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Re: bird in a cage/flight

At 08:17 9/7/99 -0400, you wrote:
...
Today's New York Times (on-line) has an item on the
'Mystery of Insect Flight'. ... I was curious
to hear your thoughts about this particular explanation.
The web address is
http://www.nytimes.com ....

Gregory Puskar

This article notes that a large 0.75 in. wingspan fly
weighs 0.003 oz. (0.09 g)
I was pleased it could offer a pointer to a version
of RealPlayer old enough to suit this old homey PC.
Cute idea to mechanize a pair of flapping wings in oil,
so as to visualize the flow. Certainly beats Schlieren photography!


brian whatcott <inet@intellisys.net>
Altus OK