October 13, 2006
Ornithopter -
First successful* flight in the news.
*Success is a relative concept. [9MB mpg]
This thread needs more Terry-Thomas.
An ornithopter that lands like a boobie. It might just catch on.
I see your boobie and raise you an archeopteryx.
Suddenly, I don't want no autogyro no more.
That's one of 'em rascally Sea Kings, Capt. - I run for cover when they're overhead here.
No, no, fish -- I meant that seeing this ornithopter made me want one of those instead of an autogyro. I should have explained myself better.
Besides, we should totally send the Sea Kings to Afghanistan. All that falling debris would take care of the Taliban right quick.
"Hey, I may have signed up to be a suicide bomber, but that doesn't mean I want to be skewered by a wild chopper blade..."
MonkeyFilter: lands like a boobie
Ever since I first read Dune I was trying to figure out what an ornithopter looked like. I first read a 1970s issue, which had a cover with an ornithopter with cup-like extentions on the wings.
Guess that artist got it wrong...
If this technology ever takes off it could cause quite a flap in aviation circles.
*boos Islander out of the hanger
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