Re: The aerodynamics of penguins

On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:59:35 GMT, rlb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(Richard Bos) said in <48870e24.1744317530@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

You know, when people ask what they consider the greatest engineering
achievement of mankind, I don't think of rockets to the moon, or of
Chinese walls, or of big bridges or sky scrapers or anything like that.
For me, nothing beats the Gossamer Albatross.

Ah, well, the bicycle wins it in my mind, but IO know what you mean
:-)

Guy
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