">[[Ross Piper]] (2007), ''Extraordinary Animals: An Encyclopedia of Curious and Unusual Animals'', [[Greenwood Press (publisher)|Greenwood Press]].{{pn|date=October 2022}}</ref> though they can use updrafts at the leading edge of waves to cover distances up to {{cvt|400|m}}.<ref name="Piper 2034" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Flying Fish |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/fish/facts/flying-fish |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228002821/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/fish/facts/flying-fish |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 28, 2021 |website=National Geographic |date=11 April 2010 }}</ref> They can travel at speeds of more than {{cvt|70|km/h}}.<ref name=history/> Maximum altitude is {{cvt|6|m}} above the surface of the sea.<ref name=fin/> Flying fish often accidentally land on the decks of smaller vessels.<ref name=history/><ref>{{cite book |author=Joseph Banks |url=http://setis.library.usyd.edu.au/ozlit/pdf/p00021.pdf |title=The Endeavour Journal of Sir Joseph Banks 1768–1771 |year=1997 |publisher=[[University of Sydney Library]] |access-date=July 16, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title = Churchill: Taken from the Diaries of Lord Moran|last = Moran|page = 819}}</ref>